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our share of responsibility, and now know that 

 we are a living force in the community. 



Whenever we meet together, every woman 

 receives a cordial welcome. By words and 

 messages of encouragement we seek to develop 

 a real neighborly and co-operative spirit, greatly 

 adding to our community life. At our meetings 

 we have an opportunity to make friends, to forget 

 ourselves in working for others, and to express 

 our thoughts without embarrassment. No fea- 

 ture on our programme has proved more bene- 

 ficial than the social half hour set apart at each 

 meeting for the purpose of becoming better 

 acquainted. 



"We always have objectives to work for. It 

 may be the supplying of good literature for our 

 homes, it may be work for some charitable 

 institution, it may be for our local schools by 

 way of decorating or putting better equipment 

 in them. Now we visit or send flowers to the 

 sick, again we are assisting the school or agricul- 

 tural fair, this time it will be a baby clinic, and 

 by a fine effort in 1920 we established a rest room 

 of our own in town. For all these purposes we 

 raise money through teas, concerts, garden 

 parties, lectures and plays. 



'Today, looking back and taking stock of 

 what we have accomplished, we feel that our 

 efforts have been more than repaid. We have 



