I QUARTERLY BULLETIN sv
l ficient to buy the horse, Robin Hood. This year our goal is even
I higher. We hope for sufficient donations to buy phosphates, lime
  and grass seed to make usable pastures."
i As the years have passed on the opportunities for young
l women to go to college and make careers for themselves have
  increased greatly. And with it, the need to search out places to
[ work and be independent has declined. One realizes this in seeing
E the return role of couriers in the past two decades. It is no longer
., feasible to come back year after year for two or three months at a
i time—BUT—the opportunity for loyalty—the idea of a lifetime
volunteer to a service still exists—and the young man who wrote
.· in 1939 and others would be welcomed with open arms as the
~ ideals of giving of oneself, one’s means, are not limited to the
  "fairer sex".
g So much for sociological theory. I hope every former courier
  who reads the excerpts from the old Bulletins will remember and R
; laugh at having a similar experience—and the rest ofthe readers
I will get a feeling for the Courier Service—passing the word along
_ that the Equal Rights Amendment now applies!
—Gabrielle Beasley
Q Many things constitute my memory of Mrs. Breckinridge-
l meeting her on a sunny afternoon, while I was riding Doc or Missy
l from pasture, and seeing her tend her geese or speaking with
j Hobert; pointing out the saltless cracker to her at tea—time; or ·
; being with her before dinner. But my real memories lie in the
i words of this educated and wise woman. She always seemed to say
Q the right things to the right people, although she was not a person
  who engaged in petty conversations. She was a person who could
‘ constructively criticize, if necessary; and who could find reassur-
A ing and loving words for one who had undergone a small crisis.
" It was wonderful being a small part of Mrs. Breckinridge’s
Q  iibrainchildi —Jean (Woody) Woodruff in 1965