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  Grange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A grange was originally an area of land in Ireland some miles away from an urban-based monastery where in mediƦval times food was grown for the monastery.
Grange stone circle, near Lough Gur in County Limerick is the largest such structure in Ireland.
Mary's Abbey in Navan, County Meath was supplied with food by a number of granges, including one located at Killenagolach, near the ancient bishopric of Ardbraccan (modern day 'Bohermeen'), five miles from the town.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grange   (198 words)

  
 The Grange Connection - America's Family Fraternity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Education of rural residents was championed by the early Grange and, due to Grange agitation, dramatic improvements were made in rural schools.
The Grange at all levels is strictly nonpartisan and does not endorse candidates for public office nor contribute to their campaigns.
The primary legislative objective of the Grange is to represent the views of rural residents and the agricultural community.
www.grange.org /history.htm   (515 words)

  
 About Harold "Red" Grange
Harold E. Grange was born in the small hamlet of Forksville, Pennsylvania with a population of about 200 at the time.
Grange was born on June 13, 1903, the third child of Sadie and Lyle Grange.
Grange entered the University of Illinois in the fall of 1922 and pledged the Zeta Psi fraternity.
www.wheaton.edu /learnres/ARCSC/collects/sc20/bio.htm   (441 words)

  
 Newark Grange organized in 1875
Today, the Grange is so well known an organization that even Noah Webster recognizes it in his dictionary as a local branch of an association promoting the interests of agriculture.
The value of Newark Grange is not measured in its size, its age or its agricultural legislative influences, but in the fact that it has helped the individual farmer and his family to a realization that it is the guardian of our natural resources - the soil.
The Grange is a fraternal body with high purpose and has set a pattern, for the development of a changing agriculture.
www.cgazette.com /towns/newark/history/885932579593.htm   (817 words)

  
 History of the National Grange, the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
The National Grange was officially founded on December 4, 1867 in the office of William Saunders, Superintendent of Propagating Gardens in the Department of Agriculture.
In principle economic involvement was a purpose of the Grange, but its rise in importance was rapid and for many in the movement the role of the Grange in commerce started to become pervasive to the detriment of other goals.
Inasmuch as State Grange policies originate in the Subordinate and Pomona units of the Order and are conveyed through their delegates, this branch is, in a special sense, expressive of Grange thought and sentiment throughout the entire state.
www.geocities.com /cannongrange/cannon_nationalhistory.html   (3107 words)

  
 Grange Patrons of Husbandry
The National Grange of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry was founded in Washington, DC on December 4, 1867, by Oliver Hudson Kelley, a Mason and a clerk with the Federal Bureau of Agriculture, and six other men.
The Grange Master administers vows to the candidates in each of the four degrees, and the candidate is hoodwinked in the first degree, showing Masonic influences.
Grange members joined in various group ventures: buying and selling goods; legislative lobbying on behalf of farmers; and eventually, in protecting themselves through insurance.
www.phoenixmasonry.org /masonicmuseum/fraternalism/grange.htm   (524 words)

  
 ESPN.com: Galloping Ghost scared opponents
The storybook life of Harold (later to be called Red) Grange began on June 13, 1903 in Forksville, Pa. After his mother died when he was 5, his father Lyle, a foreman for a lumber company, moved the family to Wheaton, Ill., where four brothers had settled.
Grange played in 17 games (injury kept him out of the other two), and when the tour ended on Jan. 31, 1926, he went home to Wheaten weary but wealthy, driving a new $5,500 Lincoln and wearing a $500 raccoon coat.
When a bid by Grange and Pyle to buy a piece of the Bears was rejected by Halas, the two formed their own league, the American Football League, in 1926, with Grange playing for the New York Yankees.
espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00014213.html   (1271 words)

  
 Grange Insurance Home Page > Home
Grange Insurance Group stands alone in its financial strength and long tradition of service in the West.
All the while, Grange Insurance has held fast to its commitment to families in "Main Street" towns, farm communities, and suburban areas of the West.
Grange Insurance Group is the industry recognized name for Grange Insurance Association and Rocky Mountain Fire and Casualty Company of Seattle, WA.
www.grange.com   (293 words)

  
 www.mineweb.net | co_releases Grange Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Grange Resources Limited (ASX: GRR) is pleased to announce the Company has entered into a Heads of Agreement (“HOA”) to acquire sufficient land in the Malaysian port city of Kemaman to build a magnetite pellet project and secure port facilities.
Grange shall have the right to install, operate and maintain loading, unloading and material handling systems from bulk cargo vessels up to 150,000 dead weight tonnes with a draught of 16 metres at all times.
Grange shall also have the right to install, operate and maintain any ancillary equipment, including mobile equipment, incidental to the conduct of the loading, unloading and material handling operations subject to Sukma and port authority approvals of such engineering, construction and operations requirements.
www.mineweb.net /co_releases/414804.htm   (1599 words)

