1932 Convention Report

              E I G H T E E N T H A N N U A L R E P O RT J')
Independence reports another successful year in school lunch work.
Household Economics week, A p r i l 1st to 9th inclusive, was observed in
C a l g a r y w i t h a daily program, which included the following topics:
Broadcast over C F A C by Miss II. L . A y l e s w o r t h , Home Service Depart­ment,
Canadian Western Natural Gas, Heat, Light & P o w e r Co.; subject,
" S p r i n g Menus." Luncheon, when all women engaged in Household Econ­omics
work in C a l g a r y were guests of the T. Eaton Co. " Humidification for
H e a l t h , " M r . W . B. Trotter. " Household Economics in the School System,"
Miss M . H o w a r d . Supervisor Household Economics in Calgary schools. Lec­ture
and demonstration of meat cutting, M r . C a h i l l , Supervisor Meat Grad­ing,
Dominion Government. Lecture and demonstration, " Table Service," held
in d i n i n g room of Hudson's Bay Co., Miss H . L . A y l e s w o r t h . School exhibit,
window. T. E a t o n store. Story of Women's Institutes given in school classes
by household economics teachers. The girls in Technical H i g h School wrote
essays on the subject " The Value of Household Economics to the School
G i r l . " A prize for the best essay was donated by the C a l g a r y W . I.
O U T L I NE
Standing Committee on Household Economics, 1932- 33.
A f t e r the meeting" of the A. W . I. Council, which was held in Jul)', I was
asked to finish Mrs. Gossip's unexpired term as P r o v i n c i a l Convener of House­hold
Science for the A l b e r t a Women's Institutes. We will make as our one
b i g objective a real Handicraft E x h i b i t i o n , w h i c h we w i l l hold in conjunction
w i t h the W . L P r o v i n c i a l Convention in Calgary. Let us do our very best to
make this a w o r t h while project.
F r o m coast to coast next year, beginning A p r i l 3rd. W . I. Home Economic
Week will be held. This was done on a small scale this year. Please remem­ber,
in ever}' possible way bring before the people the meaning of Home
Economics, our aims and objects. Do help me to have a good report for
A l b e r t a .
Never has it been more necessary than this coming winter for the schools
to have hot lunches. What is your W . I. doing about it?
There are three simple things for us to work on. May I hear from the
Conveners real soon. I am closing this outline with an outline of the Handi­craft
Competition.
A. W. I. Handicraft Competition
A l l exhibits to be the work of the exhibitor and done within the current
vear. Enter w i t h class number on one side of paper and name on the other.
' 1 . Rugs:
( 1) H o o k e d -
Class 2501— New material.
Class 2502— Old material.
( 2) Crocheted—
Class 2503— New material.
Class 2504— Old material.
( 3) Braided—
Class 2505—
( 4) Any other k i n d -
Class 25C6—