1930 - Annual Convention Report

              S I X T E E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I O N 17
Edmonton, Oct. 5th, 1929.
Mrs. J. N . Beaubier, Champion, Alberta.
Dear Mrs. Beaubier:— When I arrived in London I was delighted to find
at the Bank of Montreal a cable which the members of the Women's Insti­tutes
Convention forwarded to me. I greatly appreciate their kind thought
and wish to thank them through you for remembering me in this way.
Yours sincerely,
Jessie C. Macmillan.
Undoubtedly the most arduous task which falls to the lot of the Record­ing
Secretary is that of compiling the Annual Report, and even this carries
with it a certain amount of interest and pleasure. In this work I was most
ably and generously assisted by Mrs. J . F. Price. Publicity Convener for the
Alberta Women's Institutes, and a veteran in the newspaper business. A l l
manuscripts were edited and in order for the printers by the last of July,
but owing to circumstances beyond our control, printing and distribution was
somewhat delayed.
Owing to circumstances attending serious illness in the home of the
Recording Secretary. I was unable to be present at the Council meeting held
in Edmonton, March Oth and 7th, when arrangements for holding this Con­vention
were made and a tentative programme arranged. To Mrs. J. Regan,
our Business Secretary- Treasurer, who so kindly and efficiently performed
the duties pertaining to my office. I wish to publicly express my sincere appre­ciation
and gratitude. Thanks are also due and are hereby tendered Mrs.
Regan for valuable assistance in connection with the correspondence relative
to Convention arrangements.
The advisability of a printed Handbook to serve as a guide in organizing
new Institutes and in the proper conduct of business meetings was discussed.
As something of this sort appeared to be so necessary, the Council felt
justified in undertaking such a project. Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Short were
asked to undertake the work- The report of this committee is now in your
hands, and I feel sure it will meet with unqualified approval.
One very important decision of the Council at this meeting was to send
an exhibit to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Our display w i ll
ieature Public Health, and Mrs. W. Huyck, Convener of Child Welfare and
Public Health, w i l l be in charge. It is hoped that a public health nurse will
a l i o be in attendance to demonstrate some features of the clinics advocated
by the Alberta Department of Health.
A few, a very few, comparatively, local secretaries, persist in sending the
Provincial dues to the Recording Secretary. Please note that our by- laws
definitely state that the Business Secretary- Treasurer shall " receive and hold
all moneys belonging to the Alberta Women's Institutes," and be governed
accordingly.
REPORT OF T H E BUSINESS SECRETARY- TREASURER
Mrs. J. Regan, Edmonton.
It is with much pleasure that I submit my second annual report as
Business Secretary- Treasurer. Co- operation seems to have been the keynote
of the majority of the Institutes this year, as information has been readily
forthcoming and forms filled in and promptly returned; this does indeed
make work a pleasure. I spend a great deal of time each day trying to keep