By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard
EXETER – Barbara Bates remembers the Grange rite of passage in the mid-1950s during which kids who’d reached 14 could graduate from the “juvenile” group and join the adults in the “subordinate” division.
During her ceremony – which had just enough secrecy and formality to make it memorable – a portion of the proceedings occurred in a darkened room.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
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