1937 - Convention Report

              TWENTIETH PROVINCIAL CONVENTION
REPORT OF RECORDING SECRETARY
Mrs. J. A . Campbell, Milk River.
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Madam President and Fellow Institute Members:
Two years have passed since we met together in Provincial Convention. We
are happy to. meet again and to enjoy one another's companionship. May I wish
that you will all have a very enjoyable and instructive few days, and that you
may gather inspiration from the records of service that you will hear.
At the close of the 1935 Convention, held in the University of Alberta,
Edmonton, the Council met to complete the details of operation for the coming-biennial
term.
I was asked by the Council to take over the work of the Business Secretary
as well as the Recording Secretary. I have very much enjoyed my work, though
at times it has been arduous. In the two years over 6,970 pieces of mail have
left my office. This includes supplies, bulletins and letters. I have tried to
accomplish the tasks that came before me faithfully, and for any errors made I
crave your indulgence.
My first duty was to compile and edit the Convention report. We are very
grateful to the many business firms who contributed advertisements amounting
to $ 193.85. This did not cover the cost of printing, etc, but helped to a great
extent. I wish to thank the ladies who so kindly gave of their time and energjr
to secure these advertisements. The report was sent out to each Institute, Con­stituency
Conveners, Conveners of Standing Committees, Provincial officers, and
one sent to each Superintendent and President of Institutes in the other Provinces.
All the advertisers received copies. We have had requests for our Convention
report from the British Isles.
The report has also been sent to places where information regarding new
Institutes has been sought.
I was asked by our President to meet in Calgary on September 26th, 1935.
with the Law Committee of Local Council of Women. Three members from
each organization were asked to attend. Mrs. H . W. Riley, of the Child and
Family Welfare Council, was the President. Resolutions from various organiz­ations
were sent to this Council for discussion. A delegation from this group
would go to Edmonton to interview the Premier and his Cabinet before the open­ing
of the 1936 session.
On September 3rd and 4th, 1936, the members of the Council met in the
Board Room of the York Hotel, Calgary. Preceding the opening of the Council
meeting we attended a luncheon, given by the women's organizations of Calgary,
in honor of Her Excellency Lady Tweedsmuir. After the luncheon, Her Excel­lency
expressed the wish that she desired to meet the executive of the Alberta
Women's Institute in her suite. Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Campbell
and Mrs. C. Stout were received by Lady Tweedsmuir. Her Excellency expressed
her deep interest in the Institutes and wished to show her interest in a tangible
way. Thus was born the Lady Tweedsmuir Prairie Library.
Three Institutes, Uneeda ( Elk Point), Beaver River and Flat Lake, were
so far from the other Branches of the Constituency they were located in, and
as they never got to the Constituency meetings owing to roads and weather, they
asked to have a Constituency of their own. This the Council agreed to and the
Constituency is now known as the St. Paul Constituency.