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Alberta Women's Institute, South Peace Constituency

  • SPRA-0117
  • Collectivité
  • [ca.1912]-present

The Alberta Women’s Institute is aligned with the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada, which is in turn a member of the Associated Country Women of the World. The Alberta W.I. is divided into five districts. District 1 is the Peace River District, which is made up of three Constituencies: South Peace, North Peace and High Prairie. Member clubs in the South Peace Constituency were Beaverlodge, Cherry Point, Crooked Creek, East Peoria, Elmworth, Grande Prairie, Kleskun Hill, Lymburn, Millarston, Rio Grande, Sexsmith, Spirit Valley and Valhalla.
The Women’s Institute is strictly non-partisan, non-sectarian, and non-racial in every aspect of its work. It is an educational organization which seeks to provide women with the opportunity to participate in national and international interests. Individual clubs support the ideals of the W.I. by working to improve services for women and children in their own communities. As such, the W.I. was often the organization behind maternity hospitals, waiting rooms, health clinics, libraries, school programs, girls’ clubs, and other social programs.
Constituency conferences were held yearly to provide a unifying social and educational forum for their members. Representatives from individual clubs reported on the activities they had been involved in over the past year. As well, there were reports from standing committees on social and educational issues. These committees changed over the years, but during the 1930s and 1940s, they included Public Health and Welfare, Legislation and League of Nations, Home Economics, Education and Better Schools, Canadianization and Colonization, and Care Industries.
Women’s Institute organizations are still active in Alberta, although many of the smaller clubs have folded.

Alberta Women's Liberal Association

  • glen-96
  • Collectivité
  • 1937-1970

The Alberta Women's Liberal Association was formed in 1937. It was designed to attract the women of the province into an active role in Canadian politics and elections. It acted as the parent organization of numerous local Women's Liberal Clubs. Though clubs in Calgary and Edmonton had been formed some years before, many were organized after the provincial association's formation. The AWLA operated as a subsidiary organization of the Alberta Liberal Association, with delegate rights at all conventions. It was also attached to the National Women's Liberal Association and the Liberal Federation of Canada. The association was disbanded in 1970, in favour of individual involvement in the federal and provincial Liberal organizations.

Aldersyde Mutual Telephone Company

  • glen
  • Collectivité

The Aldersyde Mutual Telephone Company was incorporated on June 14, 1935 to take over the Alberta Government Telephones' rural service in the Aldersyde area. As an economy measure at this time, AGT turned over most of its rural lines to locally-owned companies, while retaining control over standards of maintenance and construction. In August 1972 AGT reintegrated the company's subscribers into the main telephone system.

Alice B. Donahue Library and Archives

  • ATH
  • Collectivité
  • 1946-

In 1946, Eric Hodgson held a meeting of representatives of different community organizations to discuss establishing a library in Athabasca. A committee was struck and met in June 1946 to nominate a library board. The library was known as the Athabasca and District Public Library from 1946 to 1966, the Athabasca Municipal Library from 1966 to 1980, and the Athabasca Municipal Library and Archives from 1980 until it adopted its current name in 1988. The library was located in the Town Hall, the Community Centre, and the former Provincial Building until it moved to the Brick School Complex in 1979. The archival program began as early as 1957 when the library stored historic documents until a historical society could be formed. In 1979 a separate room was designated, and volunteers organized and solicited material for a history book published in 1986. The first part-time archivist was hired in 1988.

