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ag & Tsd #a oi yasny ~ pxs es ~ tup. o i § ?' sys y Bayti x'>l?§}%‘g§%$\\f\"<,":§ 34 * Bb> "<. . S ras otivent. h x l "CG"a »*< * aâ€" THE CAIRN INSCRIPTION Â¥ . >;c $ “k» “;3?:» o. »(}_,; ,'/‘6%'%” T. “:\ cho c( on acrtaratree , tentin 00 C ; bo Enpawytoatt mimnes lite: .4 2 ofi" s Gac 2y oY esns C . A cairn bearing this inscription stands at the junction of h "’*}i‘.“‘-‘%’i _* "" t $y o ~: Highways 5 and 24, a half mile from the Homestead. ut it ns e i .: is | . iéi%“”/ P es *“«”“*"""5‘%, W’ . ava e 10 rs>â€" . y tiiee" n 43â€" JA "To commemorate the birthplace of Adelaide Hunter )%'@}»« _ t _."% . aleait 1e . oo 4«’ tWe :‘ P : en * §§~J““f§f§ < e m Hoodless, 1857â€"1910, who founded the Women‘s Instiâ€" * N:?i:::w s) . [3 _ tute, February 19, 1897, erected by the Women‘s Instiâ€" t nc o o 32â€" ie tutes of Brant County, unveiled her Her Excellency Lady ~~ e oo tcl e ce Réelskh > . a l t§ oys > Tweedsmuir, October 7, 1937. & oo B o cty e > M c s 42 w; o e + When the Scottish Rural Institute members made a tour % e 1e s > .;.;.,» % of rural Canada in 1939, a flag pole and flag were wor AAein 8,"~." Hik s dedicated in the Adelaide Hoodless Memorial Park. h S The South Dumfries Township Council erected a plaque w a in 1958: "Birthplace of Adelaide Hoodless, Founder of THE WILLOWS Women‘s Institutes". This tribute to Mrs. Hoodless was placed on a plaque at the Homestead by the Ontario Archaeological and Hisâ€" toric Sites board in 1959. â€"â€" es eC SS \%e..! ~ es * , s .&"ldigf ADELAID T oP e c e iz e M 1: . E HUN ER HO §# :4 e i ic l es > 5&" s iess es + > 1857 â€" 1910 C . s cce s afld lived ‘«"??{’.f i . ce e e > Adelaide Hunter was born in this farm hoUse] On Febâ€" “*"*@,»““syww vavs *“%g}”:@ff% here until she married John Hoodless in 189 creek the % h ce e es 2e ff;«::flae ruary 19th, 1897 she organized at StoneY lief that in '"’é 4Â¥ *4 ;\a‘“ world‘s first Women‘s Institute. It was her beflqeif probâ€" §o e PP _ .L22lkls 200| "gy this organization rural women could discu$® gndard of %‘:;Q tA '%\ m opmenn 4o l & lems and work together to improve their st a spread W" 8W3 C . c MW:M:/I/ iess homemoking and cifizenship. ThIS moveme ies *'7“«*:,,'*’*‘ J# 't: es . ;;vk_ 3 “& i i her P j t e P c l n o 1. whiely 5‘ rapidly throughout Ontario and later to ot | speaker S e W . ~==<L> â€"~*~ [ # Mrs. Hoodless, a natural leader and forcef? Ontario & i »gg pmssus < E§ R introduced the teaching of domestic science 'ntoof Macâ€" Ming.., w ~ c Wt schools and Ob’rcined funds for the building iess ooo . ... Ai;ww*‘:w’:@w s 2e ds ”: Donald Institute at Guelph. â€" .m o e o e : iC h e n e tnliagt Federated "*T fifi%“ 2? The Homestead was purchased by the c o . £o L Women‘s Institutes of Canada in 1959. It has been .reâ€" §é chbac Ww se § 0**%, ~ stored and furnished in the period when Adelaide ymis yc s esmtil,.s" Hunter Hoodless lived there. This was a project of al! l x}% sls Institutes in Canada. An apartment was added to the :4 onl t it oo building in 1979. ”, , j »«V‘,Q, w yais m it i9. s ns = t 4 :, ; *4" _ sysfi t taia‘t .‘ ."t4 The National Historic Sites and Monuments Board & Li § $ z sog . e 5s S .48 R imi ~ Jeepnerole 4 ts 10 en 3y ooo y erected a plaque in Junfa of 1962 prgdmmmg Adelaide gapith s‘ #ll4 i ;}&%‘4“& is Â¥) is ;”1‘33 Hunter Hoodless an eminent Canadian.