History Supplement of the Alberta Women's Institutes

              HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
Publicity was a major concern and various ways were tried to
improve A. W. I, publicity. All branch reports were sent to the Public­ity
Convener in order to simplify and coordinate provincial report­ing.
A Public Relations Clinic on publicity was very helpful. During
her term as Director, Vice- President and President, Mrs. Roberts
had the privilege of free broadcast time weekly over CJDV, Drumhel­ler.
Some tapes were also sent to Grand Prairie and Peace River and
used for Institute Broadcasts.
The Institutes worked very closely with the Alberta Safety
Council, help and suggestions being requested many times. In Feb­ruary
1962 Mrs. Roberts was asked to attend the Western Canada
Safety Conference in Brandon, Manitoba as Alberta's official dele­gate.
The next year she was asked to prepare and present a report of
the Safety work undertaken by the Women's Institutes in the three
Western Provinces.
Mrs. Roberts was asked to help plan a Leadership Techniques
Short Course at the Banff School of Fine Arts. This course was of
value to all Albertans. At her suggestion the age limit was revised to
permit older persons to attend. The A. W. I, had the opportunity to
send candidates for this training course and it was met with varying
success.
The Federated Women's Institutes of Canada Board meeting
and National Convention took place in Vancouver, June 14- 23,1961.
Mrs. Roberts attended as Senior Board member. There was a large
representation of Alberta Institute members. Mrs. Roberts ac­cepted
the Silver Rose Bowl on behalf of the Dinton W. I. who had
placed First in the FWIC Citizenship Competition with a Scrapbook
showing the renovation of their Community Hall. She attended five
Board meetings and two FWIC Conventions. At the Convention held
in Wolfville, N. S. in 1964, she was elected Third Vice- President of
FWIC which she felt was an honor bestowed on Alberta Women's
Institutes.
As some of the branches were approaching their 50th Anniver­sary,
Certificates were designed to honor these events. Mrs. Roberts
presented Certificates to Verdant Valley, Munson and Walsh in 1962
and to Argyle, Clearview and Rugby in 1963. Other officers pre­sented
Certificates to Raymond in 1962 and to Queenstown, Reid Hill
and Stony Plain in 1963.
At the 1961 Provincial Convention, the question of whether to
send a delegate to ACWW Conference was lost. However, letters
were received asking that Council set aside this decision and send
the President as the A. W. I, delegate. Subsequently a letter was sent
to all branches asking for their decision. The vote was favorable and
Mrs. Roberts attended the ACWW Conference in Melbourne, Au­stralia
and also the ACWW Executive meetings. These were very
important meetings as a new constitution was being finalized. Prior
to the Conference, she was the guest of the Broadwater Branch, a
small Branch in the State of Victoria. She was extended a warm
welcome and many interesting events, picnics and outings were
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