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Plan a (lay and visit 3 historical sites spirited, broadâ€"minded farmer and followed his ancestors in mixed farm- ing with purebred Jersey cattle, fancy dairy butter, maple syrup and fruit. In the autumn of 1896, Mr. Lee attended a meeting of the Farmers‘ Experimental Union, held at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, where he: heard a stirring address given by Adelaide Hunter Headless of Hamilton. Inspired by her ideas and enthusiasm, Erland Lee invited Mrs. Hoodless to speak at a ladies,’ night of the Saltfleet Farmers’ Institute. ‘ The following‘week, Mr. Lee and his wife travelled the roads of Salt- fleet Township encouraging all woâ€" men to attend a meeting in Squire’s Hall, ‘Stoney..Creek on February 19, 1897. It Was at that meeting the first WI in the world was organized. The Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead, birthpl'aCe of the founder .is located near St. George Ometre west of the junc~ a restored as the rural Addie Hunter resided l‘rom1857 until 1881. when she mare ried John Hoodlcss. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless believed that rural women could discuss thctr problems and work togcthcr through WI to impr0ve their standard at homemaking and cititenship, A rtaI~ ural leader and forceful speaker. Mrs. Hoodless introduced the teach ing of domestic science into Ontario schools and obtained funds lor the building of the MacDonald Institute at Guelph. Incidentally. plans are underway for some special events to take place at both the Adelaide Hoodless Home- stead and the Erland Lee (Museum) Home during the winter season. A Christmas open house at the Hoodless Homestead on December 9 will feature an exhibit of heritage Christmas tit-et-rgitttiriu,turn] irt-gtrr: holiday trcal‘. and led Christmas .11 llir: l .‘-Iii Mt. .‘:l. hraled [)L'tctiihcr 4 and " .2i'tt titt.‘ fashioned dtgttirutitttt . and tr: ‘1. with a heritagt Howl And be sure to marl .t tltl ,nlct‘ In for Februar} 17. 19% hcii Iii annual Heritage l)n_~. ripen itm. . .. take platc at liIL’ Hoodlum Harm; stead The event i‘. a tritiil’iintfl tclchrar lien of Heritage Da) (the third \ltin- day in February, the unfilw; .ar; Mrs. HUUdle‘ss's hirthda; tl .hruar: 27, 1858i and the With annienan of the formation «:1 1hr: tum \\.l (February 19. lh‘i‘i. Displays and Licnlltll\ifttl1«tl’l heritage traits by lt'tcal artisanx be featured. When was Adelaide Hoodless born? Is there someone out there \\ ho can let us know. with certainty, the year in which Adelaide Hunter Hoodless was born? Home & Country recently reâ€" ceived a brochure from the Ade- laide Hunter Hoodless Homestead in St. George, which quoted the inscription on a cairn located at the junction of Highways S and 24. a half mile from the birthplace of the founder of the Women‘s Institutes. It gives 1857 as the year in which Mrs. Hoodless was born. But a press release sent to us by Nancy Dodsworth, curator of the homestead, announced the date of Adelaide Hunter’s birth as February 27, 1858. When we called Mrs. Dodsworth to double check which year was correct, 1857 or 1858. the curator explained that no one seems to know for sure. “There’s a conflict in the dates," Mrs. Dodsworth told us. She said she’s done some research into the subject, and found the family Bible gives the year as 1858. To make matters more intercsting, houewr. the “8" appears to haie been unr- ten in on top of another number â€" perhaps a Until we receixe evidence to the contrary. we plan to ObSEl’\C the 1858 date. What do you other “‘1 historians have to say about this?