1937 - Convention Report

              TWENTIETH PROVINCIAL CONVENTION si
REPORT OF DISTRICT No. 2
Mrs. W. A. Brown, Paradise Valley - Director
It is with pleasure, not unmixed with regret, that I present this, my second
and final report as Director of District No. 2.
A review of the general work of the District for the two years shows a fine
spirit of co- operation and organization, and keen activity in both Constituency
and Branch.
The subject matter of the Standing Committees has been the foundation of
splendidly arranged yearly programs. These programs forming one of the best
means of adult education it is possible for rural women to have.
Also these programs have been a means of developing " personality" as weil
as knowledge.
It is by " doing" that one grows to greater heights, and the members of
District No. 2 have excelled in " doing" unnumbered good and kindly acts for
their communities.
Marked efficiency has been shown by the Constituency Conveners in their
respective Constituencies.
They have visited their Branches, supervising W. I. routine, giving inspiration
and added zeal to all.
They have conducted the Constituency Conferences with ability showing
thorough knowledge of their work. To them sincere thanks are due. They are
the women who have made District 2 a District of which to be proud.
This District has nine Constituencies, with 50 Branches and approximately
850 members.
Since the 1935 Convention two old- established Branches have disbanded—
Mountain Park ( too isolated, and a closed camp where there could be no com­munity
activity), and Daysland, which Branch has lost seven good working
members.
Much regret has been expressed at this loss to our organization, but there
still hope that Daysland will reorganize.
To offset this, four new Branches have been organized since the 1935 Con­vention—
Alida and Primrose in the Alexandra, Vermilion and N . Vegreville
Constituency; Echo Hill in Mid- Pembina, and Albert in Wainwright Constituency.
Two branches, Kinselta and Viking, have been transferred from District 3
to District 2, Wainwright Constituency.
Approximately $ 12,000.00 has been raised by the branches in the two year.*,
carrying over a balance at the end of 1936 of approximately $ 1,700.00.
Following is a summary of the Constituencies:
1. Alexandra, Vermilion and N, Vegreville, Mrs. W. S. Murray, Paradise
Valley,, Convener. Eleven Branches: Vegreville, Alida, Primrose, Minburn,
Creighton, Birch Creek, Happy Centre, Kitscoty, Marwayne, Paradise Valley.
This is a splendidly organized Constituency with Branches widely separated
( 125 miles apart), but holding outstanding Constituencj' Conferences at the
School of Agriculture, Vermilion, as a central point. Of special interest at the
1936 Conference was the attendance of Mrs. Graham, the first woman to bring
the Institute work west of the Great Lakes. In a short address she told the
story of the organization of the W. I. at Lea Park in 1909 and the first W. I.
picnic, attended by attout five hundred people.