Welcome to the web page of the Chico Farm Grange. The Grange Hall is located at 2775 Nord Ave. at Rodeo Ave., near Henshaw, see map. (Note: THIS ROAD IS NOT ON HWY 32! PLEASE SEE MAP!)
Meeting of the Chico Grange are generally every 3rd Monday, potluck at 5:30, meeting starts at 6:30. Meetings are open to the interested public.
Dining Room is 1,365 square feet with a commercial size warming kitchen, auditorium/meeting room is 1,925 square feet.
Minutes for Chico Grange Meeting of May 19, 2008
NEW MEMBER WELCOMING CEREMONY - Ken Donnell
Introduction of applicants
Grange background and personal experiences
Election and induction of new members
OFFICER AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
Nani Teves' mother has volunteered to do oral histories of Chico Grange Elders. We are very greatful to her and here - to Julia Holderbein for taking part in this first, of hopefully several, oral histories.
Recorded: October 6, 2007
Julia Holderbein
My parents came from a little town in North Dakota, from a little town called Gackle, near Bismarck, about thirty miles southeast of Bismarck. I come from a German family, very German. The whole town, at one time, was German, except maybe five percent. A lot of Norwegians and Swedish people had their own communities when they came in. Most of the people were Lutherans and Congregationalists, and some Catholics. I think the English people were very few at that time. Later on, there were a lot of them.
The Chico Grange Volunteers took a major step toward getting the building ready for painting before the rains set in Saturday with 5 women and 5 men, 1 son, and 2 dogs taking part in various building repair and painting preparation work. Here Kim Weir works the pit. For more pictures click on the "read more" link below.