AN IMPORTANT NOTICE WORLD CONVENTION

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 9, 1 October 1946, Page 3

AN IMPORTANT NOTICE WORLD CONVENTION

Housing and food are postwar problems not only in Canada hut in many other countries ami you will not rcallv he surprised that the Convention and Tourists Bureau has notified the Canadian W.C.T.U. that it will he impossible for Toronto to house and care for the World’s Convention in 1947. Three times we have postponed our convention to dates recommended by the Hotels and Tourist Bureau, and this decision is final. Our Canadian White Ribboners are greatlv distressed at the decision. They feel, however, that under the circumstances it will he impossible for the Canadian W.C.T.U. to entertain us. They feel, and so do vve, that this is another postwar tragedy. We have not had a convention since 19,17, and it is imperative that we hold one in 1947. When the situation was made known to the officers of the National W.C.T.U. of the United States, they graciously invited the convention. Here there are similar problems, but the city of

Aslniry Park, New Jersey, offers the use of its five million dollar Convention Hall and its equipment for the World’s Convention, the dates June sth to l()th, 1947. There are 3)0 hotels in Aslniry Park, several very near Convention Hall, while Ocean Grove, a Christian community, is separated from it by W esley Lake and an imaginary line. Both cities have a large winter as well as summer population, though they are both summer resorts. They use the same railroad station, as do the two railroads. Both are located on the ocean front and the weather in June is delightful. 'The City of Asburv Park welcomes us, and not onlv gives us the Convention Hall free-, with its auditorium and other rooms, but the use of other cityowned property oft the lioardvvalk. You will not be surprised that the invitation has been accepted. \Vc will tell you more about it later in the Bulletin—in the Union Signal and through other National W.C.T.U. papers. Remember the place—Asbury Park. New Jersey, U S \. The dates Bine sth to 10th, 1047. THE GENERAL OFFICERS.