1939 - Convention Report

              T W E N T Y - F I R S T PROVINCIAL CONVENTION 37
REPORT OF DISTRICT No. 4
Mrs. J . A . MocQuorrie, Barons, director
I have pleasure in presenting the report of Institute work in District
No. 4, which is still one of progress. There are eight Constituencies having
approximately 57 Branches with a membership of 982. Receipts for the two-year
period total approximately $ 20,000.
Calgary- Okotoks— Mrs. E . Bird, Aldersyde, Convener, reports 12 Branches,
250 members and $ 2,022.84 realized for the treasury. Baby layettes for needy
cases are always on hand in this Constituency. One W. I. reports Round Table
Conferences on Standing Committee subjects instead of a paper.
Taber— Mrs. R. E . Reynolds, Picture Butte, Convener, reports 14 Branches
with membership of 294, and has six Girls' Clubs. Activities in this Con­stituency
include hot lunches for school children, Christmas hampers, handi­crafts
and horticulture. A radio was installed in Picture Butte school. An
annual Gypsy tea is held in Coaldale with Mrs. Norton as Convener.
Glsichen— Mrs. D. Clark, Cluny, reports five Branches" and one Girls' Club.
The membership is 90 and these Branches have raised $ 486.00. One Branch
has a Charity Fund, out of which is paid care of needy children's eyes, tonsils
and other necessary medical care. Other activities include assisting School
Fairs, providing library books, tennis courts, skating rinks and helpful in
getting a health officer appointed in one district.
Pincher Creek- Rocky Mountain— Mrs. C. Lynch Staunton, Lundbreck, Con­vener.
This Constituency Conference usually takes the form of a very de­lightful
picnic at the river. There are three Branches in the Constituency.
Beaver Mines W. I. owns their own hall and finds it a source of revenue. One
Branch is interested in making jute rugs.
Warner'— Mrs. O. G. Cronkhite, New Dayton, Convener, reports seven
Branches, Lucky Strike W. I. having disbanded owing to distance from rail­road.
Receipts in these Branches total $ 963.00. The outstanding activity is
the Flower Show and Fair held in conjunction with the Constituency Con­ference.
A Harvest Festival with a Harvest Queen and a Hallowe'en Carnival
proved popular affairs. The Branches try to cover all Standing Committee
subjects at their meetings. New Dayton Girls' Club attended Olds Convention
in a body. This Club enjoys the work of W. I. Girls' Club.
Little Bow— Mrs. M. L . Todd, Vulcan, Convener, reports eight Branches
with a membership of 128 and have raised $ 600.00. There are three Girls'
Clubs, one of them a Junior Club. An excellent Handicraft Exhibition was
held in connection with the Constituency Conference. Vocations for Girls and
Vocations for Boys have been studied in one Branch, while the upkeep of their
rest room has been the work in another.
Medicine Hat— Miss Mary McLeay, Irvine, Convener, reports three Branches
with 42 members. One Branch reports a series of telephone bridge parties.
Walsh Institute loans their W. I. Hall for community purposes. Caring for
needy families and assisting schools in various ways are other activities of
these Branches. They hope to form another Institute to be named " Ethel
Webster" in memory of the late Mrs. Webster, " Flower Lady" and former
Institute worker.
Redcliff— Mrs. H. Demorest, Bindloss, Convener, reports two Branches.
Social Plains with 31 members reports interesting meetings and they celebrated
their 20th anniversary. Articles in the A. W. I. Report are read by the Secre­tary.
Bindloss W. I. has 19 members. This Branch holds their meetings the
same day as the men hold theirs, and they have lunch together. They are fixing
up their rest room and made curtains for the hall.