  
 Welcome to massgrange.org
In the Grange it is easy to make friendships that last a lifetime.Grange meetings and events always include a social aspect that has friendship as a cornerstone.
A policy of courtesy and respect towards all members is practiced and encouraged by the Grange in a non-discriminating environment.The Grange is a place for children, teenagers, and young adults to grow.
Junior Grange membership is for children ages five to 14.Full Grange membership begins at 14 years of age.Additional programs for these age groups are available to develop the leadership skills and character of all members.
www.massgrange.org   (317 words)

  
 Agalinks - Recipes, Home Interiors, Aga Cooking...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
INSPIRED by furniture that has passed down through generations, the Grange collection is designed to give perfect expression to all those precious moments of family life.
The inspiration for such furniture is often drawn from original 18th century pieces, with Grange`s craftsmen acclaimed for their attention to detail.
Grange, which has eight stores in France and 16 in North America, is part-owned by Aga and is available in selected UK outlets.
www.agalinks.com /Addressbook_97.htm   (163 words)

  
 National Grange
The National Grange was one of the first formal groups to admit women to membership on the basis of equality with men.
The fellowship, recreation and social activities in the Grange are developed with the family in mind – children and senior citizens alike are very welcome in the Grange.
Subordinate Granges within a given district are grouped together on a county or regional basis into Pomona Granges that meet monthly or quarterly.
www.nationalgrange.org /about/history.html   (1260 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: GRANGE
The Texas Grange supported the national Grange in demanding free trade, an interstate commerce commission, a department of agriculture, a pure food and drug law, inflation, popular election of senators, and reduction of express and postage rates.
The bimonthly Grange hall meeting was a school for the whole family; there they established libraries, sang songs, read essays, and developed speakers.
Granges organized schools under the "school community system." Some sold stock in cooperative associations to operate the first secondary schools in Texas.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/aag1.html   (773 words)

  
 The Grange Movement
Local affiliates were known as "granges" and the members as "grangers." In its early years, the Grange was devoted to educational events and social gatherings.
Following the Panic of 1873, the Grange spread rapidly throughout the farm belt, since farmers in all areas were plagued by low prices for their products, growing indebtedness and discriminatory treatment by the railroads.
Grange influence was particularly strong in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, where political pressure yielded a series of "Granger laws" designed to give legislative assistance to the farmers.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h854.html   (575 words)

  
 Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Grange, who worked as an ice deliveryman during his college summers agreed to play for the Bears.
Sensing that a rare opportunity was at hand, Grange's agent, C. "Cash and Carry" Pyle, Halas and Sternaman, lined up an exhausting “barnstorming tour” of the country winning thousands of new fans for pro football.
Pyle was allowed to move his team into the NFL in 1927 but Grange suffered a crippling knee injury during a game against the Bears.
www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=78   (419 words)

  
 The Grange School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
That said, the defending was generally very good and after the second third the score was 24-22 to the Grange before a good opening display at the beginning of the final third by the OG sealed the game, scoring three tries very quickly.
This was a thoroughly absorbing contest, and one in which The Grange can count themselves unlucky not to win against a school who have won the Rosslyn Park Sevens five times in the last six years and who are consistently one of the strongest school sides in England.
The Grange won plenty of ball, but then lost it because Redland stopped the ball coming out of the rolling maul, or simply because Redland were much quicker to the breakdown than The Grange.
www.grange.cl /sports/news/news.htm   (2798 words)

  
 West Virginia State Grange Deaf Activities
Grange Deaf Activities pays maintenance costs for slide sets which are available at no cost to Granges.
Kara Shultz, Director of Deaf Activities for the Colorado State Grange was appointed to the NGDA Advisory Committee.
Grange Deaf Activities receives funding from donations made by Granges and individuals throughout the country.
weirton.lib.wv.us /hancock/weir/orgs/grange/_WrGRNG.html   (2717 words)

  
 GRANGE HILL OVERVIEW
Grange Hill is one of the most successful television children's dramas of all time.
Grange Hill has been running for over 20 years and many of the actors have gone on to star in other well known programmes such as Brookside, ER and Eastenders.
Unfortunately Grange Hill in Y2K is a pale shadow of its former self: with plot lines too predictable, too many weak characters, and too much emphasis on political correctness.
www.webspawner.com /users/grangehilloverview   (233 words)

  
 The Grange School - one of Cheshire's leading independent schools.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Grange School is one of the country's leading co-educational independent schools at primary and secondary level.
Sited in Hartford, Northwich, the Grange is conveniently located for families living in Vale Royal and most of Cheshire.
The Grange is a member of HMC and ISA, and holds an "Investors in People" award.
www.grange.org.uk   (230 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: LA GRANGE, TX
La Grange, the county seat of Fayette County, is on the Colorado River and State Highways 71 and 159, U.S. Highway 77, and the Union Pacific Railroad in the central part of the county some sixty-three miles southeast of Austin.
La Grange was incorporated in 1850, and by 1855 it had at least four schools, including the La Grange Academy and the La Grange Male and Female Seminary and Boarding School.
Meanwhile the population of La Grange varied from 2,729 in 1950, to 3,623 in 1960, 3,092 in 1970, and 3,768 in 1980.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/LL/hgl2.html   (1164 words)

