1932 Convention Report

              12 A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES
The following Institutes have alsi
appear in next year's audit :
Bon Accord $ 8.00
Drumheller - 33.00
H a y t e r 15- 00
Cardston 24.00
L i t t l e Gem 10.00
Foremost 13.50
F a i r v w w 12.00
Aldersvde - 26.00
Brooks 27.00
Stonevhurst ----- 25.00
Stettler - 34.00
Botha 20.00
Lethbridge 3S. 00
E l n o r a - 23.00
paid their Provincial Dues and will
Burdett 12- 00
Garrington 16.00
Byemoor — 15.00
Falun 20.05
Carrot Creek 13.00
Grande Prairie - 21.75
Waverlv 19.00
Cowlev' - 10.00
Cherhill 11- 00
Hinterland 8.00
Kinsella 15.00
Onoway 1600
McHendry 12.00
Brooksley 10.00
Veteran 10.7s
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Mrs. H. J. Montgomery, Wetaskiwin.
Dear Institute Workers,—
When your Council met in Edmonton on J u l y 4th and 5th, they felt there
should be some account of the 3' ear's work sent out to the Institutes, with
the result that Mrs. Beaubier. our R e c o r d i n g Secretary, has compiled this
little book which we hope will be of interest and benefit to you.
Y o u were good enough to agree to the cancellation of this year's con­vention
and the fact that you are c a r r y i n g on cheerfully without the inspira­tion
and help usually derived from it is deeply appreciated bv vour P r o v i n c i al
Officers.
F r om the reports and letters I have received, I am happy to say that I
find the spirit pervading the Institutes and their work the best it has been
for several years. Times are s t i l l hard it is true, but we are learning to do
the best we can with what we have to do with, and our women are facing
their problems with their heads up and smiling.
I read the other day that we use fifty muscles when we frown and only
nineteen when we smile, so be economical and keep on smiling!
Several branches have disbanded and become c o m m u n i t y ' c l u b s while a
few have found it impossible to carry on. in imost cases due to the removal
of some of their members from the neighborhood. Mrs. Regan, our Business
Secretary, reports eleven disbanded and ten organized during the year. We
are sorry to lose these old friends and happy to welcome the new ones. .. We
are part of a great world- wide movement which has become widely spread
since it was carried to " E n g l a n d in 1915 by Mrs. A l f r e d Watt of B r i t i sh
Columbia.
" When the Women's Institutes of the world met in convention in A n t w e r p ,
Belgium, in 1930, there were over forty countries represented. They are
organized in many of the European countries as well as the B r i t i s h Colonies,
E n g l a n d alone having 5000 branches and 300,000 members.