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PAGE 20 Stan" Crook NOW! Walnut-y, January 4. "1| For Home and Country Erland Lee was a man Olf great foresight. A founding member of the Farmer's Institute, an association for the learning of better farming methods, Mr. Lee, after hearing Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless explain her views on the education of girls, with his wife, persuaded Saltfleet Township women to attend a meeting in Squires Hall, Stoney Creek. From first meeting came the initiation of the women's depar meat of the Farm s Institute of South Wentworth, which became the Women's Institute ,of Saltfleet Tlownshlpfiwhlch was later changed to the Stoney Creek Women's Institute,, the first Women's Institute in the world. Mrs. ED. Smith, of Winona, became the first president. But all that Was in 1897. Today, the efforts of those pioneering in- stitute members are known throughout the world. But their history is forgotten. r At the Erland Lee Howe. Ridge Road m- ! Stoney Creek, the- ' memories of those early Women's Institute days are captured for ever. j- w a l n u t' : diningroom table, on' g which the WI's con-r .- stitution was signed, which Mrs. Lee brought, The as a bride to Saltfleet, is still there, as it was 80: years ago. So are himdreds of; other things, that were. part of the Lee. HomesthenJand things from WI groups around' the country. ' It's well Worth a visit.- 'w ' _ _, ,' F ' s WOM'ENS lNSTITUTES 189. 7" * a; - -' tSdfiire's " ' Institute was organized a I '- H1.in 8' hey" Erl'ancl Lee, a founder oi the, .ers institute. assisted'by his wife. arranged ggiiggg. ' 210,0 Women from the Saltfleei Township distric . » 'persuaded'by MrsgAdelaid9 Headless to form an filth on of their own to improve their skills_»1n.1he 7 fi " 'iné'andr'ahiid'tzare. Hereniritheatiiee hem ' fly helped to draft the ,gonsirtutlon of ,1) Smith of, Winona became the first stimte". The 'Women's institutes ' The Erland Lee Home plaque tells the I story.