  
 California State Grange Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Installation of the Butte Pomona Grange officers was held at the Wyandotte Grange Hall on December 28, 2003.
Millville Grange, Shasta County, presented Seals to members having served as continuous members of this Grange #443 for a number of years: Phyllis Gill, 55 years; Ronald Bailey, 50 years; Alton Chatham, 70 years; and Adair Emmich, 60 years.
Orangevale Grange’s general meetings will be held the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7pm, starting the year 2004.
www.grangeonline.com /news/cgn_200401/cgn014.html   (1278 words)

  
 THE NEBRASKA STATE GRANGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized in Washington, D.C. in 1867.
The Nebraska State Grange was organized in 1872, but errors in its co-operative ventures and the rise of the Farmers Alliance led to its decline.
Local Granges have spread over the state and are noted for contributions to community life and sound farm policy.
www.nde.state.ne.us /SS/markers/059.html   (174 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Harold Edward Grange (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Harold Edward Grange (Red Grange), 1903–91, American football player, b.
Forksville, Pa. Grange was All-America halfback at the Univ. of Illinois (1923–25).
After a spectacular college career in which he scored 31 touchdowns and gained 3,367 yards running, he undertook a national barnstorming tour in 1925 that helped focus public attention on the professional game.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Grange-H.html   (202 words)

  
 grange
The Grange is a rural community and fraternal organization with about 4,000 chapters nationwide.
Go over two mountains and at the top of the second you'll be going downhill on Meyersville Rd. Follow this to the bottom and go halfway around a circle, a little left of Casa Maya Restaurant.
The Grange is on your lift about 1/2 mile.
www.meyersvillegrange.homestead.com /grange.html   (428 words)

  
 Welcome to the Connecticut State Grange
National Grange has announced the information for its 2005 session, to be held in Columbus, Ohio, November 15-19, 2005.
Complete registration materials, schedules of events, convention speakers and attractions in the greater Columbus area are available by visiting the National Grange website at: www.nationalgrange.org or by contacting the National Grange by phone at: (888) 4-GRANGE or by Fax at (202) 347-1091.
The Grange, one of America's oldest public interest organizations, is committed to creating programs that enrich the lives of its members.
www.ctstategrange.org   (1019 words)

  
 MontagueMA.net - Montague Grange #141
The Montague Grange, home to the various contra and family dances, is looking for tag sale items that are clean and sellable.
The Grange is in view on the opposite side of the common, diagonally to your left.
Grange is on left (west) side of commons.
www.montaguema.net /group.cfm?name=Grange   (842 words)

  
 Grange Cricket Club - Edinburgh, Scotland
Grange Cricket Club extends this welcome to cricketers of all ages and at all standards.
It was an uncharacteristically sharp performance in the field from the usually cumbersome Grange, the highlight being the easy-catch-made-to-look-spectacular taken by show-off Neil McCaravan in the deep.
As Grange’s chase got underway, McCaravan and Rogers literally crawled out of the traps with a thrilling array of defensive strokes and dot balls, which very nearly had the 7-strong crowd (a record for this fixture) turning in for an early night.
www.grangecricket.org   (1787 words)

  
 Pennsylvania Grange
The Grange is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life through educational, social and legislative activities; promoting family life through family-oriented activities; advancing the cause of agriculture; developing rural leadership; and acting as a spokesman in public affairs.
Grange policies affect local, state and national legislation, however, Grange legislative policies begin at the local level where members express views on many issues.
Grange activities are varied and include seminars, banquets, family outings and county fairs.
www.pagrange.org   (349 words)

  
 La Grange on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Many classic revival houses and restored historic buildings are in La Grange, which is the seat of La Grange College.
Two-year-old Maeve LeFevour of Hinsdale, Illinois, eats with her family at a Noodles and Company outlet in La Grange, Illinois, a chain restaurant that is a newcomer to the quick-casual scene, which als
Noodles and Company outlet in La Grange, Illinois, a chain restaurant that is a newcomer to the quick-casual scene, which also includes Corner Bakery, Panera Bread Co. and Chipotle.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LaG1range.asp   (642 words)

  
 The Evolution and Causes of Grange Copeland’s Three Lives
Grange Copeland's second life begins when he moves up
Grange is near a frozen Central Park pond and notices the
Grange is successful in his third life as he has
www.msu.edu /~stumpdan/mc111/stumpd03.htm   (722 words)

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