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Home and Country Summer 2004
51st Kneehill Valley Constituency Conference
Leona Pryor
In Memoriam
Mary Rita Pratt 1915-2003
Mary Pratt former Constituency Convener of Mountain View Women's' Institute passed away April 2, 2003. Mary was a member for 35 years. She leaves to mourn one son and stepdaughter. Mary came to Alberta after the death of her first husband in a farm accident. She settled in the Didsbury area and married Walter Pratt. Mary was well known for her quilts and afghans.
Joan Rosemary Patterson
Joan was a member of Lone Pine WI and later Bancroft WI. Joan immigrated to Alberta from England in 1947. She trained as an RNA. She married Elmer Ehret of Didsbury and they had a family of six children. After Elmer was killed in a car accident Joan married Tom Patterson. Tom died in 1991. Joan retired to Didsbury where she passed away June 26, 2003.
Left to right: Leona Pryor, George Kuhse Aide de camp, Lois Hole Lieutenant Governor of Alberta and Joyce Silbernagel.
The 51st Kneehill Valley Constituency Conference held on April 3, 2004 in Trochu, Alberta was a huge success, thanks to the 112 persons signing the guest book. The Honourable Lois Hole, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta was the guest speaker. The organizers of the conference were Joyce Silbernagel and Leona Pryor pictured above.wi
Freeda Maxine Maisey
A long time member of Kirkcaldy Wo m e n 's Institute Freeda Maxine Maisey passed away on January 2, 2004 at the age of 94 years. Our Branch presented a Life Membership to Freeda to honour her 80 years of service, dedication and faithfulness.
Aids the Greatest Health Crisis
Charmaine Wood, Irvine W.I.
Imagine in a 747 crashing every hour, every day, every week of the year, killing all aboard. That is the toll which the AIDS pandemic takes, killing 354 people per hour world-wide. That is one death every ten seconds. It is the most severe health crisis in human history. Now imagine an African single mother, HIV positive, with two children of her own and caring as well for three orphans or an old granny, in poor health, with motherless grandchildren dependent upon her or a dying patient, without modern medical facilities. This is the human face of AIDS. Today over 40 million people have HIV/AIDS, with five million newly infected and three million deaths in 2003. That is 14,000 new cases per day, 95 percent of them in developing countries. Seventy percent of worldwide HIV cases are in sub-Saharan Africa, more than half of them women, most of whom are faithful to their husbands. The toll on African society is terrible. The most experienced workers are taken hampering the economy. Husbands and wives are taken, destroying families and leaving hosts of widows and orphans. Young girls are brutally raped because of the mistaken belief that sex with a virgin will cure one of AIDS. How many of us are aware of this carnage, and concerned enough to try to help? `What is wrong with the world? People are dying in numbers that are the stuff of science fiction. Millions of human beings are at risk. Communities, families, mothers, fathers, children are like shards of humanity caught in the maelstrom of destruction .....Is that not enough to ignite the conscience of the world?' This is the cry of Stephen Lewis, United Nations Envoy for HIV/AIDS. Our branch of the W.I. having some raffle profits to distribute decided to do our tiny bit to help. We donated some money to a faith-based group which mobilizes the churches of southern Africa, which constitute a major social force into an antiAIDS campaign. Not much but I am glad we could do it.wi
Gertrude Ethel Pratt 1915 2004
Gertrude passed away at the Didsbury Health Care Centre on January 4, 2004. Gertie was a member of the Mountain View Womens Institute for 16 years. She leaves to mourn her loss 4 daughters and 4 sons.
Rita Ray Hafso 1920-2004
Rita joined the Shady Cove Womens Institute in 1972. She served as President for ten years in total. In 1986 she attended the ACWW World Conference in Killarny, Ireland. Rita worked hard at Shady Cove W.I. helping in all the activities. Rita's faith was her life and she was also involved in many church and community activities. She was born in Edmonton and moved to Viking at the age of 20 to work as book keeper for the Viking Creamery. She married John in 1942 and they had three daughters and a son.
