However, there were also really hard times for some of the people. At that time, government assistance was not available even for the very poor. My wife, who was always concerned about the needs of others, formed a Ladies’ Aid Society and with the assistance of other women in the community did a great deal to help those in needy circumstances. It was necessary for quite a number of men to go away to look for work and often families were left with very few provisions. I recall one such case where a mother was left with seven small children. To help this family the Society raised enough money to buy a cow in order to provide the children with milk. Money was raised through staging concerts and by other means. Some of the ladies in the Society were Mrs. Mike Demchuk, Mr. Theodore Bodnar [sic], Mrs. Harry Karpiak, Mrs. John Dzaman, Mrs. Dora J. Masciuch, Mrs. Jacob Masciuch, Mrs. Tom Woronchak, Mrs. Charles Shewchuk and Mrs. Mike Wolochatiuk.
Illustration: Women leading a cow along a lane.
Illustrated online edition. The memoir text follows the 2011 copy compiled by Rene Nicholas Bilodeau.
