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Daughters and Sons. By 1896, Canada's chapter had grown to 6,000 members with 26 branches in the United States. Circles had also been formed
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region of the United States. The store, which launched in 1927, had relocated several times until finding a home, during the 1960s, in the city's
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as the badge to be worn by members, and chose the words "In His Name" as the phrase members would use as their "watchword." The organization's motto was derived from the motto adopted by Edward
Everett Hale's Lend-A-Hand Clubs, and remains:
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