Upper Applegate Grange #839

12/03/2025

We are putting a hold on yoga for the time being. Please keep your eye on our page and emails for when it starts back up again. If you're not on our email list and would like to be, please send us an email at [email protected]

11/25/2025

Today! Thank you so much to Black Barn Farm Kitchen & Deli for providing FREE meals to our community! Pick up today, November 25th at the Grange, 5pm! 3901 Upper Applegate Rd.

11/18/2025

The food pantry was a huge success!! We have such an amazing community ❤️
Thank you to everyone who donated non-perishable food, there are too many of you to name individually!
We were able to pass out 50 bags of non-perishable food and about 1000lbs of local vegetables from Red Buttes Farm, Intergalactic Acres and Blue Fox Farm; as well as add in eggs, butter and sausage that we were able to purchase from cash donations from Ruch Community Bible Church and a few other wonderful community members. We are so grateful for all the love and support from everyone. It's really wonderful to see neighbors helping neighbors.

11/17/2025

Such a fantastic piece!

In 1967 Applegate Grange #839 entered this exquisite sampler designed and embroidered by Evelyn Byrne William in statewide and national competitions to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Grange movement. The piece won 4th place! Why were such creations called "samplers"🤔?

11/15/2025

Pick up ➡️ Tomorrow 11/15/25 10am-2pm 3901 Upper Applegate Rd

11/15/2025

The first ever Grange Food Pantry open tomorrow!! ❤️‍🔥 The Grange hall is full of bagged foods ready to be passed out. Thank you so much to Red Buttes Farm, Intergalactic Acres and Blue Fox Farm for your amazing contributions of fresh local produce.

Thank you so much Cheyanne and Rebecca for sorting through all the donations and organizing into bags. And thank you so so much to everyone else who has contributed. This community is so loved and supported and we could not be more grateful to offer this for our neighbors.

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Pick-Up at the Ruch Grange, upper Applegate Road. From 10 AM to 2 PM unless food runs out sooner. No qualifications. Everyone needs food.

11/14/2025

📣ANNOUNCING📣

Free Thanksgiving Meals

Hello Community! 🤍

We are so thankful to share that we’ve teamed up with Black Barn Farm Kitchen & Deli to assist with distributing FREE Thanksgiving meals to families in our neighborhood. We will be helping Black Barn give away 100 plates on November 25th, 2025 at 5pm.

Pick up will be in Ruch at the Grange building, with delivery available in special circumstances. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. We will be making a sign up list to get a plate count, but you are not required to sign up to get a plate.

Let us know if you are in need of a meal!! 🥘

We don’t want anyone hungry around here. Thank you Black Barn Farm for providing this food. 🙏🏼

Other plates are being distributed through agencies listed in the flier, for a total of 1,000 meals being provided.

11/10/2025

Community Food Pantry this Saturday! Please tell anyone you know who may need a little help this month.

We are still accepting donations of non-expired, non-perishable food items. Drop off locations for donations are at Ruch Hardware (Mon-Sat 8:30-6), Born Again Antiques (Tues-Sat 11-4) and Pacific Wonderland Herbs (Wed-Sat 11-4).

We will be accepting perishable donations at the Grange ONLY on Thursday the 13th from 4-6pm. Please send us a message if you have perishable donations and cannot make it to the Grange on Thursday.

Thank you community!

11/09/2025

In April 1936, Albert Young donated land adjoining the "forest campground" (today's McKee Bridge picnic grounds). Jim Winningham headed a crew to split shakes. Upper Applegate Grange #839 started construction by July 4🎆. The all-day celebration included "a kitten ball game between a CCC nine and the farmers"🐱. Wendt's orchestra again came from Jacksonville for a dance. The hall was completed and dedicated in June 1938. Note Boaz Mountain in the background.

11/08/2025

Whoops!!! Hello all, Allie here. I thought Robert was out of town this weekend but he's out of town NEXT weekend 🤦‍♀️
There WILL BE YOGA this Saturday the 8th at 10am. NO YOGA November 15th. So sorry for the confusion!

11/08/2025

Floyd Rippey's proposal to build a community hall was set aside within two months in favor of a drive to form a Grange for "the Ruch, Big Applegate and Little Applegate sections." Locals met at the Uniontown schoolhouse (shown here) at 8PM on September 4, 1935, with Arthur Brown, State Grange deputy. A follow-up meeting was held eight days later at the Beaver Creek school. Things moved quickly and the first 30 charter members of Upper Applegate Grange #839 elected their officers on October 12: Master - Valoris Haskins, Lecturer - Bertha Haskins, Overseer - Fred Dorn, Secretary - Eva McKee, Treasurer - Ed Walker, Steward - Morris Byrne, Assistant Stewart - William Dorn, Gate Keeper - Guy Watkins, Chaplain - Eleanor Mayfield, Ceres - Gladys Byrne, Flora - Pearl McKee Byrne, Pomona - Mamie Watkins Winningham. Please leave a comment if you are a descendant

11/05/2025

There will be NO YOGA again this Saturday the 8th. Huge apologies for the two week hiatus! Robert will be out of town and we will resume yoga on Saturday November 15th at 10am.