Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1969, p. 22

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Charter members Mrs. Roy Morrow left and Mrs. Nor- mun Cl'olten cutting the birthday cake at the celebraâ€" tion at the 25th anniversary of the Community Women's Instituict With The F .WJ .0. B ranches A panel of members of the Ennotvilie Women‘s Institute conducted a "Women’s Inâ€" stitute Flash Back” at their Historical Re- search meeting. The members traced the work of the Women‘s Institute through seventy-two years since the founding by Adelaide Hunter Hoodless. The story. well known to Women’s Institute members ~ that because of the death of her youngest son. attributed to the use of impure milk. Adelaide Hoodless felt a compulâ€" sion lor the need of more knowledge for wom- en and girls in the honiemuking skills. So out of a personal tragedy came the Women’s Institutes. The history was traced from the first meet- ings when the objectives were better homes and communities with members preparing their own papers and demonstrations. as well as professional speakers provided by the Womâ€" en's Institute Branch of the Department of Ag- riculture Health of the family has always been a primary concern of the Women's Institutes. This concern has resulted in having bread wrapped. medical inspection in schools, and steps resulting in hospitalization insurance. 22 Agriculture and Canadian Industries The interest in agriculture has gone i’._ demonstrations in butter making and cull hens to concern for conservation, polluri farm bookkeeping and family living. All aspects of education have been stud; The involvement of the Women’s Instiii with the 4â€"H Homemaking Clubs has bCCri a major part of the Women's Institute 3 gram. Through the Women‘s Institutes, war are learning to express themselves publiclt take their part as citizens and using their in en’s influence by freely expressing their pm. of view. The panel brought out the need for Chung with the times. Women’s Institute progr: are showing a growing concern for the brt erhood of men. This can start at Branch I; with a welcome and understanding given new people coming into the neighbourht along with practical help given when needed The “Flash Back" program concluded pointing out that the motto, “For Home Country" is still good for another seventy-‘ years, as long as we adapt our thinking to changing times. Mallorytown -â€" The story of the Mall town Hop Fields, a thriving industry in It East in the last half of the nineteenth cenl» was presented at a meeting of this branch photograph of the hop pickers was shown. it t * A display of posters used by the Melbourne Won lnslilute to illustrate proiects undertaken. HOME AND COUNIL'

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