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125th anniversary of the Pa. State
Grange and its efforts over the
years.
The announcement of the Gran
ger of the Year Award was held
until the end of the banquet The
award is the highest honor to be
bestowed upon a Grange member.
Fishovitz, a 30-year Grange
member, belongs to the Big Knob
Grange N 0.2008, the Beaver
Pomona Grange No. 66. She has
served as master of Big Knob and
the Beaver Pomona granges; chap
lain of the Pomona Grange; a
junior leader of Big Knob for 11
years; master for first second,
third and fourth degree teams; and
as president of the youth group.
She has also been involved in
church activities, and is the Region
G representative on the Junior
Camp Commiuee.
“The Grange has a strong family
basis, as does the church,” she
said, “and it is important to me to
spend time not only with my own
children, but other young people as
well. I love to be with young peo
ple and it is important to help them
build a strong foundation as they
grow up.
“One of the things I love about
the Grange, that may not be pre
sent in other organizations, is that
we build self-esteem as we teach
children to appreciate themselves
and each other.”
Dr. John F. McHugh, a Grange
member, a Lehigh County com
missioner, a retired principal of the
Allentown School District, public
speaker and toastmaster, was the
main speaker of the banquet
Involved in many public and
political organizations for years,
he recently was the recipient of the
Community Service Award from
the Liberty Bell Chapter National
Society Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, is an alumnus of
Kutztown Slate College and
Lehigh University, is an U.S.
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But he didn’t talk about all of
that He tal'ced about the special
ness of being a Grange member, of
being involved in pierseving indi
vidual freedoms, and of enjoying
life through participation.
He also talked about the youth
of today and how they still need to
be taught survival skills, such as
discipline, and the maintenance
and caring for themselves and
others.
He mentioned the fact that many
members of the Grange are grey
ing, and said that it means
much not so much that the
members are getting older and
need to recruit youth, but that they
have much yet to share with youth.
McHugh said that as we
approach the end of the century,
and thus the millenium, “We have
the opportunity to witness life at
the begining of a new millenium.
We have an opportunit to take a
look at what life has been like in
the 20lh Century our life
and look at the future and be advi
sors for the future.
“You and I talk about inheri
tance. We are the great inheritors
of the land of God. God asks us to
be guardians of that land.”
He said that in the United States,
and within the many organizations
that exist, there are many duties to
perform. But none is so important
as preparing for the future.
He said that as the members of
Grange look back, they should dis
cover that, “We are special people.
We have been upholding the prin
ciples of America. We are for
America.”
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From the left, Janet Fishovitz thanks the 600 members of the Pennsylvania Slate
Grange for allowing her to be named 1997 Granger of the Year, while she is Joined on
stage by husband Anthony, daughter Jennifer, and son Nicholas.
has experienced much and were
able to survive a Depression and
world wars and other wars because
of benefitting from being raised
within a solid family order, where
each family created and lived by its
own survival strategy, and from
learning self-reliance, community,
and social skills.
“You and I have been bastions
of the best of America,” he said,
adding that someone must take
over and it is up to those currently
on watch to ensure that those set to
take over understand what it is they
can do to .
Other that the Granger of the
Year Award, community service
awards were presented to the top
Pomona (county) level Grange,
and to the top subordinate (local)
Grange.
Berks Pomona was named as the
winner of its category, while the
Virginville Grange was the win
ning subordinate.
The community service award is
based on the projects and number
of hours performed in community
service.
In other recognition, the Wil
liam Steel presented the 1997 Mas
ter’s Award to John Corkum, mas
ter of the Keystone Grange N 0.2 in
Montgomery County. He was
cited for outstanding membership
growth, community service, and
legislative work. Steel presented a
framed Norman Rockwell print.
In a special presentation in light
of the historic occasion, Steel
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announced that four of the original
22 subordinate Pennsylvania
Granges that formed the Pa. State
Grange are still in existance, and
that he researched and made repro
ductions of their original charter
applications.
The framed reproductions were
presented to representatives of
those subordinate Granges: Eagle
Grange in Lycoming County; Key
stone Grange in Montgomery;
Kennet Square Grange in Chester;
and Sanatoga in Montgomery.
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