Bacon Hill Grange, located in Saratoga County NY, was organized February 8^th, 1897, with sixteen charter members. The organizing officer was H. D. Wood, Deputy of Saratoga County, and the place was the home of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Slocum. All Grange meetings were held in members’ homes until August 1905 when the Grange held its first meeting in the hall owned by E. J. Winney. The grange purchased the property from E. J. Winney on June 10, 1919. On December 4, 1923, State Master Manning burned the mortgage and dedicated the hall, free of debt.

In December, 1905, Brother and Sister Isaac J. and Carrie Wright, who were charter members of Battenkill Grange, Washington County, organized in 1896, demitted from that Grange and became members of Bacon Hill Grange. Sister Wright had served as Secretary of Battenkill Grange for five years and upon being admitted to Bacon Hill Grange December 12, 1905, was elected Secretary of Bacon Hill Grange and served in that position continuously up until the present day [1935] and during her thirty nine years as a grange member she has been absent from Grange meeting only six times. Brother Wright served as Treasurer of the Battenkill Grange for several years and upon becoming a member of Bacon Hill Grange was immediately elected Treasurer of that Grange on December 12, 1905, and has served as Treasurer continuously to date. We believe this is a Grange record hard to equal.

In 1927 Raymond Cooper, Overseer of New York State Grange, installed Willard Peck Master and his staff of officers. The second State Officer to install officers of our Grange was State Steward W. J. Rich who installed the present officers in December, 1934, and also the officers of our Juvenile Grange.

Sister Stella Miller, State Lecturer, was our guest February 19, 1935, when we celebrated our 38^th anniversary; Past Masters and Charter Members Night was observed (nine Past Masters and two Charter members were present). Ten Granges were represented, the County and Juvenile deputy, two Pomona Masters and eighteen present or past masters escorted to seats of honor. We had visitors from three counties. The program was given by Past Masters and Charter members with a fitting memorial service for deceased Charter members.

Our Juvenile Grange was organized March 31, 1931, by Mildred Peck, Juvenile Deputy, with seventeen charter members. Masters who have served the Juvenile Grange are Mazie Vanderwerker, Leon Robinson, Augustus Deyoe and Ralph Williams, Jr. This Juvenile Grange has won four banners and is working for a model Grange in 1935. They also won first prize for Wild Flower Project in 1934.

A gold ribbon award designating a score of 95% was presented Bacon Hill Subordinate Grange by the State Grange for the Lectures Program work in 1934. R. McNeil was lecturer.

This year [1935] we contributed as our part locust wood to go into County Gavel which will contain fifteen different kinds of wood grown in Saratoga County. This wood came from a tree which grew from a seed planted by Henry Wagman Peck about 100 years ago near the home now occupied by his grandson, Henry C. Peck. This gavel will be presented to Pomona at a countywide meeting in the fall.

Bacon Hill Grange has furnished the following Pomona Officers from their ranks:

1. One Master, A. Clifford Lottridge, who is the only member of our order to have been Master of his own Grange, Master of Pomona Grange and County Deputy.
2. One lecturer, William S. Ostrander.
3. Two Graces, Mrs. William S. Ostrander who served as Ceres and Mrs. Julia E. Leggett who served as Flora.
4. The present Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. Hazel Sparling.
5. The present County Deputy and Juvenile Deputy, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Rugg.

Of these two Deputies who have served from our Grange, Brother A. Clifford Lottridge served in 1918 and 1919 and Brother Clifford Rugg served during 1931-1935. During the Lottridge administration Pomona held a Grange Fair at the Saratoga Armory which was very successful form every viewpoint. Brother Rugg received the Silver Key from the National Grange for organization work and was presented with Honor Certificate at State Grange session at Niagara Falls awarded to Deputies serving four years and meeting the Honor requirements.

We have also furnished two Juvenile Deputies, Mildred Peck, 1931-1934, and Mrs. Marion Rugg, 1935. Mildred Peck organized five Juvenile Granges in our County, Mrs. Rugg, one Grange.

Bacon Hill Grange has exhibited at the County Fair and won seven first premiums, three second premiums and one third premium since 1925.

Charter Members
George B. Thompson
Mrs. George B. Thompson
Charles Thompson
Mrs. Charles Thompson
Henry C. Peck
Mrs. Henry C. Peck
A. G. Deyoe
Mrs. A. G. Deyoe
John Vanderwerker
Mrs. John H. Vanderwerker
Hiram B. Rugg
Mrs. Hiram B. Rugg
Mrs. George Slocum
Charles Slocum
Miss Lillian Slocum
Miss Fannie Baucas

Past Masters
George B. Thompson 1897-99
Henry C. Peck 1900-1901
George H. Slocum 1902-1903
John H. Vanderwerker 1904-1905
A.G. Deyoe 1906-1907
Samuel Chapman 1908-1911
Clifford Lottridge 1912-1913
Frank H. Bean, Sr. 1914-1915
Orville D. Towne 1916-1917
Henry C. Peck 1918-1919
Frank H. Bean Jr. 1920-1923
Clifford Rugg 1924-1926
Willard Peck 1927-1928
Gerald Goff 1929-1930
Andrew King 1931-1932
William A. Harvey 1933-1934
Harlan W. Leggett 1935

Grange Motto

In essentials, Unity;
In non-essentials, Liberty;
In all things, Charity.

Purposes
1-A better and more prosperous agriculture.
2-Better practical agricultural education.
3-A better and larger community life.
4-Higher ideals of manhood, womanhood and citizenship.