Margaret Ann ‘Maggie’ 
     
     (Boulter) Dyment 
     
     1938 
     
    
   
   
    
     t. Maggie (as she was fondly known) was 
     
     born to Nathaniel Boulter and Elizabeth 
     
     (MacWilliams) Boulter in Milburn. She 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     grew up near the family mill, attending 
     
     «. the local school until she furthered her 
     
     education in Summerside, becoming a seamstress. In 1901, she married William 
     
     Scott Dyment, a farmer and carpenter in Knutsford. In addition to her household 
     
     duties, she attended to the needs of the Dyment’ s extended family. Will and 
     
     Maggie raised three daughters, Annie, Velda and Blanche. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Family stories abound of Maggie’s seemingly unlimited energy and ability to 
     
     work. One such saga tells of her preparing a large supper meal for the men who 
     
     were threshing in a back field of the farm. After walking to deliver the food, she 
     
     continued to stook the grain while the men rested and ate their meal. She then 
     
     collected the milk cows on her journey home, completing the evening milking and 
     
    
   
   
    
     other chores of the day. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In November 1928, she became a charter member of the Knutsford WI, serving 
     
     that year as its first vice-president. A long-standing member of the organization, 
     
     she worked as a member in many capacities supporting the various projects the WI 
     
    
   
   
    
     championed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A woman of strong Christian faith, she served and supported the local Methodist, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Baptist, and United churches in the area. In her senior years, a favourite pastime 
     
    
   
   
    
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