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130 by the time Abram, John's son, took over the Lee property, there were many changes. He added the two large rooms at the front of the house- the present dining~room and kitchenette and living-room. Miss Marjory Lee tells us that the part now used as a pioneer kitchen was then ‘the dining-room, with a stairway going upstairs and perhaps a fireplace; the dining~room in the inew apartment was the kitchen with a small bedroom off one side, the woodhhed was located ‘wnere the livingâ€"room of the apartment now is, and beyond that was a storeroom, It was here, in a large pine chest that the flour, white and brown sugar and cornmeal were stored, From pegs hung the smoked meat and dried herbs. Such articles as the sausage stuffer were stored there 'too. Outside, close by, was a smoke house, an ice house and an oven. Before electricity Serviced them in 1921, they used candles and later replaced them with coal oil lamps. Abram Lee was an aggressive and meticulous farmer who grew and exported Greening apples to Britian, had the first commercial grapery in the district and was instrumental in starting the first insurance company in the area. It was he who gathered interested members together to build the first church in the community. The original barn was burned down and the present one built, when the front part of the house was built. There was a horse stall in the rear for company horses, and the remainder of the lower part was used for storage of buggies and democrats in summer. In winter these were put upstairs and the sleighs, cutters and buffalo robes brought down for the winter. The little house on the property was built in 1910 from reclaimed lumber from a threeâ€" roomed house, a portion of the original frame house, that was torn down. It was used as a tenant house for hired help. The story of Erland Lee and the description of the "Home" are well told in the Women‘s Institute Story, as is the story of how the first Women's Institute was formed. What fascinating stories those whispering pines in front of the house could tell of the generations of stalwart, upright citizens, who contributed so much to their community, who helped found our organization and have left us such a fine heritage! We are proud that we own their house, the dining-room table on which the first Women's Institute was written, the old pine chest that has always been in the Lee family, some of the bedroom furniture that ‘was in the "Home" and the beautiful rug that belonged to the former owners. The material for the foregoing was gathered from records in the National Library, from a tape, made by Mrs. Zoeller and Miss Lee and from tne Institute Story. Obtained by Kathy Nastin, at the 47th. Annual Area Convention in Peterborough. October 23rd. and 24th., 1973