Notes from the Women's Institutes

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Transcript: Notes from the
Women's Institutes
CONSTITUENCY CONFERENCE R ED DEER Centre Women'* In-stiiutes
held their fourteenth
annual constituency conference
in the Memorial Hall recently, with
Mrs. R. A. Lund, constituency con­vener,
presiding, and Mrs. J. L.
Richards acting as secretary.
The branch secretaries' reports
of the year's - work showed a / air
financial standing- and much good
work being done. The Balmoral
Girls' Cluhrthe. only one i s the con-,
stituency, was read by the super­visor,
Mrs. McCann. The standing
committees' reports showed activ­ity
along- all lines for community
betterment, household economies
being- a particularly popular sub­ject.
Mrs. J. P. Ferguson, provincial
president, and ' Mrs. B. E, - Utltuan,
district director, were present, the
first taking as her topic, " Ednca,-
lion and Leisure", and the latter
" Unity", stressing the need for it
in government, community and in­stitute
work.
Dr. - McCullough of the mental
hospital was a speaker, and in his
address spoke of mental conditions
and showed, the seriousness o£ the
situation in the increasing number
oi people afflicted.
" What the Institute Mean* To
Me" was the subject of a short
paper by Mrs. Mudie of Clarendon.
Contest Held
Two interesting contests were
held in connection with the con­ference,
and prizes awarded. Clear-view
was successful in winning first
prize tor their history of the dis­trict,
and Balmoral second. First
prize for the best bouquet of flow­ers
was won by Mrs. A. Wood,
Penhold; second, Mrs. R. A. Van-
Slyke: third, Mrs. J. L. Richards.
Special numbers were contributed
by Mrs. Thompson. Mis. Walton,
the Misses Esme Phillips, Verne
Lund and Dorothy Strong, which
added to the enjoyment of the pro­gram.
Mrs. Carscadden presided
at the piano for assembly singing
and. in appreciation, Mrs. McDotig-all,
in behalf of the conference, pre­sented
her with a dainty cup and
saucer.
Clearview W. I. will entertain the
conference next year in. the city of
Red Deer. Mrs. Lund will remain
the constituency convener until that
time. At the close of the after­noon
session the delegates and visi­tors
were entertained to a refresh­ing
tea in the basement of the hall,
by the Penhold Institute.
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CORONATION, July 7. — The
home of Mrs.. James Dowler, south
of Veteran, was the scene of a suc­cessful
constituency conference re­cently
when about one hundred del­egates
and visitors were in attend­ance.
Mrs. J. P. Ferguson, provincial
president; Mrs. UHman, district direvton and Mrv A, K, . frame,
inspector of schools, were present
and gave addresses, the provin­cial
officers speaking on the work
of the institutes, while Mr. Frame
took for his topic, " Education to
Fit the Needs of the Rural Child,"
in which he mentioned Denmark
as being among the nations that
have met the need by establish­ing
rural high schools.
Reports from the various
branches showed good work being-done,
and in the less fortunate
ones a spirit of determination to
carry on in spite of the shortage
of money.
Much • relief has been given by
all and the sick helped, while warm
quilts have also been made for
the needly. Assistance has been
given, to school Christmas trees and
eehool fairs,, children's © linics held
and a free carnival given as a
treat to the children. Demonstra­tions
have been given and one
branch keeps up a rest room, which
fills the need of women coming to
town from a distance.
A sumptuous lunch was served at
noon at tables set under the trees
in the garden, an interesting fea­ture
of the occasion being the use
of a fine handwoven tablecloth,
beautifully embroidered, the cher­ished
heirloom of the hostess, Mr*.
Dowler, whose ancestors brought it
to Canada in a sailing ship. At the
close of the conference afternoon
tea was enjoyed in the cheery din­ing
room, bright with flowering
plants and singing canaries,
Mrs. James Dowler was again
elected to fill the office of con­stituency
convener,