1931 - Annual Convention

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Peace Petitions, Y e a r l y Report forms and Convention letter and Resolutions
have been sent out to a l l Institutes. Circulars were also sent to the Girls'
Clubs at the request of the Supervisor.
On my Institute register I find that there are 280 branches; of this number
16 have been organized since last convention and four Institutes, namely,
B e l l o y , Cardston-, Turner V a l l e y and Nightingale, have re- organized after
several years of i n a c t i v i t y . The new Institutes are as follows : District No.
1,- East Glen at Bezanson. In District No. 2, E l k Point, Paradise Valley,
Smoky Lake, Wabamun and Spruce Corner at Conjuring Creek. In District
No. 3, Sunset at Bentley, and i n D i s t r i c t No. 4, A r m a d a , Battersea at Iron
Springs. Diamond at Black Diamond, Glen Banner at Orion, Highwood at
H i g h River, Mossleigh, M i z p a h at V a u x h a l l , Rosemary and R o i l i n g H i l l at
K i p p . Notice has been received d u r i n g the year that 19 Institutes have dis­organized;
some of these have been dead for many years but no notice sent
to headquarters until I wrote them a year ago asking t h em to let us know
definitely whether or . not their branch was active. We also have on the
books the names of 32 branches that have not been heard from for over two
years and we can only presume that they are not functioning. If there is
any branch in your district I would be pleased to have a report on same.
Y e a r l y report forms were returned by 226 Institutes showing a member­ship
of 4657 and a financial return of $ 54,997.23 for the year. What is the
matter with the other 54 branches? Your branch may be one of them so*
when you go home ask your secretary to look about and if she still has the
form. please ask her to fill it in at once and send it back to me; it is the only
way I can get the name of your new secretary, so don't blame me if the
Institute mail goes astray. Also if it is necessary to change your secretary
d u r i n g the year please notify me at once so that . Institute mail w i l l not be
forwarded to your former secretary if she has moved f r om your district. It
w o u l d be well for you to remember that it is your branch that suffers as
they are not i n touch w i t h the work.
To date 226 Institutes have paid their P r o v i n c i a l dues for 1930- 31. Our
current dues are, this year, s l i g h t l y lower than last year, but over $ 400.00 has
been collected in arrears of dues from 1929- 30. I hope that times w i l l be
b r i g h t e r next year and that all the branches w i l l be able to pay their dues
i n full.
D u r i n g the summer and fall of 1930, 37 Constituency Conferences were
held with a total attendance of 2,301.
T w o District Conferences were held, one in D i s t r i c t No. 4, which was, as
usual, an exceedingly successful conference. The other was in D i s t r i c t No. 1,
and although this was the first attempt the enthusiasm was great even though
the attendance was small.
M o n t h l y report forms and envelopes addressed to our P u b l i c i t y Secretary
w i l l be supplied free of charge upon application to my office. Minute and
C i s h Books are $ 2.00 per set, Handbooks are twenty- five cents each, A l b e r ta
Women's Institute Pins are thirty- five cents each and Federated Women's
Institute Pins are seventy- five cents each.
This year, when p r i n t i n g our A n n u a l Report it was decided that we sell
several pages of a d v e r t i s i n g and you will be pleased to know that the few-advertisements
we were able to secure paid exactly one- half the printing
expenses.
M a y I urge each delegate to impress upon the Treasurer of her Institute
the necessity of adding exchange to cheques when forwarding money to me.