1930 - Annual Convention Report

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The Pincher Creek and Rocky Mountain Constituency Conference was
held at Lundbreck on Aug. 27th, Mrs. Chas. Lynch- Staunton, Convener, pre­siding.
This was a well attended, interesting Conference. There are only
four Branches, Ashvale, Beaver Mines, Cowley and Lundbreck. They have
a membership of 57 and have raised $ 650.
Claresholm and Macleod Constituency Conference was held on A u g . 30th
at Granum, with Mrs. Mulholland presiding. This was an exceptionally
interesting Conference as we had Mrs. O. C. Edwards and Mrs. McKinney
with us. There are five Branches: Starline, W i l l o w Creek, Macleod, Granum
and Standoff. There is a membership of 118, and they have raised $ 1233.90.
Granum sent no financial report.
Medicine Hat Constituency Conference was held at Manyberries, Sept.
4th, 1929, Mrs. Baker presiding. The weather was cold and wet, consequently
a small crowd. There are five branches: Manyberries, Foremost, Walsh, Irvine
and Bow Island. Mrs. F u l t o n of Walsh, the new Constituency Convener, is
a very interested Institute worker and is making splendid headway. There
is a membership of 70 and they raised $ 1631.18.
The Warner Constituency Conference was held at Warner, Sept. 6th, Mrs.
Risinger, Convener, presiding. There are seven Branches: Sunshine at Coutts,
M i l k River, Wide Awake, United Prairie, Warner, Hope, New Dayton. One
Branch, New Dayton, has placed the " National Geographic Magazine" in the
school library, which is very praiseworthy. The membership of the Con­stituency
is 204, and they have raised $ 2196.74, making a total membership
for the Southern District of 1685, and money raised $ 19,884.15.
Time will not allow me to tell you of all the good that has been done in
the South District, i n planting thousands of trees, and taking care of ceme­teries,
which in my estimation is most commendable. The very successful and
well attended District Conference held in Lethbridge, March 19th and 20th,
was in a great measure owing to the untiring efforts and wonderful hospitality
of the Women's Institute, the Mayor of Lethbridge, the Board of Trade, the
Press and the kind attention shown by the management of the Marquis Hotel.
An invitation was extended from the Mayor to hold our Conference in Leth­bridge
again next year, and needless to say, it was accepted by acclamation.
I am trying to stress the necessity of having the English language spoken
by all foreigners, and preserved rigorously from the threatened defilement of
base- born expressions. It should be the common tongue between ourselves
and our brothers across the sea, and it is our duty to preserve the linguistic
tic which binds the Empire.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON CHILD W E L F A R E AND
PUBLIC H E A L TH
Mrs. Wellington Huyck, Strome, Convener.
It has been said that the true criterion of national character is the interest
shown by the people as a whole in the welfare of the child.
If the Alberta Women's Institutes were to be judged by the same standard
no one could well criticize the worth of the organization as the following
report will clearly show:
Clinics
Sixty- three Institutes held Baby C l i n i c s , the number of children examined
at each clinic varied from 8 to 95.