Dear Friends

At the 141st National Grange Convention in Nevada the week of November 13th to 17th, voting delegates elected three NH members to office! NH State Master Beth Merrill from Antrim is the new Lady Assistant Steward, Past State Master John West was re-elected Chaplain, and Past State Master Daniel Bascom was chosen Priest Archon of the Assembly of Demeter. As far as I know, this is the first time NH has held three such positions at the same time! No other state currently shares such a record.

In addition, NH members Linda Lauer from Pine Grove Grange in Bath and Marie Hall (our State Lecturer) from Hampton Falls Grange performed brilliantly at the Evening of Excellence on November 15th. Linda, the Northeast Talent Winner played her mountain dulcimer, and Marie, Northeast "Sign-a-Song" competition champion, displayed her winning number.

As well as the officers from NH, your new line up of National Grange officers is as follows:National Master Ed Luttrell (Past Oregon Master and National Membership Director); Overseer Jimmy Gentry (North Carolina Master and former National Board of Directors Chair); Lecturer Judy Sherrod (Tennesee State Master); Steward Jay Pfeiffer (Texas State Master); Assistant Steward Roger Bostwick (Kansas State Master); Treasurer Joe Fryman (Nebraska State Master); Henrietta Keller (Past Illinois State Master); Gatekeeper William Narvel (Delaware State Master); Ceres Nancy Swainston (First Lady of the Michigan State Grange); Pomona Judy McCann (former First Lady of the Oklahoma State Grange); Flora Linda Chase (First Lady of the Massachusetts State Grange); and Board of Director Members Betsy Huber (Pennsylvania State Master), Marty Billquist (Montana State Master), Phil Prelli (Past Connecticut State Master), and Pete Pompper (New Jersey State Master). High Priest of Demeter John Valentine (Past Indiana State Master) was re-elected, and the new Priest Annalist of the Assembly of Demeter is Bruce Croucher (Past New York State Master).