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Country women see two
By FLIZABETIf I . EFSRIJD
NAIROBI . Kenya, lamb(:
( hello) from the City of Sunshine'
Over It% 10 delegates and observers
representing' more than eight mil-lion
members from 76 countries
came to the 15th Triennial confer-ence
of the Associated Country
wow omf thee Wn held here
Oct . I1- 21 . / 9' 77
Speaking on the conference
theme Building for Tomorrow .
ACWW President Olive Farquhar-son
of England said in her opening
address : " We are the voice of the
country women in the councils of
the world . and ACWW women .
with practical knowledge to share
with each other are becoming more
and more aware of the tremendous
potential they have in planning and
building for the future ."
She stressed that in our rapid
process of deselopment, in trying to
solve the real- Anderlvme issues
which cut a,~
BYAIR btK- PAR AMN
CHRISTMAS 1977
XEROGRAMME
create a new framework. a new
understanding. and a closer rela-tionship.
The aim of A( WW from the
beginning . she said . was to improve
the standard of living for women
and their families : but as a bird
needs two w ings to Ilv. % o both men
and women are needed -- to work
togelher litr the benefn ctt the
family and society .
First time in Africa
It was the first time an ACWW'
Conference was held in Africa and
the two hosting _ societies Maen-deleo
va Wanawake ( Women's
Progress) and the Fast Africa
Women's League made every effort
to welcome the visitors . Bright tra-ditional
costumes . tribal singing
and dancing added to the hospi-talitv
.
The Kenyans also showed their
countryside -- parched land in
need of water. children not able to
The highlight of the
November meeting was the
presentation from Alberta
Women's Institutes of an " 80
year scroll" to Mrs . E . A. Allen
who is a member of the Pine
Lake W. 1 . and had celebrated
her birthday earlier in
November .
by Mrs. C . Lawrence
IAYs f~ oy1L . QYowN
RAN . f . Pelihol&. - A LITA'
To rp
Country of destination
carrying heavy loads of fire- xJ .
sisal or water on their back+ . rr
heads. and homes in dextlate squa-lor
. The delegates were square :%
faced with the mequalnles of the
world
It resulted In some direct action
One of the new features of the
conference was a dial ogue on the
new realities of partnership where a
frank exchange of ideas. problems
and possible solution took place .
The outcome was a list of needs in
different countries ( mostly Third
World) which societies could
choose to fill . Canadian groups
pledged their support . The Nation .
a l Farmer's Union agreed to help
Kenya reach its target of 10 million
trees planted by 1979 : Federated
Women's Insututcs will supply a
Landrover fior extension work in
Lesotho, Alberta Womert'i fnsti-tutes,
wells for Kenya : Prince Ed-ward
Island- WI . 55!( 1 for. training
CANADA .
Thirteen members attended
the December meeting held at
the home of Mrs . John Warke
The birthday of Mrs . Cor-don
Beck was recognized
followed b_ y a session of carol
singing .
In answer to the roll call, JO
gifts were donated to the
Canadian Mental Health
Association to be given to
residents of Michener Centre
for Christmas
Candy bags for the annual
Christmas Tree will be filled
and practicing will be done for
the program .
The annual Christmas
supper was a success with 57
persons attending . including a
number of guests The Bingo
for the children and cards and
crokinole for the grown- ups
provided an enjoyable even-ing
The annual home- made jel-ly
project has been successful-ly
completed .
Week's gr
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Program books for 197R for
which a cash donation will be
taken . will be completed and
passed out at the next
meeting .
The members agreed to
raise the membership dues to
SOC per person per year
12 broadcloth squares
were handed out to be em-broidered
with members
names and made into a
friendship quilt
Meetings dunng January .
