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S I X T E E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I ON 23
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
Mrs. Hugh J. Montgomery, Wetaskiwin.
I present to you this morning, my first report as your Provincial President.
Before I proceed, I wish to thank the members who, at the last Convention
placed in me their trust and bestowed upon me this high honor. I also
deeply appreciate the many tokens of esteem received since my election last
May.
My thanks are sincerely given to Mrs. Ferguson and the members in
District No. 3 for a gift of a handsome gavel presented to me at the Drum-heller
Conference. Also to the Lethbridge Women's Institute for the beautiful
bouquet presented at their banquet. Again let me say thank you for
the lovely roses and carnations which I have brought back to the Convention
room and which I hope will be enjoyed by all present throughout the Convention.
I take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation of the loyal support
of the members of the Council, M r s . Regan the Business Secretary- Treasurer,
the Chairman of Standing Committees, the Constituency Conveners and faithful
members.
While the year has been filled with work and responsibility, it has also
been filled with pleasures. I have not kept account of the number of letters
written but have used up some $ 16.00 worth of postage stamps and over $ 5.00
worth of postal cards, which were used mostly in acknowledging first reports
from Institutes.
In November, I attended a luncheon given b y the Department of H e a l th
in the MacDonald Hotel, Edmonton, to inaugurate the Oral Hygiene campaign.
Here I pledged the support of the Alberta Women's Institutes and I
am happy to tell you that in an address at the Drumheller Conference, Dr.
H a r r y Thompson, Toronto, the field secretary, stated that our co- operation
had far surpassed their fondest hopes, which is very gratifying.
I was unable to attend a dinner and dance given by the Alberta Dental
Association at the close of the campaign, but Mrs. Rogers ably represented
us and responded to a toast.
I accepted an invitation from the United F a rm Women, to b r i n g greetings
to their convention, but again was unable to be present owing to a heavy
cold. Mrs. Price kindly took my place.
I visited no individual Institutes but attended a number of Constituency
Conferences. Last fall I went to Evansburg. Round H i l l and Wizard Lake
with Mrs. Short. I travelled by train to High Prairie where I met Mrs.
Roberts, and with herself and husband motored to Peace River and Grande
P r a i r i e , attending conferences at all three points. While the recent snows
and rains had done their worst to the roads, it was a most enjoyable and
never- to- be- forgotten week.
As I stood on the banks of the Peace River at Dunvegan one morning
about seven o'clock and saw the sun cast its first beams on the river, I was
reminded of the second verse of O Canada, where we sing:
O Canada, where pines and maples grow,
Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow.
Even the maples were there, planted by missionaries many years ago and
standing a monument to their labors.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1930 - Annual Convention Report |
| Subject | Convention;Report; AWI |
| Description | Report of the Sixteenth Annual Convention held May 20-23, 1930 |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811099 |
| Date | 1930 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 21 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | S I X T E E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I ON 23 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS Mrs. Hugh J. Montgomery, Wetaskiwin. I present to you this morning, my first report as your Provincial President. Before I proceed, I wish to thank the members who, at the last Convention placed in me their trust and bestowed upon me this high honor. I also deeply appreciate the many tokens of esteem received since my election last May. My thanks are sincerely given to Mrs. Ferguson and the members in District No. 3 for a gift of a handsome gavel presented to me at the Drum-heller Conference. Also to the Lethbridge Women's Institute for the beautiful bouquet presented at their banquet. Again let me say thank you for the lovely roses and carnations which I have brought back to the Convention room and which I hope will be enjoyed by all present throughout the Convention. I take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation of the loyal support of the members of the Council, M r s . Regan the Business Secretary- Treasurer, the Chairman of Standing Committees, the Constituency Conveners and faithful members. While the year has been filled with work and responsibility, it has also been filled with pleasures. I have not kept account of the number of letters written but have used up some $ 16.00 worth of postage stamps and over $ 5.00 worth of postal cards, which were used mostly in acknowledging first reports from Institutes. In November, I attended a luncheon given b y the Department of H e a l th in the MacDonald Hotel, Edmonton, to inaugurate the Oral Hygiene campaign. Here I pledged the support of the Alberta Women's Institutes and I am happy to tell you that in an address at the Drumheller Conference, Dr. H a r r y Thompson, Toronto, the field secretary, stated that our co- operation had far surpassed their fondest hopes, which is very gratifying. I was unable to attend a dinner and dance given by the Alberta Dental Association at the close of the campaign, but Mrs. Rogers ably represented us and responded to a toast. I accepted an invitation from the United F a rm Women, to b r i n g greetings to their convention, but again was unable to be present owing to a heavy cold. Mrs. Price kindly took my place. I visited no individual Institutes but attended a number of Constituency Conferences. Last fall I went to Evansburg. Round H i l l and Wizard Lake with Mrs. Short. I travelled by train to High Prairie where I met Mrs. Roberts, and with herself and husband motored to Peace River and Grande P r a i r i e , attending conferences at all three points. While the recent snows and rains had done their worst to the roads, it was a most enjoyable and never- to- be- forgotten week. As I stood on the banks of the Peace River at Dunvegan one morning about seven o'clock and saw the sun cast its first beams on the river, I was reminded of the second verse of O Canada, where we sing: O Canada, where pines and maples grow, Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow. Even the maples were there, planted by missionaries many years ago and standing a monument to their labors. |
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