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fanuar y, 1920
THE LA DSWOMAN
Association News
Farewell Parti es and N.A.L. Meetings in the Counties
Bedfordshire
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Jolm'ltou'R ("(Jutr.,l Ht•!!t.mraut,ln flt•dftmJ.
\ftA-r tR11, t(J wh&dt ~H F.at tiQwn, \frs. \\ Jutl,rr•JitJ th" dmirm 1111
of llw •·owrruth·f', !!poke. Shr• hid "''W muf'! 1 tttP ~lrl~' WMk
h.t•l IJ"~>n :~Jlr•r('(·Jatetl Ju th,. N>unty, anti hr,w grat,·ful !'he" wal4
t() th•• uwmh •rs of the" rr,rnmlttN• ffJT thr·1r }f')•ll au•l rutlm-i.1~fi••
fiiiPflOrt durln" flln p:•~t four Y''llf~.
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S w th~n JITI'H'nf~"·tl lw,.nt>· t,,)()(j ~nir•• H.II)R"8 , nd aftPr
thr• c rh~>r•r8 h~l hr-~•n fti\cn to tht rh.tirJrJnr., thP.' TfJ()fll wa~
d<•;UNI for darii'IDf( 1 l(olfllNI, lllltl I'Oill(ldltiOn~.
Berks
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An int"rr~t ing 1~nd •Ill'~"'" 1ful JnM•tina to mark the dl)!loe of tl1f'
work of th" Wouwn'- Lancl \nny In J~rkshire \\AA hr·ltl in thP.
('tmn~'•l ChamtY!r at th<> .\1!..~1'-" Ct>urt•. Jv·ad111g. cm 'liJP day.
Th•· ('oun(JI ('hnrnt.~t:r \\ll-1 crowclfod w1fil p:irl!! repn• ·nttns; all
brauC'hr<~ of farrn an!l gMdc•n work. 'li~-~ (;IJ\IJy~ l'ott (of th~
Wom~>n'B Hranl'll of thr nnarll of \~TJMJ!tnri!J took tlll' c·h:\IT,
ancl th,.rr \VPT•' r&l--.~"nt :-)[r .1 ITf'rhPrt Cen)'rm. LMd
LJ••utcnanf and chairman of tlw Wonv·n·~ f;uh·{'outnutt<~'r • thP
followwg nwu"iberl4 of the commitu·r: )lr. Job Lou•IPy,' )U~
Lou~l<'y, )ll~'i El11lt' LOU>lll'y, \fl,_, o~mrmd, 'fr E. W, K -,latll',
)fr.; 'lturge-. and ){r !i R. Wh1tley, with )h , )!. 0. (;rl'flll; and
)li~., )laud!' F. Wel~ht (~tarr of thl' J,i\nd A rrny Offi<* ), and )I•~"~
Lc:wkl~>y Snnth, the effic·ient county ~C't('tary.
\[r. Benyon J>rr<;~• ntrd Good ServlrA' Bad~t•·~ to thf) following
Llnd Gnl" of the county :-Amy Bowman, h,mf' Burrrll. Emlly
Carry. Glady"' Coo~r, £thel Drew, Eh Edmund'!. )[uriel
Oammon~. May Glbbon.'l, I>ai!4y Glrdler, Kate Green, (~rtrode
Ur~enwood, Alice Hathernll , Queenlt' Hellmnth , )(N. Jan\1'"~,
){N. Kinp:, Kate Klnf(e, )[ary LanPy, Al.aCC' )(ay, 'Iu )lPay
and Hannah Wornham.
There wM a plea~ant interruption at thb point, when ){ills
)[aureen Shaw, representing the Land Army girls of the county,
Mked )[iAR Lockley Smith to ac~pt n solid «tlver ten ~n1ce 8'1
a token of love and apprecit\tlon ior her unfailing kindne "' to
them duri n g the last three years.
