June 25, 1930: Alberta members of Girl Guide movement display their handicrafts
Leaders in the Girl Guide movement, along with their Guide and Brownie charges, met at the Hotel Macdonald for the first exhibition of their handicrafts.
The movement, the sister organization to the Boy Scouts, had been organized provincially the previous year.
Crafts were brought to the city from all parts of Alberta and the public was invited to see the display at a tea hosted by the Girl Guide executive council.
First prize for the collection of miscellaneous articles was won by the seventh Calgary Brownie pack and the second prize by the Nordegg Girl Guide Company.
Lady Marjorie Rodney, provincial commissioner for the Girl Guides, introduced the speakers and suggested as a means of international friendship among the Guides, correspondence and exchange of art and craft work among the different countries where the movement exists.
Roman Catholic Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Leary spoke on the history of the Scout and Guide movement, emphasizing the teaching of charity and the application of the golden rule, as a means toward peace.
University of Alberta history professor Alfred Leroy Burt spoke of the fundamental causes and evolution of war and the hope for world peace.
The Girl Guide movement was making rapid progress throughout Alberta as a character-building element among teenage and younger girls.
Several Edmonton guide companies were planning to camp in July under the direction of trained leaders.