Our Director of Women’s Work, Elizabeth Grimmett, gave many 
     
     hours of overtime work in helping to arrange all the details. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Registration began on June 20 and the Official Opening was held 
     
     at Confederation Centre of the Arts at 7:30 pm. with the National 
     
     President, Mrs. J .A. McLean presiding. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Prince Edward Island Women’s Institute President, Mrs. 
     
     Mary MacLean, extended a warm welcome to approximately 1,000 
     
     people in attendance. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Under the theme — “Focus”; “Facing our Challenge Unity is 
     
     Strength” the President of F.W.I.C., Dr. Ellen McLean, spoke to the dele- 
     
     gates at the Official opening in Confederation Center of the Arts on June 
     
     20, 1976. 
     
    

    
     The keynote speaker, Mrs. Olive Farquharson, O.B.E., President of 
     
     A.C.W.W., gave a very interesting and inspiring address on the topic — 
     
     “Facing our Challenges.” 
     
    

    
     Another guest speaker, Mrs. Agnes Higgins, spoke on Nutrition and 
     
     the Montreal Diet Dispensary. 
     
    

    
     Also during the Convention, Convener’s reports told the story of the 
     
     work of the Women’s Institutes over the past three years. 
     
    

    
     Workshop discussion sessions were held on the following topics: 
     
     Land Use, Strengthening the Family Unit, Our Heritage, The Role of 
     
     Women, Rural - Urban Communications, Man and Resources and 
     
     F.W.I.C. New Directions. 
     
    
   
   
    
     To conclude the convention, a reception was held in the Memorial 
     
     Hall of Confederation Centre, Charlottetown at 6:45 pm. followed by a 
     
     banquet, guests of the Government of Prince Edward Island. Mrs. 
     
     Elizabeth Grimmett was Chairman. Dr. A.E. Ings, Minister of 
     
     Agriculture, brought greetings from the province. Guest speaker was 
     
     Dr. F.W.P. Bolger, History Department, University of Prince Edward 
     
     Island, who, in a delightful and entertaining manner, told of the life of 
     
     Lucy Maude Montgomery, author of the “Anne” books, and drawing a 
     
     direct correlation between her writings and the history and develop- 
     
     ment of the Island. He was introduced by Mrs. Leone Ross and 
     
     thanked by Mrs. McLean. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mrs. McLean then expressed her appreciation to the Government 
     
     of Prince Edward Island and to the members of the P.E.I. Convention 
     
     Committee and to everyone who had helped to make the convention a 
     
     success. She thanked the WI members across Canada for the op- 
     
     portunity they had given her, and the privilege which had been hers. 
     
     She presented the incoming President, Mrs. Bielish, with the 
     
     President’s pin and in return was presented with the F.W.I.C. Life 
     
     Membership pin by Mrs. Bielish. The evening concluded with the final 
     
     performance by a mixed choir, later called the Tea Hill Choristers, 
     
     who organized especially for our Convention and performed each day 
     
     during the Convention. Choir Director was Mrs. Margaret (Ralph) 
     
     Douglas of Crossroads. 
     
    
   
   
    
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