Policy and Procedures Manual

              65 term.
Carried by a big majority was
another resolution asking that a
letter of indignation be sent to
Maclean's Magazine over a recent
article on teenage sex morals. One
delegate remarked that if teaching
youngsters a sense of responsibili­ty
for their actions was to make
them frustrated, that would just
have to be accepted just as chil­dren
had to learn that they could
not grab other pleasures and satis­factions
at will.
In an interval of real generosity
a resolution was passed not only
unanimously but with applause
thanking delegates' husbands for
substituting as housekeepers and
babysitters during the days of
the convention.
AWI Girls' Clubs perform
The women's Institutes of Al­berta
are the only ones who spon­sor
girls' clubs apart from 4- H.
The history of these clubs goes
back a long way and their 43rd
annual convention was held at
Olds School of Agriculture last
July.
Projects and studies similar to
4- H homecraft clubs are followed
but these are geared to a wider
age variety since girls may join
as soon as they start to school.
At the convention a demonstra­tion
of their ability was given
when one team . showed how a
summer outfit could be buiIt
around one white dress and two
girls, one a young junior mem­ber,
showed the training they
were receiving In public speaking.
Projects besides homemaking
skills give variety to their pro­grams.
An annual competition is
held in short story writing and
in art with prizes given for three
age groups.
Supervisor of the • AWI girls
clubs is Mrs. H. J. Richardson of
Didsbury. A total of 171 girls
and supervisors attended the girls'
last convention including Mrs.
M. G. Roberts, AWT president, and
Mrs. J. L. Richards, AWI secretary.
Prizes to these
The AWI shield for the institute
with the most points went to Kin-niburgh.
Every member contrib­uted
an article for judging and
35 placings were awarded to the
37 articles submitted. Second place
went to Munson WI and third to
Warner.
Best remade article— Mrg. Lily
Johnson of Munson.
tries in which they still do not
have the vote or are subjected to
limitations not imposed on men.
The commission s t r e s s ed
equal educational opportunities for
women, particularly in rural areas,
and the ways in which marriage in
some countries deprives women of
rights such as disposing or admin'-
istering property or choosing the
place they want to live.
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pouncU members who will guide the work of Alberta Women's Institutes for the 1964- 65 term are, left
to right: Mis. Alex Robertson, Carstairs, director district 5; Mrs. Frederick Anthony, Fairview, director
mstrict 1; Mrs. R. J. Whltson, Mandeville, director district 2; Mrs. Gerald Newman, Blackie, director dis-r^
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h ' W^ P1**' vice- president; Mrs. R. A. Leadlay, Jasper Place, provincial sec­retary,
Mrs. M. G. Roberts, Drumheller, re- elected president by acclamation; Mrs. C. A. Quail, Round Hill,
director district S.
Indians speak an integration
Many Indians are still dubious
about the benefits of integration
with white Canadians.
Two Indian speakers at the AWI
convention agreed on this point
— Mrs. Dick Bigplume of the Sar-cee
reserve near Calgary, w h o
reported for the 23- member Home-makers
Club which has been active
there since 1954, and Reginald
Kelly, descendent of Haida Indian
royalty, former teacher and school
principal, now working with the
Indian Affairs Department.
Both speakers stressed the wide
separation in langiiage, culture
and customs of various Indian na­tions
in Canada; that laws and
regulations classing them as a
homogeneous people were un­realistic.
Mr. Kelly put it that the com­munal
way of life was natural to
Indians and that many would have
to be convinced that it was in­ferior
before they would willing­ly
leave the reserve for good.
When there were enough " shared
memories of happy occasions,"
Mrs. Bigplume said, would be the
time for happy integration.
Indians are not the only ethnic
groups who prefer to live in their
own way. Both speakers mentioned
the Hutterites and the Doukho-bors.
Indians are also not the only
ones to seek in wearing ancient
costumes identify with the his­tory
of their race. Besides the
eastern and African people who
trail their bright robes through
the western world there are
westerners who satisfy a deep need
by wearing the tartan of Scotland
or the wide, starched hat of Hol-
MRS. DICK BIGPLUME
land. If other Canadians would
think of a totem pole as a coat
of arms— which it is— it would no
longer be something to amuse, Mr.
Kelly said.
It was pointed out that ironical­ly
an Indian could run for federal
office in Alberta but was still
prohibited from sitting in the pro­vincial
legislature since Alberta
had still not given them the vot « .
To date this has been done in
British Columbia, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba and Ontario.
One AWI resolution passed at
this convention asked f o r thi: T
right for Alberta Indians.
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