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10.45 a.m. At Town Hall: — 



Young people's meeting. Free stereopticon pictures by 

 Walt F. McMahon, Secretary of the Massachusetts Fish 

 and Game Protective Association, and Walter K. Putney 

 of Ashland Grange. 

 12.00 M. Award of prizes. 

 12.30 P.M. Basket lunch : — 



Coffee and sandwiches free, given by Lunenburg Grange. 

 1.30 P.M. On the Common: — 



Welcome by J. P. Gilchrist, Master of Lunenburg Grange. 

 At Town Hall: — 



Children and Birds, by Edward E, Chapman, Master of 



the State Grange. 

 Value of Birds to Farmers, by Wilfrid Wheeler, Secretary 



of the State Board of Agriculture. 

 Value of Birds in Forests, by Edward Howe Forbush, State 



Ornithologist. 

 Experience in attracting Birds by Nest Boxes, Bird Feeding 

 and Control of Enemies, by William P. Wharton of 

 Groton. 

 Bird Music and Bird Welfare, by Winthrop Packard, Sec- 

 retary of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. 

 Bird Walks, if Practicable. 



Children's bird days were held under the supervision of the 

 lecturer of the State Grange, Mrs. George S. Ladd, at Grafton 

 May 13 and at Ashland June 10. These were very successful 

 meetings and were enjoyed by the children. At the Grafton 

 bird day a large number of nesting boxes and bird houses, made 

 by the children, were put up in the forenoon by the youngsters, 

 who were taken by citizens who furnished automobiles to the 

 places where the nesting boxes were to be erected. The 

 phenomenal success of this meeting and the great attendance 

 were due largely to the excellent executive work of Mrs. F. J. 

 Goff, lecturer of the Grafton Grange. The program of this 

 meeting is given for the benefit of those in other towns and 

 granges who may desire to arrange such exercises. 



GRAFTON CHILDREN'S ANNUAL BIRD DAY. 



Under Auspices of Grafton Grange, Churches and All Organiza- 

 tions OF THE Town, Saturday, May 13, 1916. 

 12.30. Parade by school children accompanied by Lyman School Boys' 

 Band. Marshaled by Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts. 

 1.00. Lunch for cliildren. 



