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HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MRS. M. G. ( MYRTLE) ROBERTS Myrtle Oliver was born in Calgary in 1905, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Oliver. Her first years of schooling were in Lethbridge and then in Calgary where she also attended Normal School. Teaching in a rural school, she met and married a district farmer, John W. Olson. They had two daughters, Lois and Genevieve and a son Larry. Lois ( Mrs. Cecil McArthur) was Constituency Convener of Knee Hill Valley. Myrtle joined the Horse Shoe Canyon W. I. in 1924 a short time before her marriage and in a short while became Constituency Convener of Drumheller Handhills Constituency. In 1954 she was widowed and received the sympathy of many friends. Her husband had been a well known and active Municipal Councillor. In 1955 she was appointed Director of District V to fill the vacancy when the Director Mrs. J. R. Tait moved from the District. In 1955 she married Morris G. Roberts, a retired distribution manager for Shell Oil of Canada, and the father- in- law of her daughter, Genevieve. They lived on a farm five miles south of Drumheller until 1973 when they retired to Drumheller. As Vice President during Mrs. W. R. Ford's term, she assembled a panorama of color slides of Alberta and presented them to the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada office in Ottawa. Besides her Institute work, Mrs. Roberts served as a member of the Drumheller Municipal Hospital Board. ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTES 1961 — 1965 Mrs. M. G. Roberts was elected President of Alberta Women's Institutes at the 1961 Provincial Convention held in Edmonton, May 23- 26. At the Council meeting held immediately following the Convention, plans were made for a firm foundation for the term ahead. Constituency Conferences were the prime concern and the President or Vice President attended all Conferences if possible. 13
Object Description
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Title | History Supplement of the Alberta Women's Institutes |
Subject | AWI, History |
Description | History Supplement 1956-1975 |
Language | en |
Format | application/pdf |
Type | text |
Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
Identifier | AWI0811034 |
Date | 1975 |
Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
Title | Page 14 |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | AWI Collection |
Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Transcript | HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MRS. M. G. ( MYRTLE) ROBERTS Myrtle Oliver was born in Calgary in 1905, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Oliver. Her first years of schooling were in Lethbridge and then in Calgary where she also attended Normal School. Teaching in a rural school, she met and married a district farmer, John W. Olson. They had two daughters, Lois and Genevieve and a son Larry. Lois ( Mrs. Cecil McArthur) was Constituency Convener of Knee Hill Valley. Myrtle joined the Horse Shoe Canyon W. I. in 1924 a short time before her marriage and in a short while became Constituency Convener of Drumheller Handhills Constituency. In 1954 she was widowed and received the sympathy of many friends. Her husband had been a well known and active Municipal Councillor. In 1955 she was appointed Director of District V to fill the vacancy when the Director Mrs. J. R. Tait moved from the District. In 1955 she married Morris G. Roberts, a retired distribution manager for Shell Oil of Canada, and the father- in- law of her daughter, Genevieve. They lived on a farm five miles south of Drumheller until 1973 when they retired to Drumheller. As Vice President during Mrs. W. R. Ford's term, she assembled a panorama of color slides of Alberta and presented them to the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada office in Ottawa. Besides her Institute work, Mrs. Roberts served as a member of the Drumheller Municipal Hospital Board. ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTES 1961 — 1965 Mrs. M. G. Roberts was elected President of Alberta Women's Institutes at the 1961 Provincial Convention held in Edmonton, May 23- 26. At the Council meeting held immediately following the Convention, plans were made for a firm foundation for the term ahead. Constituency Conferences were the prime concern and the President or Vice President attended all Conferences if possible. 13 |
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