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_ , The homestead 2, k cosmittee was formed to be guided by expert advice on the furnishings. (Sub- committee of the larger National Committee). Mr. James S. Gooding, Museum Division, Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity, and Mrs. Jeanne Kinhinnink, Upper Canada Village, Harrisburg, Ontario, visited the Homestead with the com- mittee. The Homestead is to be the replica of a modest rural home of the period . when Mrs. Hoodless lived there. The period decided upon is BTW-1881, these -q" being the dates as near as it is possible to ascertain the years when our Founder actually lived in the Homestead. During the year 1962 the committee concentrated on the furnishings of the halls, parlour, parlour bedroom, and girl's bedroom. Small panes of glass were placed in the windows which did not have them. Washroom were installed at the rear of the Homestead. k new drainage system was necessary for this project. This was done in accordance with the regulations of the Township. All drains were filled in with top soil, reseeded and equipment supplies procured for the washroom. June 2, 1962, was an historic day when Mrs. Keith Rand, Port Williams, N.S., a Past National President of FWIC and Chairman of the Homestead Committee, unveiled the plaque marking the ICI. Founder's birthplace as a national historic site. This was made possible by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board, Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, which proclaimed Mrs. Hoodless an eminent Canadian. April, 1963, a terrific wind storm destroyed part of the roof on the north of the Homestead. The Annual FWIC Board Meeting in Ottawa, at that same date, approved re-tshLtgla%g the house with cedar, painting the building white and supplying their own picnic tables with picnic equipment in the basement. The lovely guest book and record book is the gift of the Home Economics Depart- ment, Ontario Department of Agriculture, and is corpp1eee1y up to date. The lectern to hold the guest book is the gift of the Canadian Home Economics Association. The furnishings in the Homestead have been the gifts of groups and individuals. No acres of land adjoining the Homestead at the west have been purchased by the South Dumfries Township Council for park use, along with that owned by the FEIC surrounding the Homestead. Another historic event took place at the Homestead. This was the visit of Mrs. Gerda van Beekhoff, The Netherlands, President of the Associated Country Woman of the World, on June 19, 1963. Tea was served by the Homestead Committee in the restored dining room, using tea cloth and dishes of that period, one hundred years ago. November, 1963: "Red Letter Day", On invitation by the local Home; toad. Committee the Mother Institute of Stoney Creek (organized February 1897, the first ml. in the world) visited the historic birthplace of our founder, Mrs. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, at St. George, Ontario. A hand-painted china bowl, filled with yellow marigolds, centred the dining room table where tea was served, with dishes and cloth of that period, a hundred years ago. In 1961, the Board Members and #00 W.I. members from the Ontario Officers' Confer- ence, travelled by bus from Guelph and were entertained in the newly decorated basement to tea.