the Rev. Roy Fletcher , rector of St. Paul's Church at Dawson City. We have been fortunate in having had a long-time former Prayer Partner, Miss Meryl Elliott visit our branch on several occasions. She is presently living retired at Tisdale, Sask. We always used the suggested study books which helped ut to understand conditions in the various mission fields and sparked our interest in the missionaries and their work. St. Elizabeth's was especiallyinterested in the where the Rev. R.H.A. Haslam had been a missionary, and where his wife. Dr. Jean Haslam, had established the Maple Leaf Hospital in the town of . Their daughter, Dr. Florence Haslam , was in charge there for forty years. Our W.A . followed the custom which had long been observed by the church in England of setting apart St. Andrew's Day as a special day of intercession for missionaries. On that day the members were asked to make a special self-denial offering which was forwarded to the Self-Denial Fund designated for Overseas Work. Through the Dorcas Department the W.A . provided clothing for the girls, and for the boys, under twelve years of age, in the church missionary schools. The sewing and knitting was an important part of our W.A . activities, as we tried to help the people, especially the children, living in . In the fall of the year our Dorcas Secretary received from the Diocesan Secretary in Charlottetown a list of articles needed for a bale to be sent to a certain mission school. We would meet every second Thursday after¬ noon at one of the member's homes where we were kept busy cutting out articles, using the sewing machine in turns, hand sewing or making button holes. Some would knit. Mrs. Hyatt Haslam recalls how, as a teacher in Springfield , she would often shorten the noon hour and dismiss school early that day to be ready to get into the wood-sleigh with the others. There were no roads ploughed for cars in the winter then. The hostess would prepare supper and in the evening the members would have their meeting which consisted of devotions, business and mission study. A social hour followed. Sometimes a box of used clothing, homemade soap, etc. would be packed. In later years we would divide up the sewing and do it at home. Then we just had an evening meeting once a month and took all our sewing and knitting to a meeting March to be packed and taken to the Annual Meeting at Charlottetown . St. Elizabeth's Branch like all the other branches in the early days raised their funds by free will offerings as well as holding chicken suppers and bazaars, concerts, and box socials. Most branches made an autograph quilt and auctioned it off to the highest bidder, or else sent it to their Prayer Partner. Lectures followed by a sale of lunches helped to swell the funds as well as Feast Day Plate Money, Easter Egg Collection , Church Calendars, and commission on Christmas card orders. Many and varied were the money raising projects undertaken to help towards the Adopted Refugees, Social Action needs, Save the Children Fund, and St. Andrew's Day Care Centre. (28)