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FWIC president visits Prairies
Women's institutes and Home-makers'
clubs are not degenerate
and have not outlived their usefulness,
is the message Mrs. James
Haggerty, FWIC president, is
bringing as she visits western conventions—
Alberta Women's Institutes
at Edmonton, Saskatchewan
Homemakers Clubs at Saskatoon
and Manitoba Women's Institutes
at Winnipeg.
This is In reply to a recent
article in a national farm publication
which stated that women's
institutes had become nothing
more than social clubs to raise
money.
She said she had been flooded
with letters from institute members
across Canada urging her to
publically refute the article.
" It is better to s h o w our
strength by what we do rather
than by argument," Mrs. Haggerty
said. As illustrations of activities
of institutes and Home-makers'
clubs she listed work for
hospitals, orphanages and other
community projects, participation
in groups studying international
questions, activities in safety campaigns,
work in adult education
and so on.
Mrs. Haggerty, who Is a Can- |
adian delegate to World Freedom
From Hunger conference at Washington
this month, said she was
thrilled to note that at the Saskatchewan
meeting a presentation
was made by the Homemakers' to
the Freedom from Hunger Campaign.
Helping people help themselves
is the solution to the problems
of the world's needy, she
feels.
After attending the ACWW conference
in Australia, Mrs. Haggerty
believes she has greater
understanding and insight. Many
women of different races with different
problems and living conditions
were welded together at
t h e conference by common interests.
" If I were asked to define Federated
Women's Institutes of Canada
In one phrase. It would be
women at work for home a nd
country," she said, " and after attending
the ACWW conference, I
would have to add, and our country
is the world."
NOV 63
FWIC P r e s . Mrs. J . Haggerty
Pi \ I
Alberta Women's
Institutes
The ending of an Old Year is
the time to look back, review our
accomplishments and assess our
position. Did we reach our goal ?
This past year has been a busy
one for ail of us. Some of the noteworthy
highlights of the year for
our organization included the visit
of the world president of the Associated
Country Women of the
World, Mrs. G. J. van Beekhoff
of The Netherlands; the very successful
provincial convention; constituency
conferences and the
highly advantageous leadership
course held inV Edmonton for constituency
conveners, provinical
chairmen of standing committees
and all council members.
As we are about to enter the
New Year, we pause a moment to
look at our objectives and ambitions
for 1964— put them in their
proper prospective and then face
the coming year with faith and
confidence as we continue in our
work " for Home and Country."
May health, happiness and prosperity
be yours in 1964.
— Mrs. M. G. Roberts,
Drumheller, President,
Alberta Women's Institutes. <
E t h e l M o r r i s r o e,
Marion B. iorkeland
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| Title | Pine Lake History - 1956-1975 |
| Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811092 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
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| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | FWIC president visits Prairies Women's institutes and Home-makers' clubs are not degenerate and have not outlived their usefulness, is the message Mrs. James Haggerty, FWIC president, is bringing as she visits western conventions— Alberta Women's Institutes at Edmonton, Saskatchewan Homemakers Clubs at Saskatoon and Manitoba Women's Institutes at Winnipeg. This is In reply to a recent article in a national farm publication which stated that women's institutes had become nothing more than social clubs to raise money. She said she had been flooded with letters from institute members across Canada urging her to publically refute the article. " It is better to s h o w our strength by what we do rather than by argument," Mrs. Haggerty said. As illustrations of activities of institutes and Home-makers' clubs she listed work for hospitals, orphanages and other community projects, participation in groups studying international questions, activities in safety campaigns, work in adult education and so on. Mrs. Haggerty, who Is a Can- | adian delegate to World Freedom From Hunger conference at Washington this month, said she was thrilled to note that at the Saskatchewan meeting a presentation was made by the Homemakers' to the Freedom from Hunger Campaign. Helping people help themselves is the solution to the problems of the world's needy, she feels. After attending the ACWW conference in Australia, Mrs. Haggerty believes she has greater understanding and insight. Many women of different races with different problems and living conditions were welded together at t h e conference by common interests. " If I were asked to define Federated Women's Institutes of Canada In one phrase. It would be women at work for home a nd country," she said, " and after attending the ACWW conference, I would have to add, and our country is the world." NOV 63 FWIC P r e s . Mrs. J . Haggerty Pi \ I Alberta Women's Institutes The ending of an Old Year is the time to look back, review our accomplishments and assess our position. Did we reach our goal ? This past year has been a busy one for ail of us. Some of the noteworthy highlights of the year for our organization included the visit of the world president of the Associated Country Women of the World, Mrs. G. J. van Beekhoff of The Netherlands; the very successful provincial convention; constituency conferences and the highly advantageous leadership course held inV Edmonton for constituency conveners, provinical chairmen of standing committees and all council members. As we are about to enter the New Year, we pause a moment to look at our objectives and ambitions for 1964— put them in their proper prospective and then face the coming year with faith and confidence as we continue in our work " for Home and Country." May health, happiness and prosperity be yours in 1964. — Mrs. M. G. Roberts, Drumheller, President, Alberta Women's Institutes. < E t h e l M o r r i s r o e, Marion B. iorkeland |
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