)liso, Lockley Smith arose (amid dt>nfrning npplau>.t>) i\od in a
~raceful little Spt'rch s howt'd ht"r intense appreciation of thr
charming gift, which. he !laid, would be one of ht'r m~t treasured
J)O\'SessionA and would conc;tantly remind her of three bu5y but
happy years. She referred In glowmg terms to the genero ... ity
and ldndness of her chairman and committee. <\nd to the
excellent bervi<:'!'> rendert'd by )[i.;s (:regg and )[l~s Weight.
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)lfss Pott then explained the scheme for thr formation of nn
As.,ociation of Landt.women .
'l'h~> girlo, npJY'arcd nnnnln\0\li! in upporting thl-. "Chemt>.
and 143 promptly enrolled M memhe~. and .proceedE-d t~ e~r<'t
tht-tr committee a~ follows :-)f~ . Sturges, )fi<;~ Lockley 8m1th,
l~hoe be Blgg"~, Hl\ttie Dny, ::\Iaureen Kendnll, )fnu'l'ttn Shnw.
)l nrjor~c Wnkc Wnlkrr (fOrt>\\ oruatt of Go'>f.'mm<-nt Ln.nd Settlr·
m<>nt Farm), and l'lorenc~ Whiting (forewomnn of fot'\'<~t ry Jti\H't).
The enrollrd lll('mbers unnnimon'\ly propoc;ed )!i~~ Lockh•y
Smith as their repn>~ntatlw on the Gencrnl Council. the tin-t
meeting of which IS to be hf.'ld In London on ~~mlll'r 18th.
Cheshire
'l'hO'.;e ntt"ndiug
w~re ~prescntatiws of the
women gar·
and metO'beN of the Land Army.
)[r--. Ln-.·m~on, read ~he drnft 'ChCm('
fully cxplmned. thr mms nn~ objt>ct'l
tho;;e prc~nt iol!nllflcd thrlr mtt"ntlon
drner--, iMm t-rnnnts.
Tlw orgnni-.ing secn'tnry,
of the constitution. nnd
of the .A!-'>oeiation. All
of <'nrollinj:t.
It w·\S decidt'd to call th<' .-\~ocil\tion the Chc~-ohlre Branch of
the Xt~tionl\l A<~,orlntlon of ~andworker:;. The drMt st>h<'me
wa'l adopted In full. with two rxceptlons : -
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1 'l'he parngrat>h relating to the County ('onumtt('r of )lanngl ·
nwnt b<> df'h~tt>d, nnd that only onl' Committ('t' be formed, to ~
l'ttllt.>d the gxccutn·c Commlttet>.
2. Tht\t tnl'mbcrll might be enrolled on tht' recommendntlot.
of one 1\"'~0('Iat<'.
rhr follo\\ lng nnm<'s. wrr; tht'~l put forward f~r <'lrchon a . .,
m ml)("t:< of th<' F.'\N'UfiYf' ( omm1ttce, and vn~"{'d .·
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It Wlh e flt:l'i:tlly n ked that fr,ur lm-111c >~ JTU'n and fanfl<'r
shtJUid be a~knl to .i!lt on thr. l:x•'"Utl\• Corumilt-'~'· I hf> nanlf>
t•ropr~Sed "'' r~ :-)fr. Jjt>N·roft, .\ L (',; C:tptain Wrf~ht;
)fr. ghepl)(lrd, ,\.r. ('. : :\lr. Ilt-11, farw• r
'Otl' hH1 latter jrentlt>rru>n ha\P. . lt'\'atly lwully rorl5Piltt'd to
net 111 ttti~ .... lf~Wl'll T"•rtr 11t H11ngor to nil th•• lll<'ffill('r~;
of thl' Land \rmy \\h(J are "till working on f.t.nn~ and markt f
garclt'n~ In th~> two fOuntiP~ .
Tn re WPn· :J2 lrnulworker pre>.('nt and almo·t all of them nrc•
rem3.!nln~ 111 thf>ir prr~nt C'IIIJ'loymcnt .
