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PA State Grange President Elected to Chairman of the Board

        For information contact: Carl Meiss, Public Relations Director  Ph: (717)-737-8855 or (800)-552-3865

Email: publicrelations@pagrange.org

November 20, 2007

 

 

left to right - Marty Billquist, Besty Huber, Phil Prelli and "Pete" Pompper

 

Betsy Huber, President of the PA State Grange, was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors to the National Grange at their recent organizational meeting in Reno, Nevada.

 

Huber was elected to the Board of Directors last year at the National Grange Convention held in Springfield, Illinois.  Serving with her on the Board are Marty Billquist of Montana, and newly elected members Franklin "Pete" Pompper of New Jersey and Phil Prelli of Connecticut.   The four elected members will be joined by newly elected President Ed Luttrell from Oregon and Vice-President Jimmy Gentry from North Carolina to make up the National Grange Board of Directors.

 

Per National Grange By-Laws, "It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee [Board of Directors] of the National Grange to exercise general supervision of the affairs of the Order during the recess of the National Grange which shall include those acts pertaining to the execution of laws, rules, regulations, and policy established by the delegates of the National

Grange."  The Board of Directors presents a recommended budget to the Delegate body annually for action.  The Board then has oversight of the disbursement of the funds of the National Grange.

 

Ms. Huber stated that, "This is an exciting time for the National Grange, with a new President and 10 new officers.  I look forward to working with the new Board of Directors and other officers through the next year to advance the Grange to new heights of service to our members and our communities."

 

The National Grange presently has Community (local) Granges in 37 States and the District of Columbia.  The Grange is a family fraternal organization dedicated to the betterment of the American quality of life through community service, education, legislation and fellowship.  The Grange includes members of all ages from their Junior Grangers (ages 5-14),

 

Youth Members (ages 14-23), Young Adults (ages 21-35) and Regular Community (local) members (age 14 and up).  The Grange represents approximately 15,000 Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth.  It is the oldest agricultural and rural advocacy organization of its kind in the United States.  The National Grange (Patrons of Husbandry), representing about 150,000 members, began in 1867 and the PA State Grange was chartered in 1873.