History Supplement of the Alberta Women's Institutes

              HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
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projects, family projects, individual projects, community projects
and A. W. I, projects. Renovating and refurnishing a one room school,
dedication of cemetary gates, launching a community history, par­ticipation
in pageants, presentation of a century of fashions, plant­ing
trees, quilting bees and quilt competitions provide just a sampl­ing
of the projects undertaken.
A special A. W. I. Centennial Project of a $ 1000.00 scholarship in
Social Work was awarded to Miss Sheila Begg of Edmonton. An
Alberta Women's Advisory Committee to Expo was formed in Ed­monton
and I was elected 2nd Vice President. Information about
women's programs at Expo was disseminated and advance ticket
sales were promoted.
The 1967 Convention with its theme, " The Second Century Chal­lenge
For A Better Home and Country", had an air of celebration,
and an earnest desire to meet the challenges of changing times.
Some of the first were:
1. A budget for 1967- 69 was circulated prior to Convention
2. Provincial dues were raised to $ 3.00 per member
3. Home and Country subscriptions were raised to .50c per year
4. Major project for the next two years — Provincial Office
5. Offer made by Rinehart Ranches to underwrite the cost of
printing the " Idea Book". Later a cheque for $ 300.00 was re­ceived.
6. Panel of Native Women addressed the Convention, expressing
their needs.
7. Original craft and cultural competitions.
After the A. W. I. Convention came the F. W. I. C. Convention in
Guelph, with a trip to Stoney Creek, the sight of the first Institute in
Canada, and a visit to the Adelaide Hoodless Homestead at St.
George, Ontario, also a two day trip to Expo was arranged for Con­vention
delegates.
While A. W. I. Officers were attending the F. W. I. C. Convention,
A. W. I, members and the FUWA members entertained a group of
Farm Women from New Zealand.
Four native girls from the North West Territories and their
leader enroute to the 4H National Conference in Ottawa, were met
at the airport given a tour of the city and the Charles Camsell
Hospital, taken on a shopping tour and hosted at a dinner in a
member's home. Two students from the Phillipines, Mrs. P. Urgel
and Miss Frances Navarro, returning from a ten month's course in
London, England, were hosted for a few days in Edmonton and
taken on a trip to an outdoor barbeque and Centennial Celebration
at Penhold.
In the spring of 1968, the A. W. I. Executive presented a brief to
the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.
In June 1968, the Book of Ideas was published. Mrs. Rinehart
officially presented the first copy to the A. W. I, at the Warner Consti­tuency
Conference, requesting that a free copy be sent to each
Branch, and that 200 copies be sent to Lansing, Michigan to be