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Niagara 3111311"? Qlimq'w Emma LOUlS BLAKE DUFF FRESvDrNY 11's. .'gigns "erton'ulle : catar 'gifiellaith, dammit December 8th , 19 E. Joclzson, FEDERATED News, JANUARY, 1946 Page Ti. IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 182 LonTHlin Ari 't'l-Z TORONTO 4, C NADA (Space did not {wt-mi? lth'IKISl'UH of the 1.017]; grouting: I'L'L'll'dlli at Ill: l'iclaria Eirimial Conference in the Orlnlwr "Ftderafed A'lzt'f'. .llrr. .\ t r Murray: is, llm'rfore, primed in [his [YI'lL'.7A'I. .A.) \\'e, the NA'HONAL CIIAr'an or TH IMPERIAL ORDER, DAUUIITLRS or TH h FIRE, in our forty-fourth annual meeting assembled, ask you, MR5. CAMERON Dow, President of the F1; Anoi or Worn; 's INsri-ru-ri-zs or CANADA, to permit us, as an organization, consisting predominantly of women of the city and the town, the privilege of recording with you as a worthy representative the high honour and gratitude in which we, your sister women and, in fact, all Canada. rightly hold the women of ottr farm and agricultural homes for their magnifi cut and unselfish service through the war. The untoward fortunes of the struggle, in the dark year in which we British folk stood alone, left all the fighting iorces, the dauntless people of the British Isles, our shattered Allies, and the straining wor ers of our own land largely dependent upon Canada for food. That we did not tail was due to the Dominion's rural Wt)th more than to any other single factor. 'ith your staln art nien gone from you to the battle; with those less fitted for combat and with your daughters leaving you for the war plants and \var's other varied needs, you bent your backs to the added tale of field and fold and hearth, and, in ~rour thousands, knew little rest from the grey of dawn to the darkness of night. liven then you turned weary fingers to the plying of the needles from which have come, in millions, the socks and other knitted goods, the colourful quiltS, and neat warm garments which have gone in unfailing supply to the need of warrior and civilian alike in the allied nations. Of your own stocks of food you took, and in the burden of the day, made and packed and sent, by the thousands of pounds, your own fruit and vegetables to elte out the meagre rations of the beleaguered British home. And in hundreds of millions, your own earnings you hm lent to further the Cause of battle. All this you have done in the simple, patient course of the daily round without question or complaint, and with little or none of the glamour or inspn-iting Cflmpanionship, vouchsaied to us who could work together in the Organized group or club rooms of the urban community. We pay our homage to you who have so richly proved that there still abides in the womanhood of this Dominion the same unselfish lore and faithfulness which sustained the lonely hearts of our grandmothers and all those who laid, rm and enduring, the heartltstones at home life in this land. ' r , May it he giren to us, yuu oi the farms and we of the towns, to go forward in the rebuilding, In truth and honour, of this nation which so many free men have (lied to make Secure, On behalf of the .lational Chapter. (Signed) ISABEL NEW President