MONTICELLO, NY — The Monticello Grange #1357 recently celebrated two of its members, Master Earl Lilley and past secretary/treasurer Anna Benson, for their several decades of uninterrupted membership and service to the organization. Lilley, left, was awarded a 50-year membership pin and a Golden Sheaf Certificate for those who have devoted a half century of service to the Order of Patrons of Husbandry in recognition of 50 years of continuous Grange membership. He has served in the office of Master since June 2011, when then Master Nellie Culligan stepped down from office. Benson, next to Lilley, was awarded a 60, 65, and 70th year seal, which she had never previously received, for her past years of devoted service since 1941. Next year, she will be eligible to receive her 75th year certificate and pin, an honor which has seldom been achieved. At right is past Master Nellie Culligan, who presented the honors.