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Show CHAPTER ONE: BUSINESS BACKDROP With well organized ability Virginia started, after returning in 1910, to take on the additional responsibility of John K's paper work. Ledgers and Day Books became a part of life to her and she assumed the detailed task of also filling out the registration blanks for the purebred sheep John K registered. Then she packaged and mailed the applications to the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association in Marysville, Ohio, for processing. To keep tab on the finished certificates after she received them required special care and filing. Untrained in office or filing procedures, Virginia soon devised her own methods--and the entire process of paper work became routine for her. All such details and duties were completed with dispatch, and she still managed to keep a spotless home and make a well-fed family happy. The girls gave help in the home but increasingly, as they became more active in school affairs, Virginia found that extra help would be necessary. Having 114 |