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MRS. E. E. MORTON
Mrs. S. E. Morton was " born Helen Forrest i n St. John,
New Brunswick, on November 2 9 , I 8 8 4 . Her family were of
Scottish descent. She received her high school and college
education i n Winnipeg. Later she taught school i n Winnipeg
and then i n Vegreville. I t was here she met and married
Edmund E. Morton i n 1910. They homesteaded f i f t y miles from
Vegreville. Two sons were born to t h e i r union.
In 1929 the family moved to Vpgrevill e where Mrs.
Morton took an active part i n community l i f e serving as a
school trustee f o r many years. She was also active i n Red
Cross work and i n the Navy League of Canada.
Mrs. Morton became widely known as an Institute member
not only at home but abroad. She held offices i n her own
branch; was Director of D i s t r i c t 2 for four years; served as
Vice- President f o r four years and at the same time was acting
War Work Convener for the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada,
and l a t e r was elected Second Vice- President of that body. *
In 1945 she was elected P r o v i n c i a l President of the
Alberta Women's Institutes and was returned to o f f i c e for a
second term i n 1947. In the same year she rose to the o f f i ce
of P i r s t Vice- President of the P. W. I. C-Mrs.
Morton had the privilege of attending three t r i ennial
sessions of the Associated Country Women of the World-one
i n Amsterdam, one i n Copenhagen and one i n Toronto. At
the f i r s t of these she was representing Alberta, at the second
she was head of the Canadian delegation acting i n her capacity
as President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada,
and at the t h i r d Conference she was holding the o f f i c e of Vice-
President of the Associated Country Women of the World,
Besides her work i n the Women's I n s t i t u t e s , Mrs. Morton
found time to act as Vice- President of the Alberta Library
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| Transcript | MRS. E. E. MORTON Mrs. S. E. Morton was " born Helen Forrest i n St. John, New Brunswick, on November 2 9 , I 8 8 4 . Her family were of Scottish descent. She received her high school and college education i n Winnipeg. Later she taught school i n Winnipeg and then i n Vegreville. I t was here she met and married Edmund E. Morton i n 1910. They homesteaded f i f t y miles from Vegreville. Two sons were born to t h e i r union. In 1929 the family moved to Vpgrevill e where Mrs. Morton took an active part i n community l i f e serving as a school trustee f o r many years. She was also active i n Red Cross work and i n the Navy League of Canada. Mrs. Morton became widely known as an Institute member not only at home but abroad. She held offices i n her own branch; was Director of D i s t r i c t 2 for four years; served as Vice- President f o r four years and at the same time was acting War Work Convener for the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, and l a t e r was elected Second Vice- President of that body. * In 1945 she was elected P r o v i n c i a l President of the Alberta Women's Institutes and was returned to o f f i c e for a second term i n 1947. In the same year she rose to the o f f i ce of P i r s t Vice- President of the P. W. I. C-Mrs. Morton had the privilege of attending three t r i ennial sessions of the Associated Country Women of the World-one i n Amsterdam, one i n Copenhagen and one i n Toronto. At the f i r s t of these she was representing Alberta, at the second she was head of the Canadian delegation acting i n her capacity as President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, and at the t h i r d Conference she was holding the o f f i c e of Vice- President of the Associated Country Women of the World, Besides her work i n the Women's I n s t i t u t e s , Mrs. Morton found time to act as Vice- President of the Alberta Library |
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