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‘5 HISTORY OF REDNERSVILLE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE The Rednersville Women's Institute was organized January 20th,l909. The Agricultural Representative in Prince Edward County at that time was a Mr. McIntosh. He was a guest speaker at a meeting of the Farmers' Association at Rednersville Church, and at his suggestion it was decided to undertake starting a Women's Institute. 80, on Tuesday, January 20th, l909, the ladies were called together to organize the Rednersville Women's Institute. They met at Rednersville Church at 2.30, and were addressed by Miss Gertrude Grey, a speaker provided by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Twenty-six ladies gave their names as would-be members. It was decided to hold regular meetings on the fourth Thursday of each month at halfâ€"past two o'clock. The following officers were elected: President â€" Mrs. Alex Anderson Viceâ€"President â€" Mrs. Charles Dakin Secretary-Treasurer - Mrs. William Nethery Directors â€" Mrs. Frank Dempsey, Miss Ella Anderson. In April of that year a programme committee was appointed who met and arranged printed programmes'for the next twelve months. In June their meeting took the form of a picnic in Mr. W. H. Redner's grove. In July Mrs. Frank Dempsey attended a county executive meeting in Picton. By July they had a membership of forty. In August a number attended the Annual District picnic at Wellington. By December membership was fifty-three. In January 1910, an evening meeting was held in Redners' Hall with husbands present. Mrs. Talcott of Bloomfield, the District President attended the April 1910 meeting and assisted with the election of officers for the coming year. In 1910, two_delegates, President and Secretary, attended the Annual Convention in Toronto. Delegates were sent to Toronto Convention each year from 1910 until 1926 when the Belleville Area Convention was organized. Most of the papers given through the early years were prepared and given by the members themselves. Some of the topics of these papers were: Bread Making, Cooking for Hired Men, Canning and Preserving, The White Slave Trade, Canadian Authors and their Works, Home Nursing, Butter Making, Care and Training of children. They had Departmental speakers almost every year and short courses in Home Nursing, Sewing, Millinery, etc. In 1911 they had an excursion down the Bay to Glenn Island, and a picnic on the Island.