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splendid work as Secretary of the Grange, a 

 position which she still retains. But since that 

 time there had been no independent farmers' 

 organization with a woman's auxiliary, and if 

 there were any of the old workers still available, 

 they were not known to officers of the U.F.O. 

 Undaunted however by lack of experience, 

 the provisional executive went to work, and 

 although visible results were slow in making 

 an appearance a great deal of missionary work 

 was done. 



Encouragement was not lacking. In some 

 localities the time was ripe for organization. 

 One of the first to urge upon Mr. Morrison the 

 advisability of forming a woman's section was 

 Mrs. Henry Wilson of Georgetown. Mrs. 

 Wilson was one of the sixteen women who met 

 Mrs. McNaughton, and no sooner had she 

 returned than she invited her neighbors to her 

 home. Twenty-three ladies attended, and there 

 and then on the eleventh of July was formed the 

 Ashgrove U.F.W.O., the first club of its kind in 

 the Province. 



An amusing incident happened in connection 

 with the third meeting of this club which was 

 held in the Orange Hall at Milton. Shortly after 

 the business of the evening began, a number of 

 people from the town appeared outside the build- 

 ing and expressed a desire to come in to the 