Altaglass

  • MED-322
  • Collectivité
  • 1950-1988

Mr. John Furch came to Canada from his native Czecheslovakia, where he had been trained as a blacksmith and welder. Adept in manufacturing the tools of his trade, including furnaces and kilns, it is believed that he opened a glass blowing plant in Ontario, before moving to Medicine Hat in 1950. The major impediment in the glass blowing industry at that time, was the difficulty in obtaining qualified glass workers in Canada; most such tradesmen had usually been trained in Europe where the trade was centuries old. The attraction to establish at Medicine Hat was largely dependant upon the availability of low cost gas, as consumption by the plant was close to 500,000 cubic feet per month. As President and Manager of the plant, Mr. Furch oversaw the manufacturing of vases, figurines, bowls, lamp bases, ash trays and other hand processed articles in a wide variety of colors and color combinations. Les Stagg, a son-in-law, also learned the trade following his marriage to John's daughter Margaret. During the first 10 years, John and Les worked together with various glassblowers and helpers, the nearest worker coming from Redcliff while others were obtained from Germany, Czecheslovakia, Poland, Scotland, Holland and Hungary. In the late 1960's, Altaglass employed two Spanish glassblowers, who contributed greatly to the design line with their Venetian styled vases. They were Manuel Esteban, who was with Altaglass for 16 years until his retirement, and his partner, Francisco Ribas, who worked there for 21 years. In the early stages of manufacturing, Altaglass vases, bowls etc., were blown into wooden molds. Eventually however, molds were replaced by a casting process. From 1950 to 1981, Altaglass also manufactured paperweights, a unique item which many people collected. Another very popular item was the swan shaped candy dish, which were created in the early 1950's. The ingredients of the glass were silica sand, which comes from Ottawa, Illinois and Winnipeg, soda ash from Amherstburg, Ontario, and potash from Niagara Falls. Each day, the glass ingredients would be mixed in late afternoon, so it could be placed in the furnace at once, to avoid contamination by dust and dirt. The glass batch was then melted overnight at 2,700 degrees F, and by morning it was ready to be worked. The Altaglass plant did not recycle other glass in the manufacturing process, but chose to use only the raw materials which was prepared by themselves. On December 29, 1976, John Furch died at the age of 80. He had worked at the local plant until he was 75, not missing a day of work. In 1977, the Altaglass plant has been kept going by Les and Margaret Stagg and a very limited staff. Tourists and school children were welcomed for tours of the facility, and a gift shop was kept open for those seeking souvenirs of their visit. Charles Sinclair, the last to be hired by the plant, was hired in 1979, having relocated with his family from England. Mr. Sinclair left the operation in 1981. As in England, he did lamp work, and created other unique Altaglass pieces. In 1981, when the furnace was shut down for repair, it was decided not to be put it back into working order again due to an abundance of stock, as well as high operating costs. Altaglass finally closed its doors in the early 1990s. The Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat holds many Altaglass pieces in their permanent collection.

University of Alberta. Alumni Association

  • uofa
  • Collectivité

The Alumni Association, formed in 1915, confers automatic lifetime membership, without fee, on every graduate of the University. It reviews programs, provides advice and support to the University and is represented on the Board of Governors and the Senate. A president is elected each year to head the Council; the President of the University is an honorary member, and the presidents of the Students' Union and the Graduate Students' Association are ex officio members of the Council. Branches of the Association have been formed throughout the world and their representatives also sit on the Council. Graduates from the professional schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Business, Nursing, Education, Forestry) can join special associations which promote the welfare of their Faculty under the aegis of the general Alumni Association. Elected secretaries kept the Association's records from 1915 to 1926. Geoffrey B. Taylor, Assistant Registrar, provided his unpaid services as Secretary from 1926 to 1946. A full-time paid position was established in that year. The purpose of the Alumni Affairs Office, headed by a Director, is to provide professional administrative management and support to the Association, and to oversee alumni involvement with the University. While it may be possible to distinguish between the activities of the Association and the Office, and between some of the papers of each, because the two are so intertwined and because the Office provides all of the administrative support necessary for the functioning of the Association, the Archives has combined the records in this description. Secretaries: 1946-1947 John Clemence Gordon Brown; 1947-1951 John William Evans Markle; 1951-1977 Alex Gilmour Markle

Amber Valley Community Association

  • ath
  • Collectivité
  • 1974-present

The Amber Valley Community Association was formed in 1974 to facilitate fund raising and construction of the new Amber Valley Community Hall which replaced the original community hall. Bert Carothers was president, Romeo Edwards was vice-president and Grace Carothers (Taron) was secretary. Their efforts were concentrated on building the new community centre but also included a local cemetery clean-up, sewing and upholstery classes, and participation in the Amber Valley Choral Group.

Amber Valley Community Association grew from the Pioneers Club. For many years, local groups hosted the Amber Valley Picnic over two days every July which featured baseball games and other rural activities. 50-year, 75-year, and 100th-anniversary celebrations were observed in 1960, 1985 and 2009. A new Amber Valley Cultural Centre was built in 2014 and the historic location of the community was marked by an Alberta Government heritage sign on Hwy 55. Parks Canada Historic Sites and Monuments Board erected a plaque in 2017 honoring Black settlers in Saskatchewan and Alberta and it is now located at the Amber Valley Cultural Centre. A recreation of Toles School was installed at the Canadian Museum of History in 2006 but it has since been dismantled. There is a small museum and a poster presentation of Amber Valleys’ history at the cultural centre. The Community Association remains active although many of the original families have moved away over the years. Home-coming celebrations occur from time to time and Athabascans from town and county look forward to Amber Valley Community Association chicken suppers each year.

4-H Canada. Angus Ridge Chapter. Angus Ridgette Multiclub

  • WET
  • Collectivité

4-H is an international, community, non-profit organization for young people. 4-H clubs often formed special clubs designed to appeal to female members. The Angus Ridgette Multiclub consisted of girls aged 12- 14 who lived in the district of Angus Ridge, south-east of Wetaskiwin. The Angus Ridgette Multiclub would meet monthly under the supervision of an adult leader and discuss issues important to teenage girls and plan activities. Activities included visiting seniors in old age homes, raising money for charity, trips to Edmonton, public speaking contests, summer camps and other activities. It is unclear when the group was created.

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