1928 - Annual Convention

              MINUTES OF T H E F O U R T E E N T H ANNUAL CONVENTION OF A L B E R TA
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, H E L D IN T H E PALLISER HOTEL,
CALGARY, MAY 29, 30, 31 and JUNE 1st, 1928
The opening- meeting of the 14th Annual Convention of A l b e r t a Women's
Institutes was held in the Ball Room of the Palliser Hotel on Tuesday
evening, May 29th. The following persons were on the p l a t f o r m: Mrs. W .
Huyck, Strome, President A . W . I . ; Miss Jessie Macmillan, Edmonton; Mrs.
W i l l i am Stewart, Peace River, Vice- Pres., A . W . I . ; His Honour Lieutenant
Governor Dr. W i l l i am Egbert; Honourable J. E. Brownlee, Premier of
A l b e r t a ; His Worship Mayor F . E . Osborne, Calgary.
The convention opened with the singing of " O Canada."
The delegates, numbering about three hundred, were led in invocation
and creed by Mrs. Yarwood, of A l i x.
The President, Mrs. W e l l i n g t o n Huyck, of Strome, welcomed the delegates.
Lieutenant Governor Egbert, in his address, dealt with the history of
the Women's Institutes. " I appreciate the fact that it is a Canadian organ­ization,
which from its origin in Ontario has spread not only to every
province i n our own Dominion, but to many countries in Europe. I believe
i t is destined to be a great force in Canada," said L t . Governor Egbert. In
concluding, he asked the Institute Women of A l b e r t a to take as their slogan,
" A l b e r t a a T h i n g of Beauty," and work towards that end.
Mayor Osborne, in welcoming the delegates, said: " I have welcomed
many organizations to the city, but never have I welcomed an organization
which represented the homey things of life as you do."
Mrs. Grevette, on behalf of the Calgary Women's Institute, presented
the convention w i t h a basket of beautiful carnations.
Mrs. Wyman, of Calgary, Vice- President of the U . F . W . A . , brought kindly
greetings from her organization.
Mrs. W i l l i am MacDonald, of Scollard, responded to the addresses of
welcome.
Honorable J . E . Brownlee, Premier of Alberta, brought greetings from
the Province.
Mr. Brownlee told of being entertained at a banquet i n London, Eng­land,
where one of the guests referred to the Women's Institutes as a
movement which had been started in Canada and transplanted to England,
and doing very wonderful work. He referred to this as a contribution the
Women's Institutes had made to international life. " Community work on
an international basis— a wonderful thought," he said.
Greetings from our first President, Miss Isobel Noble, of Daysland, and
f r om Miss E k s t r om on behalf of the W. I. G i r l s ' Clubs were read.
Special music was given by Miss Dorothy Maybee, Miss Marjorie Price,
M r . W i l f r e d B l a i r , M r . Claude Hughes, L . A . B . , and Mr. Murgatroyd.
Wednesday Morning, May 30, 1928
P r e s i d i n g officers: Mrs. Huyck, Mrs. F . C. Alcock.
The meeting opened with the singing of " The Maple L e a f ."
The Resolutions Committee was appointed as follows: Mrs. Ferguson,
Mrs. Heathershaw, Mrs. Bromley.
Report of Secretary- Treasurer, Mrs. D. R. M c l v o r , was read.
Report of President, Mrs. H u y c k , was read.
Dr. Helen MacMurchy, Chief of the Child's Welfare Department, Ottawa,
was the speaker of the morning.
Dr. MacMurchy spoke on " Maternal M o r t a l i t y i n Canada," stating that
the medical profession had asked for an enquiry into this subject in Decem­ber,
1924, and that the report of the enquiry was now ready and might be