Thr tzjriM arrived in UangOr frODI 'oatiOlli' dlll'f'ttOn 8l)()Ul
:l O'<'lock and wert' ntf't hy thr (;roup I.A':uifo:r. 'frs . )fa\l:llleu. an1l
mnrt!tl'd np to thf' ('olle~ ~trounrl' "'hP. re tht v and the offirial>~
Wen' phot<>graphPd
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'l'hey thPn pr~ded to tl1~> 1 .)r (' A. roomQ, whPrc n J'll('Ctlnl!;
wa~ held to inaugurate a Branch of thr Xntioual .-\ ~ociat~on ot
La.n<111wown, which 'tart w1th a mernber:hir of 12:i. )lt·, K.
Willinm.s. Penlan. whom we all kno"' 'l'ry \\t'l at thl' Otnet> "'n
appoint~d Hon. Trea. .. urer.
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ThP Lan1l Girl~ were all very d• .. nppomted that )fl'" 'l all ot
nod )(rs. Jlughes wrre unahle to hP w;th u .. , hut '"'1' muth
appreciaterl their lt>ttRN t'X]Ire..,,inll their n>gn·t that tht-y wt>rc
not able to l.M' present ·• to mPet th~ who ha.d cla.tlvely of the work wmnrn had
done fot' food production during thP war a.nd Wl"hrd (''>•''1.
... uC<'f'~c; to the :National A<-.. ocintlon of L:lnd'tl that thf' que'~tion of nddltlon'll
lc'>ie<> ror county purpose., <~hould bP lrft to till' county branchr,
to decide
The Council th('n pr()Ce('d~d to it!l final ta ... k of elertin~ ~illht
reprcsentat.Jvec; to ~>it on t ho "u l>·comn\ith~r ~ug~~gat('l'l : )IJ~orne, J~~~x: )LI'·" "'nnp-.on. '\ orthnnt~;
Lady St. Aubyn. Cornwall ; )(r~'4 Ohvlrr.
Wilt<>. ; 'Lndy. Chicht'~ter. Ea.."t l:'u<.-.e'l:; )ll"'l Ch:\rlt'"' 'tunl>lt',
Xorthumberland: :'tlr--. lloward ('oot~. H\lnh; "'"" "Beat ne'\'
('hnmbe~. Pembroke • )li~llon,
"London ; 'lh-s Cook, llnnt!l ; )lrs. RolK'rt,., Hurk'l: 11ft,.>~ C'nlnuHiy
Hnmlyn . De' on: \[r'l. Ilu((hf''l · )lJ"" BUll(!"'"· :Norfolk
The&' wet'\' balloted for nnd thr re-.ult \\,\." announl~·d it\ th~
followin![ order.
(l) )II~atf~ild W c ... t 1\:t'llt.
n> ,(! ... ~ ~in\tlROI\. Xorthanl~.
(.l ) :'\(r-.. Hob b .... Woo.
(5) )ri~<.~ l<'MH'Ctt, Oxford.
(6) ~ln; Hu~hr'l, Editor of THE I ~ 'SD:-WO\U~.
(i) 'flw Hon.)[~ .\lfred l.yttdton. D•putv Director, Wonwu'-.
Brl\nch.
(8) )!r ... Hnrri!IOII, Stafford.
t9) l\{r<>. A"«hcton. Lnnr".
10\ )[I~~ }3("atrlce Chaml'l4'r-.. l'cmhrolo.r
ln ronl'iCCJIII'nC(' of th<' •mh~qufnt wlth!\nt\Hil of 'fr,., 1.~ ttc•ltt n
nnd )[r!l. Jlughl'~<. )fn;. '"~heton nnd )(i'i Chnmh.•rs ht.'<":llllt'
mf·mhl'r-. o! the ~uh-commith~<'
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With :l hf.'arh '.Of(' of thnnks to '[r ... l>o.•·1nt' ~tt\'1\tff'tld forth
rrnllv wonderrtil \\ ny In \\ ht<'h o;hf' hl\