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Penticton. President, Mrs. McGregor, Penticton; Secretary, Mrs. Frank 



Richardson. Meetings, 2nd Thursday, 3 p.m. 

 Royal Oak. President, Mrs. M. Hutchinson, Royal Oak; Secretary, Mrs. 



J. R. Carmichael, Royal Oak. Meetings, Hall, Royai Oak, 2ml Tues- 

 day, 3 p.m. 

 Salmon Arm. President, Mrs. P. Owens, Salmon Arm; -secretary, Mrs. 



W. P. Rich, Salmon Arm. Meetings, Members' Homes, 3rd Thursday, 



3 p.m. 

 Salmon River Valley. 'President, Mrs. W. J. Andrews; Secretary, Mrs. 



H. E. Thompson. Meetings, 2nd Thursday, 2.30 p.m. 

 Summerland. President, Mrs. G. J. C. White, Summerland; Secretary, 



Mrs. G. Anderson, Summerland. Meetings, Men's Club Parlor, 3rd 



Friday, 3 p.m. 

 Sumas. President, Mrs. Bowman, Huntingdon P.O.; Secretary, Mrs. W. 



H. Hadden, Huntingdon P.O. Meetings, Huntingdon, 2nd Tuesday. 

 Sooke. President, Mrs. John Murray, Sooke; Secretary, Mrs. French, 



Sooke. Meetings, Schoolhouse, 1st Monday, 3 p.m. 

 Tynehead. 'President, Mrs. Bothwell; Secretary, Mrs. 'S. W. Atchison. 



Meetings, Member > Homes, 2nd Wednesday. 



CONGKKSS OF FARM WOMEN, 1912. 

 Report of Official Representative From B.C. Women's Institutes. 



In accordance with your instructions I attended the session of the 

 International Congress of Farm Women at Lethbridge in October, 1912. 

 There were present from Women's Institutes of B.C. eight delegates 

 Your official representative, Mrs. A. T. Watt; Mrs. R. L. Lipsett, member 

 of the Advisory Board; Mrs. Hutchinson, of the Vancouver Island Insti- 

 tutes; Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Gill, and Mrs. Smith, of the Cranbrook Institute; 

 Miss Twiss and Mrs. Turpin, of the Kaslo Institute. The delegates 

 elected Mrs. Lipsett to represent them on the nominating Board of the 

 Congress. Mrs. Watt was named on the Committee on Resolutions named 

 by the President of the Congress. The delegates all took notes and will 

 report to their Institutes. They attended all sessions, took a marked 

 interest in the proceedings, entered into some of the discussions and made 

 a favorable impression upon the Congress. 



GREETINGS. 



I had the privilege of extending to the Congress a few words of 

 greeting from the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Superintendent of 

 Institutes,B.C., expressing his best wishes for the success of the Congress. 

 He said that a noble work was being undertaken for the improvement 

 of conditions of rural life, and that such had his warmest support. 

 He hoped that the work undertaken by the Women's Institutes of British 

 Columbia would be found in line with the most progressive movements 

 elsewhere. His greeting was warmly received, and a tribute paid to Mr. 

 Scott for his co-operating in the line of women's work, of which he 

 is the official head. 



MEETINGS. 



The meetings of the Congress were full of interest. The subjects 

 dealt with concerned all kinds of women's work. Attention was directed 

 to the farm home, to child-iwelfare, to agricultural education, to kitchen 