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| Transcript | Home and Country Summer 2004 51st Kneehill Valley Constituency Conference Leona Pryor In Memoriam Mary Rita Pratt 1915-2003 Mary Pratt former Constituency Convener of Mountain View Women's' Institute passed away April 2, 2003. Mary was a member for 35 years. She leaves to mourn one son and stepdaughter. Mary came to Alberta after the death of her first husband in a farm accident. She settled in the Didsbury area and married Walter Pratt. Mary was well known for her quilts and afghans. Joan Rosemary Patterson Joan was a member of Lone Pine WI and later Bancroft WI. Joan immigrated to Alberta from England in 1947. She trained as an RNA. She married Elmer Ehret of Didsbury and they had a family of six children. After Elmer was killed in a car accident Joan married Tom Patterson. Tom died in 1991. Joan retired to Didsbury where she passed away June 26, 2003. Left to right: Leona Pryor, George Kuhse Aide de camp, Lois Hole Lieutenant Governor of Alberta and Joyce Silbernagel. The 51st Kneehill Valley Constituency Conference held on April 3, 2004 in Trochu, Alberta was a huge success, thanks to the 112 persons signing the guest book. The Honourable Lois Hole, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta was the guest speaker. The organizers of the conference were Joyce Silbernagel and Leona Pryor pictured above.wi Freeda Maxine Maisey A long time member of Kirkcaldy Wo m e n 's Institute Freeda Maxine Maisey passed away on January 2, 2004 at the age of 94 years. Our Branch presented a Life Membership to Freeda to honour her 80 years of service, dedication and faithfulness. Aids the Greatest Health Crisis Charmaine Wood, Irvine W.I. Imagine in a 747 crashing every hour, every day, every week of the year, killing all aboard. That is the toll which the AIDS pandemic takes, killing 354 people per hour world-wide. That is one death every ten seconds. It is the most severe health crisis in human history. Now imagine an African single mother, HIV positive, with two children of her own and caring as well for three orphans or an old granny, in poor health, with motherless grandchildren dependent upon her or a dying patient, without modern medical facilities. This is the human face of AIDS. Today over 40 million people have HIV/AIDS, with five million newly infected and three million deaths in 2003. That is 14,000 new cases per day, 95 percent of them in developing countries. Seventy percent of worldwide HIV cases are in sub-Saharan Africa, more than half of them women, most of whom are faithful to their husbands. The toll on African society is terrible. The most experienced workers are taken hampering the economy. Husbands and wives are taken, destroying families and leaving hosts of widows and orphans. Young girls are brutally raped because of the mistaken belief that sex with a virgin will cure one of AIDS. How many of us are aware of this carnage, and concerned enough to try to help? `What is wrong with the world? People are dying in numbers that are the stuff of science fiction. Millions of human beings are at risk. Communities, families, mothers, fathers, children are like shards of humanity caught in the maelstrom of destruction .....Is that not enough to ignite the conscience of the world?' This is the cry of Stephen Lewis, United Nations Envoy for HIV/AIDS. Our branch of the W.I. having some raffle profits to distribute decided to do our tiny bit to help. We donated some money to a faith-based group which mobilizes the churches of southern Africa, which constitute a major social force into an antiAIDS campaign. Not much but I am glad we could do it.wi Gertrude Ethel Pratt 1915 2004 Gertrude passed away at the Didsbury Health Care Centre on January 4, 2004. Gertie was a member of the Mountain View Womens Institute for 16 years. She leaves to mourn her loss 4 daughters and 4 sons. Rita Ray Hafso 1920-2004 Rita joined the Shady Cove Womens Institute in 1972. She served as President for ten years in total. In 1986 she attended the ACWW World Conference in Killarny, Ireland. Rita worked hard at Shady Cove W.I. helping in all the activities. Rita's faith was her life and she was also involved in many church and community activities. She was born in Edmonton and moved to Viking at the age of 20 to work as book keeper for the Viking Creamery. She married John in 1942 and they had three daughters and a son. 11 |
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