<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE><FONT size=3>Howdy Folks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE><FONT size=3>It occurred to me that maybe one of you might know something about this:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE><FONT size=3>I have been researching the '<STRONG>WOMEN of WOODCRAFT</STRONG>' without much luck. I've discovered that they were anywhere in the states where timber was an industry, around the turn of the 19th to 20th century. There seems to be a connection with the Masons, but not always. Also an indication that they were an auxiliary group to the 'WOODSMEN'. What I really want is what they did, at their meetings and in their communities, besides funerals and headstones.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE><FONT size=3>If at all possible, I would like to locate the group that was active in Myrtle Point, Coos Co., OR, circa 1915. I have found a notice of when & where meetings were held in an old City Directory, but nothing more. My gr gr grandmother's grave is marked by a rather large monument from them. I would dearly love to learn just what she did to deserve it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE><FONT size=3>I have a picture of the monument if anyone is interested, it says, "Women of Woodcraft, COURAGE HOPE REMEMBRANCE" Encircling a bird (dove?) over a broken tree trunk & stump. It is marble, around 6ft high and placed near her grave.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE><FONT size=3>Thanks </FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT size=3>Happy Tree Climbing,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT size=3>Nan</FONT></DIV></div></html>