History Supplement of the Alberta Women's Institutes

              HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
Whitson's talk told about the " Highway of Life of a Club
Member".
Two hundred and fifty attended the banquet and the evening
concluded with a Masquerade following the presentations.
Joyce Underhay was the winner of the Secretary's Scholar­ship.
She was a member of the Lone Pine Orioles.
Proficiency Trophy and the Handicraft Cup were both won by
the Warspite Pathfinders.
In lieu of corsages the money was used to establish a Social
Service project designed to set up and maintain Girls' Clubs in
the North. To raise money the girls were encouraged to hold
" Stay at Home Teas".
The retiring Supervisors were presented with silver trays in
appreciation of their work with the girls.
1966 Supervisor, Mrs. H. Hillaby with Assistant, Mrs. L. Blades,
both ladies from Camrose.
Ninety- six girls and twenty- five Supervisors attended the
Convention, representing twenty- five active Clubs.
President, Lily Larter
Theme Song " Alberta"
Theme " Our Alberta Heritage" and the Slogan " Courtesy,
Courage and Co- operation".
Mrs. C. Alexander, A. W. I, representative stressed the impor­tance
of dreaming.
Welcome guests were Mrs. Isa King and Miss Enid Abraham
from Guyana who spoke about their country, their customs
and their people. As a special treat Mrs. King sang for the
girls.
Honorable Robert Clark, Alberta's Minister of Youth spoke on
how the Department was designed to help Youth.
Cheri Jackson won the Secretary's Scholarship.
The Proficiency Trophy was won by the Melody Maids.
The Handicraft Cup was a tie between the Loyalist Lassies
and the Melvin Meadowlarks.
The largest Club in the Province is the Lethbridge Northern
Busy Bees with a membership of thirty- eight.
1967 President, Lily Larter
There were eighty- eight girls representing twenty- three ac­tive
Clubs attending.
Theme " This Land is Our Land".
Mrs. C. Oxtoby, newly elected Provincial Secretary brought
greetings from A. W. I. Mrs. Morrisroe, Director of District 3
donated two AWIGC spoons to be presented to the best models
in the Fashion Show. Roxanne Palamarek of the Warspite
Pathfinders and Lily Larter of the Lethbridge Busy Bees
were the winners.
A major item on the agenda was the revision of the Guide
Book. It was decided that the beanie would be no longer a part
of the Club uniform. Mrs. G. Johnson, a former Supervisor of
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