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Farming history
t, o° vener of me
.,:, or, pro-jest,
main constituency under-taking
in the past year, was
Beatrice Mayberry, convener of
W'
&~ Iqw
the WI's agriculture and Cana-j
studied
by
dian industries committee,
" We have pictures showing
women carrying water from
houses when hand pumps were
being used on most farms and
others of women hanging out
clothes."
Mrs. Brown says a woman's
work has changed with the
modernization of farming and
Area farm women have just
completed a pictorial history of
Central Alberta agriculture as
part of a provincial program un-dertaken
by the Women's
Institute.
Marion Brown, past convener
of the Red Deer Centre WI
Constituency Association, says
the 10 branches in this con-stituency
started into the
program last fall.
Collecting photographs depic-ting
agriculture beginning in the
1890s and continuing to the pre-sent
day, the women have put
together two scrap books, each
containing about 100 pictures .
" There are old pictures show-ing
log sheds and straw roofs,"
says Mrs. Brown, a member of
the Pine Lake branch of the WI .
" We have taken a look at
agriculture from thevery begin-ning
to the present time ."
The WI has tried as much as
possible to concentrate the
history on the changing role of
women in agpiculture .
farm homes: The history also
shows that .
A total of 32 different con-stitutencies
in WI are involved
in the program in various areas
of the province .
When completed, the best
pictures in each of the in-dividual
submissions will form
the basis for a single book on
the history of Alberta
agriculture, says Mrs. Brown.
- She says a provincial competi-tion
is also under way to chodse
the best presentation from
among all the entries.
The Red Deer Centre entry
finished, it has been sent to Ed-monton
for judging.
Mrs. Brown says the winner
of the competition will be an-nounced
during- , the provincial
o ratio
T
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Ti a a . .1
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Trl
Aid to Lesotho
for Landrover
Landro, cr . ., . u\ c hcal : h and
nutrition programs to remote
mountain regions of Lesotho will
soon be a reality, Martha Bielish.
Cresident of the Federated
omen's Institutes of Canada an-nounced
recently.
Following an exonitive meeting
held in Ottawa she said donations
from the organi ation have been
matched by grants from the Cana-dian
International Development
Agency. Contributions from mem-ben
and branches of women's to-sutures
across Canada came in fol-lowing
the Associated Country
Women of the World conference
held in Nairobi when it was learned
thai the Landrover in use was no
longcr road worthy. Mrs. Bictish
volunteered FWIC support at that
time.
Plans for the organiulion's tri-ennial
conference to be held in
Saskatoon in June 1979 will focus
on the International Year of the
Child with a national child safety
competition featured, the organiru.-
tion's release says.
BranchG " atertng the child safe-ty
competition will be required to
submit a kit outlining a program or
promotion dealing with some
aspect of child protection . Some of
the areas suggested are the home .
school, try water, fire, farm .
drugs, alcohol, physical and mental
abuse. The benefit to the child is to
be highlighted and the ongoing
value of the program will be as-sessed
with FWIC given the rights
to reproduce the lots for future use
in schools or by voluntary organt-rationswishing
to premote cchhiilldd
safety. Awards of S I00 for the first
prize and $ 75 for second will be
presented at the convention.
A report of a survey on women's
work in rural Canada will be an-other
program feature. The survey
is a joint undertaking of the Coun-cil
on Rural Development Canada
and FWIC.
The FWIC executive protested
the proposed termination of the
CRDC due to government cut-backs.
They say it will cut offdirect
contact with government for rural
le and the opportunity for
back from them .
June 21st visit to the Salvation
Army Camp, Fine Lake .
L- R : Dorothy Herbert, Annie
Allen, Doris Warke, Leah Clutton,
Joyce Armstrong, Earl Geake,
savle Olson, Ellen Geake
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 26 |
| 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 | Farming history t, o° vener of me .,:, or, pro-jest, main constituency under-taking in the past year, was Beatrice Mayberry, convener of W' &~ Iqw the WI's agriculture and Cana-j studied by dian industries committee, " We have pictures showing women carrying water from houses when hand pumps were being used on most farms and others of women hanging out clothes." Mrs. Brown says a woman's work has changed with the modernization of farming and Area farm women have just completed a pictorial history of Central Alberta agriculture as part of a provincial program un-dertaken by the Women's Institute. Marion Brown, past convener of the Red Deer Centre WI Constituency Association, says the 10 branches in this con-stituency started into the program last fall. Collecting photographs depic-ting agriculture beginning in the 1890s and continuing to the pre-sent day, the women have put together two scrap books, each containing about 100 pictures . " There are old pictures show-ing log sheds and straw roofs," says Mrs. Brown, a member of the Pine Lake branch of the WI . " We have taken a look at agriculture from thevery begin-ning to the present time ." The WI has tried as much as possible to concentrate the history on the changing role of women in agpiculture . farm homes: The history also shows that . A total of 32 different con-stitutencies in WI are involved in the program in various areas of the province . When completed, the best pictures in each of the in-dividual submissions will form the basis for a single book on the history of Alberta agriculture, says Mrs. Brown. - She says a provincial competi-tion is also under way to chodse the best presentation from among all the entries. The Red Deer Centre entry finished, it has been sent to Ed-monton for judging. Mrs. Brown says the winner of the competition will be an-nounced during- , the provincial o ratio T - __ Ti a a . .1 t _, , Z,' Y~ J Yt', j~ . rn a)~ cab zmo Z2~' rr, 7r » ` r-l - - j rr'vt Jmil ~ c'lcrnr, a7r Cr~ a o ma, h ra r. r,,' n arn'T7TJ rlclGO-~, T a ,~- t j`" 0 / J4 a-,' n W~"' C' « 1' 1` 1` 1 ' CIOY?'~' Trl Aid to Lesotho for Landrover Landro, cr . ., . u\ c hcal : h and nutrition programs to remote mountain regions of Lesotho will soon be a reality, Martha Bielish. Cresident of the Federated omen's Institutes of Canada an-nounced recently. Following an exonitive meeting held in Ottawa she said donations from the organi ation have been matched by grants from the Cana-dian International Development Agency. Contributions from mem-ben and branches of women's to-sutures across Canada came in fol-lowing the Associated Country Women of the World conference held in Nairobi when it was learned thai the Landrover in use was no longcr road worthy. Mrs. Bictish volunteered FWIC support at that time. Plans for the organiulion's tri-ennial conference to be held in Saskatoon in June 1979 will focus on the International Year of the Child with a national child safety competition featured, the organiru.- tion's release says. BranchG " atertng the child safe-ty competition will be required to submit a kit outlining a program or promotion dealing with some aspect of child protection . Some of the areas suggested are the home . school, try water, fire, farm . drugs, alcohol, physical and mental abuse. The benefit to the child is to be highlighted and the ongoing value of the program will be as-sessed with FWIC given the rights to reproduce the lots for future use in schools or by voluntary organt-rationswishing to premote cchhiilldd safety. Awards of S I00 for the first prize and $ 75 for second will be presented at the convention. A report of a survey on women's work in rural Canada will be an-other program feature. The survey is a joint undertaking of the Coun-cil on Rural Development Canada and FWIC. The FWIC executive protested the proposed termination of the CRDC due to government cut-backs. They say it will cut offdirect contact with government for rural le and the opportunity for back from them . June 21st visit to the Salvation Army Camp, Fine Lake . L- R : Dorothy Herbert, Annie Allen, Doris Warke, Leah Clutton, Joyce Armstrong, Earl Geake, savle Olson, Ellen Geake |
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