\:OvE^'S CO-OPERATIVE GUI IDE (Con’t)
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eretion. If they take their basket
to the private business plucks they
ere rutting the money which their
husbands hard vrorl: hr s drawn from
the capitalist reservoir and which
for the moment they can control,
back into the system that exploits
them. If, on the other hand, they
spend it at the co-operatives they
are putting it into their own bus
iness, -and building th^ now system,
of co-operation, where each is for
all and a.ll for each. Every loaf
of bread, every pair of shoes and
every box of matches that woman
buys from her co-operative is help
ing to advance co-operation through
out the world."
'V hat rights and responsibilities
do gu Ids h-vc in the Co-operative
Movement?
The Co-oper:tive Movement is the
first sccic.1 novoiaent to recognize
women as members on equal basis with
men, a omen can bo shareholders in
the co-op-rativo's and so have the
right to cttJnd all m stings, to
oxccrciso their franchise and p; r
ticipate in all the functions of th
co-operatives.
All^ guild mo mb rs hhoftld b~ ch r , -
hol'd .rs in the;in local cc-operativesi
The guilds should nsv- r 'los- sight
the fact that the co-opera tive
store belongs to them, and that the •
part of -the responsibility for
managing it well r^sts also with
them., '.'.’omen’s experience and assis
tance is needed on the 'board of
directors. Educational committees !
and in. various practical, activities
promoting the- interests of the store'
or where there is co-operative *
work to bo done or a co-operative
message to be preached, •
The responsibility of spreading co
oper. tive knowledge among th child-!
ren and youth rests first of all
on guild women, as mothers, who •"re ;
■building the Co-operative Common
we c1th,
4-H LEADERS COUNCIL HELD
Th: Fate no. ska Valley 4-11 Leaders
Council held th in first mooting of
thoy^er last honcl.y night. Tho pur
pose of tho mooting was to elect ‘
officers and make pirns for the com-,
ing year. About twenty-one members
wore present ut the meeting which
was hold in tlio United Protestant
Church . , .
The following officers were elected f
to servo during the coming y r.r: '
Ers. B. J. E ingle, Pres., Trs. R„ B.’
Graham, Vice Pres., hr. Harry dimmer,
Sec,-Tros and Tirs . Roland her nor
and hr. Harry Y.’imm .r, Gong Loaders. .
hrs. Ivan hilson who w 3 president
of the Council tho past year has
retired from club work for this year'.
For . on: time she was loader of the
very successful North Star 4-H Club.*
She wisely r- vo up this club to
someone si so when she moved from
the district in which tho club was
loc: tod. Th. r word with the club and,
the Council is certainly to bo
commended and she will b. much miss
ed during the coming y ar.
ratings of th Council •'•ill bo held'
on the Second Hondry of each month,
nt the United Protest nt Church*
All 1 or. do re ar~ urged to be present*’
" "4-K CO'7"'TESTING' CLUB
On April 5th the second mooting of 1
The hf.tr-nuskr.. Valley Cov; tasting
4-K Club was celled f t the Primer
Creamery. The mooting was called
to order by the President. All
- faprs v r , pr sont except 'nllr.ee •
Hoffit* hr. ? clntyre gave r rcviovr
on how to run milk tests. Howard
Estelle explained about keeping the ■
milk r cords. After 'that various
o 'ds and ends wore discussed and
the mooting v/r.s soon adjourned.
Bor. the fir*.t time the members ran
their own milk tost under the super
vision of Hr. 1 "clntyre
Ben Hermon--Reporter.