February and March will be
held m the afternoon instead
of the evening
During lunch . passages
from J G MacGregor's book
Northwest of Sixteen were
read These described events
in the lives of settle" m the
Westlork area m the rar : o
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Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Pine Lake History - 1976 - 1989 |
| Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811093 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 18 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | Country women see two By FLIZABETIf I . EFSRIJD NAIROBI . Kenya, lamb(: ( hello) from the City of Sunshine' Over It% 10 delegates and observers representing' more than eight mil-lion members from 76 countries came to the 15th Triennial confer-ence of the Associated Country wow omf thee Wn held here Oct . I1- 21 . / 9' 77 Speaking on the conference theme Building for Tomorrow . ACWW President Olive Farquhar-son of England said in her opening address : " We are the voice of the country women in the councils of the world . and ACWW women . with practical knowledge to share with each other are becoming more and more aware of the tremendous potential they have in planning and building for the future ." She stressed that in our rapid process of deselopment, in trying to solve the real- Anderlvme issues which cut a,~ BYAIR btK- PAR AMN CHRISTMAS 1977 XEROGRAMME create a new framework. a new understanding. and a closer rela-tionship. The aim of A( WW from the beginning . she said . was to improve the standard of living for women and their families : but as a bird needs two w ings to Ilv. % o both men and women are needed -- to work togelher litr the benefn ctt the family and society . First time in Africa It was the first time an ACWW' Conference was held in Africa and the two hosting _ societies Maen-deleo va Wanawake ( Women's Progress) and the Fast Africa Women's League made every effort to welcome the visitors . Bright tra-ditional costumes . tribal singing and dancing added to the hospi-talitv . The Kenyans also showed their countryside -- parched land in need of water. children not able to The highlight of the November meeting was the presentation from Alberta Women's Institutes of an " 80 year scroll" to Mrs . E . A. Allen who is a member of the Pine Lake W. 1 . and had celebrated her birthday earlier in November . by Mrs. C . Lawrence IAYs f~ oy1L . QYowN RAN . f . Pelihol&. - A LITA' To rp Country of destination carrying heavy loads of fire- xJ . sisal or water on their back+ . rr heads. and homes in dextlate squa-lor . The delegates were square :% faced with the mequalnles of the world It resulted In some direct action One of the new features of the conference was a dial ogue on the new realities of partnership where a frank exchange of ideas. problems and possible solution took place . The outcome was a list of needs in different countries ( mostly Third World) which societies could choose to fill . Canadian groups pledged their support . The Nation . a l Farmer's Union agreed to help Kenya reach its target of 10 million trees planted by 1979 : Federated Women's Insututcs will supply a Landrover fior extension work in Lesotho, Alberta Womert'i fnsti-tutes, wells for Kenya : Prince Ed-ward Island- WI . 55!( 1 for. training CANADA . Thirteen members attended the December meeting held at the home of Mrs . John Warke The birthday of Mrs . Cor-don Beck was recognized followed b_ y a session of carol singing . In answer to the roll call, JO gifts were donated to the Canadian Mental Health Association to be given to residents of Michener Centre for Christmas Candy bags for the annual Christmas Tree will be filled and practicing will be done for the program . The annual Christmas supper was a success with 57 persons attending . including a number of guests The Bingo for the children and cards and crokinole for the grown- ups provided an enjoyable even-ing The annual home- made jel-ly project has been successful-ly completed . Week's gr WINNIPEG COMMODM Et( l(. vw TML % Di % on- Upker " inn ( x,. s ( 2. r _ .-_.-_. ._. . . . _- .-__. l, :, 1 Program books for 197R for which a cash donation will be taken . will be completed and passed out at the next meeting . The members agreed to raise the membership dues to SOC per person per year 12 broadcloth squares were handed out to be em-broidered with members names and made into a friendship quilt Meetings dunng January . February and March will be held m the afternoon instead of the evening During lunch . passages from J G MacGregor's book Northwest of Sixteen were read These described events in the lives of settle" m the Westlork area m the rar : o 14M o A75 cw 76x1 75 cw . . .__. ... . .__._.. . 76 w 75 1 Feed . . . .. .. . ... ....__.._ 75 50 14 . Feed . T__ .._ ._. .- . . 74 .50 71. Feed . . . .. . T____- 71100 10 Feed 67 .50 66. ARLEY ,,(` R 96 60 91 . . .. . 96.40 91, 10140 96 Cw'RS 13ki . . . _ . . . . C W RS I3N4 . . . . . 12- 97 12763 12 " Ci Cw RS II097 111 ( L : 1391 It4 CL 114 n1 1os C L' WS6 95 . esuc 3 CWRS . . . 9616 97 CRL M AD 143% 1w AD 14211 162 . AD 14017 14( 1 |
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