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The Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Read the story: 150 years later, Maine Granges are still supporting farmers and their communities

The dining area at Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Maynard Chapman in the kitchen at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The kitchen at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The kitchen at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Unique handmade crafts decorate many walls, shelves and tables at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Maynard and Gladys Chapman stand in the second floor grange hall at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Maynard and Gladys Chapman stand in the second-floor hall at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The upstairs meeting hall at Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A document on the wall at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The Grange emblem is proudly displayed next to the entrance of the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
An old thermometer on the wall of the upstairs meeting hall at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The meeting hall of the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A rug on the floor of the meeting hall at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A gavel and pins members and guests wear at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A photo from a book entitled “Danville Maine: A History in Pictures” at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A photo from a book entitled “Danville Maine: A History in Pictures” at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A photo from a book entitled “Danville Maine: A History in Pictures” at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A photo from a book entitled “Danville Maine: A History in Pictures” at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The library at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The Implement Box, representing the tools of farmers, is opened at the start of a Grange meeting. This one is kept on the second-floor hall at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
In the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn, an owl at the top of a staff is a fitting symbol of a gatekeeper given its watchful and nocturnal behavior. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The grange hall ceiling on the second floor at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A section of the grange hall floor in the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Nobody seems to know for sure what it was all about. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A painting donated from the Sabbathday Lake Grange when it closed now hangs on the wall of the upstairs meeting hall at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Tin ceilings and walls in the upstairs meeting hall at the Danville Junction Grange in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...

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