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so that mental and emotional health is fostered, with character and
ideals, and with community well-being, it is hard to estimate suc-
cess. We must wait for future years to unravel the meaning. Our
times are ripe for making the most of the sensible kind of educa-
tional moral effort which the Manitoba Temperance Alliance as a
responsible and balanced temperance movement represents. The
Alliance has a positive message for non-users as well as users.
The Alliance recognizes and appreciates the faithful and gener-
ous support of friends—individuals and groups, including church
organizations—who have all been partners in the varied activities
of the Alliance. The strength of the Alliance lies not only in a
good cause but in the widespread desire of the people of Manitoba
to see that much is done in the promotion of the cause. (I might
mention at this point that the Westminster church has recently
decided that one of their Communion special offerings would be
designated each year for the work of the Alliance.)
There can be no doubt that the Alliance faces a heavy challenge
during the next twelve months and beyond. The time of important
decisions about Manitoba’s liquor question is at hand. Recom-
mendations of the Bracken Commission are forthcoming and the
biggest part of making those recommendations effective in the life
of the people of Manitoba will lie in the future. Basic improve-
ments in the liquor situation evolve gradually. It should be—and
is—the desire of the Alliance to meet the challenge of the next year
and the next decade by the greatest effort of varied and vital
educational activities, under able, trained, and respected leadership.
The Alliance can serve the welfare of Manitoba’s citizens well, by
maintaining a vigorous, tolerant and positive temperance move-
ment, touching all aspects of alcohol problems with light and with
compassion.
HIGHLIGHTS OF YEAR'S WORK
April 1, 1954 io March 31, 1955
Alliance Outreach
303 contacts 142 schools, 7 home and schools, 133 churches and
church groups, and 21 others).
727 speaking appointments in these contacts (537 with schools).