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ALBERTA WOMEN'S
INSTITUTES
ANNUAL
CONVENTION
OLDS COLLEGE
OLDS, ALBERTA
MAY 28, 29, 30, 31
1984
THEME
THROUGH THE YEARS
L., ua-. h,-
Rctiring pre% i-detll
Kave Row
bollom of Drum-heller,
Alta .,
presents the Al-berta
Women's
Institute%' policy
book compiled
during her terns.
Olds College
Olds, Alberta, Canada
Women's institutes belt ball
to provincial politicians
By LIZ DELAHEY
OLDS, Alta . ( Staff) - Alberta Women's insti-tutes
want to make sure transportation minister
Marvin Moore carries through his announced inten-tion
to make seat belts compulsory for children
under five . ( Related warp, page B2)
Delegates to the AWI meeting passed a resolu-tion
urging child restraints in automobiles .
The provincial Progressive Conservatives' recent
annual meeting supported mantory seat belt legisla-tion
and when a private member's motion was put
forward in the I- jislature, all speakers except one
supported it S . . . ce then, transportation minister
Marvin Mc re has announced to reporters that
legislation will be introduced .
Most AWI delegates supported the resolution
although one delegate said making it mandatory
would pose a hardship for mothers with several
you" n~, schsiulpdproesne. d to be a democratic society, so why
make people do it?" she said .
But her objections were overruled by a former
safety worker who said she could recount many
horror stories about not using seat belts . Although
she'd prefer that the. legislation covered adults as
well, she said, half a step is better than nothing at
all .
Another resolution passed was also intended as a
message to politicians . Delegates supported a motion
calling for establishment of an independent advisory
council on the status of women . When a motion was
introduced in the legislature asking government to
consider establishing a council, members said there
had been no pressure from women on the issue. The
AWI resolution will give MLAs feedback, Aileen
Kritzinger of Stony Plain, said .
The government is setting up a women's secre-tariat
but it will be a part of government machinery
An independent advisory body is needed, said newly
elected president Kathryn Habberfield .
Aid for rural battered women came up in another
resolution as delegates asked the AWI council to
make support for the Alberta Council of Women's
Shelters a provincial project.
Deleptes also called for upgrading existing
children s cardiac facilities to compare with Toronto
Sick Children's Hos~ ital, so arents do not have to
make the emotionally and fpnancially draining trip
. o Toronto with children needing heart operations.
'
In elections, Kathryn Habberfield of Langdon
was elected president, Beryl Ballhom of Wetasktwin,
first vice- president, and Holly Hallett of Carstairs,
second vice- president . District directors elected were
Ruby Walker of Enilda, district 1 ; Ruby Ritchie,
Sherwood Park, district 2, Shirley Thomas, Lang,
don, district 4 and Noreen Olson, Carstairs, district
5.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Pine Lake History - 1976 - 1989 |
| Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811093 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 112 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTES ANNUAL CONVENTION OLDS COLLEGE OLDS, ALBERTA MAY 28, 29, 30, 31 1984 THEME THROUGH THE YEARS L., ua-. h,- Rctiring pre% i-detll Kave Row bollom of Drum-heller, Alta ., presents the Al-berta Women's Institute%' policy book compiled during her terns. Olds College Olds, Alberta, Canada Women's institutes belt ball to provincial politicians By LIZ DELAHEY OLDS, Alta . ( Staff) - Alberta Women's insti-tutes want to make sure transportation minister Marvin Moore carries through his announced inten-tion to make seat belts compulsory for children under five . ( Related warp, page B2) Delegates to the AWI meeting passed a resolu-tion urging child restraints in automobiles . The provincial Progressive Conservatives' recent annual meeting supported mantory seat belt legisla-tion and when a private member's motion was put forward in the I- jislature, all speakers except one supported it S . . . ce then, transportation minister Marvin Mc re has announced to reporters that legislation will be introduced . Most AWI delegates supported the resolution although one delegate said making it mandatory would pose a hardship for mothers with several you" n~, schsiulpdproesne. d to be a democratic society, so why make people do it?" she said . But her objections were overruled by a former safety worker who said she could recount many horror stories about not using seat belts . Although she'd prefer that the. legislation covered adults as well, she said, half a step is better than nothing at all . Another resolution passed was also intended as a message to politicians . Delegates supported a motion calling for establishment of an independent advisory council on the status of women . When a motion was introduced in the legislature asking government to consider establishing a council, members said there had been no pressure from women on the issue. The AWI resolution will give MLAs feedback, Aileen Kritzinger of Stony Plain, said . The government is setting up a women's secre-tariat but it will be a part of government machinery An independent advisory body is needed, said newly elected president Kathryn Habberfield . Aid for rural battered women came up in another resolution as delegates asked the AWI council to make support for the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters a provincial project. Deleptes also called for upgrading existing children s cardiac facilities to compare with Toronto Sick Children's Hos~ ital, so arents do not have to make the emotionally and fpnancially draining trip . o Toronto with children needing heart operations. ' In elections, Kathryn Habberfield of Langdon was elected president, Beryl Ballhom of Wetasktwin, first vice- president, and Holly Hallett of Carstairs, second vice- president . District directors elected were Ruby Walker of Enilda, district 1 ; Ruby Ritchie, Sherwood Park, district 2, Shirley Thomas, Lang, don, district 4 and Noreen Olson, Carstairs, district 5. |
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