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(Ila/toner of Hit: Golden Jubilee of flu- fomidi'ug of Mr Il'imzt‘i' [mixtuler gt Storiey Creek, Onla‘ril), in 1897, the following account 10; . that occasion, wmllcn by ”,2 lat! Elizabeth Bailey Price and published in Volume 1, Number 1 of "CANADIAN HOiUE AND COUNTRY” [[March, 1939], Lt ra-Printgd 1'” full. Members will 117.]. branches of 7ng‘e‘3limbiflllEd Standing will [mow the story, but per/mp: not [lie com» phele Hails; newer ”lejnbgys and branches should know these facts that i 01]}! may understand fully the ideals which prompted the founding of / run an organisation and which have caused it 10 bitmlic the greatest instrument far good in the hand? af‘ruml ’an’lllL’fl of Io»day.â€"M.I.A.) A Mother’s Crusade Many years a ' ‘ i ' l i '- go, in the City of Hamilton Ontario, the hrst~born aim of a young mother was snatched awayjfrom her by death at ie age of 18 months. This longed-for \baby had been born in a. happy home, under comfortable circumstances. He had been a' beautiful healthy baby. . “Why did I have to lose in ” i y baby? was the question tl t .. throbbed through the brain of the griefvstricken mother. la to ~,' . And because this mother~the late Mrs. John Hoodless, wife of ‘ .a pigmiliient manufacturer and merchant of Hamiltonâ€"was an edu- ‘cate, tiinking woman, she traced the cause of death of her little .oner to impure milk. With a greater heartbreak than ever she reaizcd that if more care had been taken with his food she need not 1have los‘:1 her little son. ‘ is sai that, as she stood beside the little white casket Lookitnghat the still baby face {or the last time, she made a vow to _evo cb er life to the work of bringing to other mothers informaâ€" tion a out the proper care and feeding of their children. That was more than 40 years ago! ‘ 1th: 35mg a_wise and far-visioned woman, she began her work for h is ["1633 With the. school curriculum. She started an agitation to ave omestic Science" taught in Hamilton Public Schools. With gin-operation of her husband. who was the Chairman of the 9 Board of Education, she finally succeeded. “1 ngught up the need for domestic-science teachers. Again atic of_ this ‘woma’n of action, vshe organized the Seliooi‘, cience and Art at Hamilton, .5952. .finanges privatc subscription and a small government grant, ‘T "‘i'He’ FOUNDING OF THE VHRSiTWUMEN’SDINS'l'l'l'U‘l'Ei'r HUMAN BEINGS VERSUS LIV “Again Mrs. Hoodless addressed the womenâ€"pointing out, if the men felt the need of an organizationlwhich enables them to grow better and larger crops of grain, hay, fruit, raise better live». .stock, an Institute for Women would be edually helpful to them in .their work and much more necessary since women's work~home-. craft and mothcrcrait~was much more important. than'men’s in' {that it dealt with the home and the care of the loved ones dwelling _ -‘ thereinfithc care of human beings rather than livestock. , ‘ “The women sensing the importance and responsibility of their ‘duty as homeinakcrs decided to organize ‘A Department of Domes- 'tic Economy in affiliation with the Farmers' Institute’, to be called 'The Women’s Department of Farmers‘ Institute of South Went- worth’. This name was changed at the next meeting to ‘Women’s Institute of Saltfleet', and later, when other institutes were organ- ized in the township, to 'Stoney Creek Women’s Institute.’ "' ' " And thus the first Women’s Institute in the world was founded! q‘ Copying the objects of the first Institute from 'the original minute book, Mrs. Walker lists the following: domestic economy; architecture with special reference to heat, light, sanitation and ventilation; health, embracing psychology, hygiene, calisthenics and medicine; floriculture and horticulture; music and art; literature, education, sociology and legislation. \ The names of the first officers were: president, Mrs. E. D. Smith; secretary, Miss Maggie Nash; treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Mc- Neilley; directors, Mrs. F. M. Carpenter and Mrs. Erland Lee. Mrs. Walker continues: "Mrs. Hoodless was made honorary‘ president, and while we honor and respect her memory and recog- ._ nize her as our very Worthy founder, we cannot but feel the condiâ€" tions for founding the organization were made possible largely , through the efforts of a manâ€"Mr. Erland Lee. MEN HELPED WRITE CONSTITUTION ‘ “Mr. Lee rendered further valuable assistance. With Senator E. D. Smith and Major F. M. Carpenter, he assisted the women in drafting the constitution and by-laws. The fact that this original , Women’s Institute had an elastic constitution made possible the 1'development of this little society into one of world wide propor- ‘tions and reflects great credit upon the ability, wisdom and vision b" - of the men'and women responsible for its framing. This school . NOr did Mr. Lee’s services and there. It was he who wrote .‘SVOGn proved inadequate and she presented the problem to Sir Wj].’3n behalf of the organization to F. W. Hodson, superintendent of horn Macdonald, one of Prince Edward Island's most public~mindedH FarmErs’ Institutes, and to Hon. Mr. Dryden, Minister of Agri- crtizens, resulting in the building of Macdonald Institute at Guelph! :ulture, asking for affiliation with the Farmers' Institutes and for th‘ge for many years girls, not only from Ontario, but every parti government coâ€"operation and support. 0 anada, have taken courses in Home Economics. To’day therén‘zmnta ‘ Both these requests were d and there is no doubt that this government assistance, hangs'in the reCeption room of this beautiful College a life_sizedL:alIhOUgh meagre at first, has contributed largely to the success of portrait 0f Adelaide Hoodless, presented by the Women’s Institutesi the organization. of Ontario “in recognition of her great and loving service to humanity.” Since 1884 in Ontario there had existed Earmers’ Institltes, - “‘At the first regular meeting there were papers on: "Proper ' Feeding of Children" and "Art"; at the next meeting Dr. Mabel Henderson spoke on “The Child in Health and Disease’. This was ‘ and public-spirited young farmer in Saltfleet, in the vicinit, functioning under the Provincial Department of Agriculture. Their Followed by discussion and a question drawer. At the next meeting purpose was the promotion of scientific methods in all branches of :here was a demonstration on “First Aid’_'. At successive meetings agriculture, This was done by sending agricultural experts to )apers, addresses and discussions dealt With the following subjects: teach the farmers the latest methods of grain growing, dairying", ‘fSUflShiflE in the Home”, "Home Sanitation“, “Child Culture" and StOCk raising, etc. Their success/gave Mrs. HoodlessY who had been 'Homemaking versus Housekeeping]. The Chatauqua books 0“ born and brought up on the farm, the idea that it was‘far more *Domestic Selena" were read and discussed at “3‘11?” meetings. important for rural women to know about the proper feeding oi "MIS- Smith. Mrs. carPCME“: Mrs' Lee and MFS‘ McNeilley mo“ children than for farmers to be taught animal husbandry. turns at visiting Farmers 1‘15““1‘5 meetings (when women were - . \present) preaching.