Pioneer White Ribboners.

White Ribbon, Volume 43, Issue 511, 18 May 1938, Page 7

Pioneer White Ribboners.

Miss ROBERTS. ret met Mln Rob rti In the <Jhriet- . h i Prohibition League which the joined ■ooa after 11 i rted. ahe had < onceived :..,• • for tli*- traflfk which d m much Buttering to i hlldi i ■< ■ i and ii much of the dead!) attacta <>f the * in the Itvaa of ti■■•• children ahe taught she heard that there was a • J—Mm with thti trail i m». and it was not loni laatgnml bar poal aa t< u her and employment aa organlaei fbi the /. aland Aihan k thai i v■ - Rordtnai • and an unlimited capacit) foil" th< moai unpopular the world ta known and IU adYOcatee had to face not merely utter Ignorance i>ut t.i tar and renooppoetUon. r»u- lane Robert* ~ woman of deep convlctiona N hei to pra). ' i i•• >at ■ ... -.in Inced i thin. ; i,, folk w, no i '•'"' ' \ v ben bar ilon lad bar. in paying .» tribute t„ |,, .... I.N! laltt Bald r>i position, ihe riued In a hal Hhe d *med to bt rigiil with ■ quiet, unflinchlm b thai was ..n sample to ua aIL . one of thoan rara woi ken who eemed Independent of am 11

\ ■ .i thinker ai d wi IP waa , i and forceft i ami aha did ,• i ice ftM oni i .hi ■■ b) bar n Jo the newapapera Indeed the 4 one papai pal i bar what b< ntl) « oiuuaered a h |ii oomplimeni > Ing that ahe ni"' l "like ■ man." le a friend ahe was i be aoul of km alt) and devotion, *-\ ei read) to aei i•• ~ lowed and t«» rupporl them In anj emergen* >, The memor) of her ■ ishlp is one of I le highlight! of my :. ■

She Joined the Chrittchurch Branch • w.i'T.r. In i - aarWaal j proved beraelf ■ • • unongat it ~ to eetimaP a hat we "White Wbhonera'' oe Roberta, but n t do knoi thai d m ■it h , apii it o 4 courage and for the right; read] aver, ta In just k t or to ' Ighl ■

in.' of "in oldei membari will n tber bar ii Conventloaa and ana ber voice mi claiming a itii no • i tam ami ni. "We emphatically \\> 11 waa Indeed ■ M wai rlor ••, rer In the van of effort Bar i] lift of humanlt) ." and aa uner U i .in be paid than that paid by Mra, I too at i be fclemoi al Ben Ice In July, ltlt. "Her motto . ould ba • i ■ad m tin- wonla of ttnudaam Lin'l nn n<» bound to win hnt hound tin.-. I am not bound to IUCCed but hound to in.- up to the rtffctf " C. HENDHUM3N.

Mils. A K ITKINSON. Mi a. Atkinson a i .. always known aa one who could !. be ti uated to . for anyone whom at* knee t<> be Ivlce and ohai • She w . and had nn nnu- : lilnk clearl) and imi told bei mother that •»♦ bad navei met ■ battel judicial mind in cither man Of woman. \> 111 hi Kirk ahe waa laadei l tbe first "i i nion formed In °l i lingrton. it hei aympath) waa bj •■•I more quickl) for one kind of Bufl Ing than anoih. i it was for the Victim* "t the liquoi trii.'. for the drunk l upon bim. afan) aho leel ure n< art) 10 ) • ei ni peak i i hei logii al, etrong mj mpathetlc handling "t t his eubji how kind. Bhe alwa\ I ngi iin one of bei . litu lii a vi lahion of bnvtni honowr.l a barr a and a hammer from ck up tl •• of • 111114 <>n i lie hlackamit h'i dooi whei : now ahe got the hlack- - nut h. w i. t >tl .i drunkard in t be di.-tr.ct, to let bei put the notice on hii ili •( »h' Well I Juai talked •i : told I mi what a nice door .•: ii.i a i.<lked al oul our mothers •tini when l told bim what my lecture about and red >.- *t i i otn mot about the drink traffic ; hat foi th i wan ■ure b< to hi ~■ .1,1 it would not foi bim to help put it up, but that be waa anil i and wouldn't ink he found up when he . .me i.i. .x ' He tig a. <i the pledge that night, much to the distrust <>t' the publicsn. w i ■• nded the n

in thoae daya than mare ao motor nor telephone! to ■peak of, im.i much of her travelling was done i>\ borae and |igr< Bke ami very fond of anlmala and many were the racy BtOriea ihe told of the different kinds of* boreea she bad had—some tar] Bat othera kindly but alow, .so slow that the) seemed t<. be limiting their step* to Bui Inchea In length,

in the aarly dayi of the she apoke In the opera Houae after church one Sunday evening; ;in<i area most umiaod !►♦•( anse tin- iif\i day*i "post" after criticlatng the other apeaken lather adveraely, mid the) "would aaj nothing about the othei •peaker, hut the) hoped the young person would • ai mlagruided in the future."'

To a w.t'T.i Convention nothing need ba said ot* her work for the Union. It was the work dearest to her heart and her | le«iu»- '"to death OT victory' was faithful!) carried out. One of her outstanding characteristi. | was g serenity which often brought comfort to those with whom ahe oame

in contact. <>ue woman said. "I was kneeling In Church In great distress about mi dnughter. i was praying, hut seemed to tie getting no comfort. Then someone knelt Inside me and I felt aa if an angel's presence had brough! ma some oomfoft. when I from my kn.es I found my angei waa Mm. Atkinson." Throughout her life her one desire was to help and comfort. Her prayer. •*nh that I may at least help someone unto the Kingdom of aa> Lor4, M