Come from Far and Near to Attend Institute Meetings

Source: AWI Collection

Transcript: EDMONTON JOURNAL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1939
Come from Far end Near to Attend Institute Meetings
Officials of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ca
they greeted one another in the foyer of the Macdon
William Stewart of Peace River extends a welcome
president of the Associated Country Women of the Wo
background are Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey Price of Vanco
dian Home and Country, official W. I. organ ( left), am
president.
ia in session here this week, are seen above as
on Monday, opening day. On the right, Mrs.
' Irs. Alfred Watt, O. B. E. of London, England,
d founder of the Women's Institutes. In the
director of publicity and editor of the Cana-
. M. McGregor of Penticton, B. C., national
Mrs. Wat Says
Peaceful Home
Is Safeguard
International President Ad­dresses
Federated
Institutes
AT MONDAY MEETING
Mrs. Alfred Watt, O. B. E., of
London, England, president of the
Associated Country Women of the
World, speaking to the Federated
Women's Institutes of Canada in
session at the Macdonald here Mon­day,
said that " every home that
maintains peace and a sense of
moral values is a bulwark in times
like these."
Home- making and nation- build­ing
are now and always have been
the essential work of the W. I. in
Canada, she said, pointing out that
the time has come for members to
show the dominion government how
strong they are nationally and how
well they can assist in time of war.
Mrs. Watt impressed upon the
delegates the importance of having
their machinery ready to go into
motion for any emergency. " We
may find that Canada will become
a refuge for the homeless abroad,
and great demands may be made
upon our food supply. In the con­servation
of food and in the careful
use of wool, skins, wood, and other
resources members of the W. I. can
make a valuable contribution," she
said.
" We're inclined to think that
what we do every day normally is
not war work, but we must learn
that the thing to do is to ' carry on'
as usual, keeping the machinery of
our organization in order so that
when an emergency comes and the
government makes immediate de­mands
we will be ready."