“ it ,WEYE. the scape] oi W.I., to encourage the Stoney Creek First Institute in the World .lorg-amz'ation of WOW“!s Insfiltutes- They wrote articles relating . . Mrs A E W . . . . to the incitement for four agricultural magazmes." I , - . . alker, Bartonvdle, Ontario, the immediate past ..- g A i. “. ' ,â€"'.. s; v» whip- ~ .. ~ president of the Women’s Institutes of Canada and almost a cha ' ‘ .~ ‘lfiw. h ' I" { iziiilgiii-gdhffhe wthfir Institute, ‘i'l‘ahs vsérittei‘ilva brief history M 3P5 - 1? Ills 3‘ YEARS , , - rs. a er writes: ' e rst. o'rneii’s Institute . 15.1.1.9 nurses were laced d - - f‘ , Egzfi'zesilfggertuatry 19,11,1897wn :hzrltlfiflCCOIESléOYICOVlllage of stones» son, “dithering; of Farmer‘s)? Institute: fill: {i‘fifiél’é‘sifighio this ft)" 13 c owns in, en_w h d H n if. ntano. PEI that for 29 years-the Women’s Institutes of Ontario had men a. whenForesters; a. thd "we“ . . mime. .1... 0...... t... D. 6...... a mum a... i and his able . - - - m‘ ‘1 L n 111.] {‘3 school it“ wards president of the Ontario Agricultural College‘ Guelph) up to. , assxstant, Mr. Erland ee, a prominent broad-.111 1900, and the late Gaorgc M. Putnam, a graduate ’05 @.A.C., WhD’ Stony Creek. . inlddMl'le miasmonnimijmon éhan Zayetars. flu 1”i934. he was sucee' ea n» , . , Iss c erman fa use 0 1 , , ll inaihihiuiifiin‘d “399' M" ILEeii‘mn‘Ed 1”“ Ememsnt-‘b dimid Cong: 0.A.,c., and, pinâ€"graduate oiobéiiimbi: '5 s‘ d mm 1,633? Awfulmm .3 5395' dd” Ph- Wh 315917 ' with several years extension work at Columbia and come Univ; ‘ - I? 0 e a dc at ,a .SU. 08’ a "=55 On V sities. also a ioneer in W.I. work in Alberta. Upon her mini! tie "on . Iliiéblicf .gls’. Mr. Lash , to M34 Guy ki‘nnleér, Simigs, COED-{2'35} November, she resigned: ‘ .. «, . , Miss ary A. Car 6:, o t e sta o acdonald Colle e t k ové!‘ th WW“ - , . ‘ the duties of this oflice, January 1. 1939. g i .00 . Again quoting Mrs. Walker: "In 1899, the first government speaker and organizer some to Stoney Creek in the person of Miss Laura Rose (now Mrs. Stephan of Ottawa) then instructor in dairying at the O.A.C. For 35 years EB she lectured at the summer meetings in Ontario. She has or iz d .E Institutes in several provinces, and has been the first F.W.I ‘ns vener of agriculture. I doubt it any one person has contributed ‘ . i more to the development of the organization their Laura Rose . . 9h gin-9‘ occti’ 0n. . Stephen. Qur motto, 'Fur Home and Country’, which was chassis is a m ted the 315011- She suggested in the course of on the advrce of Mrs. Hoodlcss, was Mrs. Stephen's suggestion." For a decade Women's Institutes grew and grew in Ontario. : .,' - ‘ ‘ IF!!! iib‘é _en form an organization for women, , _ 5%8 , tmers’ ustitute for men, and pointed out its many In 1906 the idea 95683“ ‘0 CFOP “P "1 0th“ vamces- New settlers items in” advantages, Time was limited, the hour was late. too]: it to the West. A few years lat“ the Maritimes were cage- t 6" l”? M time for discussion, so the chairman asked how many to trif Out this wonderful idea of coâ€"opcratlon of Governments in would attend a similar meeting next Friday evening if Mrs. Hoodless j homemakers. By 1914 Women’s Institutes modelled after the Ontar web; Wine 1: Sta cy Creek. Thirty~five promised. , patfem had become deeply rooted in the 5011 of Canada. . f "“33 1’ '5 W54 Mr. and Mrs. Lee were busy people. cnd‘eav- "v aurift}! to must: the snthusmsm of the women to attend the (meaty r . ' en Mrs. lipodluss arrived in Stoncy Creek, February ‘19. 1 i 51,1? ‘foflnd IWHIIHE her in Squire's Hall 101 women and one math [Nee ass to so; that man was Mr. Lee and he kindly tend RI Dhairman for the evening. . 7 ~ , [Fe objected" ,o, un~ and a personal mm‘taition to her to be the