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O starte l l i i _-.----------------------------------, l By SUZANNE Itn,PATRrCE where Mr. Me heard her. Al- the first meeting who should Spectator Stair though he was determined to get the credit. If those wom- . . have Mrs. Headless speak on en hadn't taken hold ot it _ Was it a man trr a woman ladies' night, his institute col- there wouldn't have been a 1 W110 founded the world s WE leagues would not hear of it. Women's In s t i to t e today. ( tyt womens rural _orgamza- A woman’s place, they ar- They are the ones who made I hon? gued, was in the home - not it a success." Should Adelaide Headless or on a public platform. 1 Eli-land Lee get the honors for And so it was agreed at the "tl any f,ilf an organiza- sttlartiug the first Women’s lm fgmmittee meeting to have t,ii'aleli1hfuti2ittst1et'lif. s'tute in Stoney Creek in I eir regu ar governmen T ' . . v. 1897? speaker address them. The less as 51165? speaker. Mr. It depends it seems an question on what item to yse and his wik hecame the [ , , have on the ro am for lad- first public relations people who tells the story. . . p gr f th WI min th The dispute mm M were he {2ng left his if “rehash: has; members prepare to cele- m 0 r, . . _ F . ' . He then extended a II0rsor> driving around the area m a _ 1gh'oetiigtnaiitrv.er1il? Of al invitation to Mrs. Hoodless cutter, The dispute appears to be a to speask at the mefeti-nlg. _dThe linen still opposed the question of women’s rights - neeess 1 93 0 women organ1zmg. iiortie.btteaose the world-wide As chairman for the even- Same“? St, day “If”: orgatizatiop, (he Associated lng Mr. Lee was successful in ', we l e _m stat . It Country Women of the World, his plot. He managed to both won't tst,, ong without a man certainly cannot .be classified liberate the women and pull a to run it, _ . . as a gain: fighting for Wom- {mop over his chauvinist col- meh getiiti)tg1, meeting en's IT . eagues. as . e W1 women an ee . ' _ Mr. Lee attending. He was In actual tact, Mrs. Hood- inBteiiethiit YE? 1ifil/tatt, named chairman with Mrs.. less and Mr. Lee both played Hoodless as honorary presr- major rolesin the founding of reddest must have leer,',', d Mr S ith f . the first WI. To the more 'l, the r.s,atdvti"1sti1s1.t E1,i'lfei tll' 2i/uisi"d)f Irt peaee4oving WI members Wy? We“? qd s. Ho tess Mar aret Nash ’stone With his topic -- the Feeding g , y tg,, are a)? as the ft of Calves During her speech Creek, secretary and Mrs. mm ers. ee summ- " she said there was a need for John McNeilly, Stoney Creek, ,'g,1dfg,',t'flt supporters re women to be psrcy.e1 on the treasurer. . . . care and feeding of infants. ohieees s'J,tii,,tirou,tt,', or Ea other It ths tatthis pontiff: thenztso- t,gtheg0i1t,iiiui,igi' i',?sPatistt was nor eywere ry a oinions ' er. "s ma egarmers’ . - qAoundyy, amounts to a, Marjorie plea of Hamilton tute, was WNW by the Lees . fine point of interpretation. (Mr. Lee's daughter), who over the ohiechons of h11r The story yd the founding wrote a history of the found- bands who said the W1 would goes like this. ing, claims her father was so cost money. "uses put the In 1897, the South Wen- impressed by Mrs. Haudless' fee at _25 cents a year," Mrs. tworth Emers’ Institute was comment on the need for Lee said, Over another sneer- a flerisynF. somety. Each women to be informed that Ing remark -..,"y,et them try gar the isastitute held a lad- after he thanked her, he it. All women fight and it will t night when the only Som. asked how many women break up" -. Mrs. Lee said: cess'ion was to have a bit of would attend if he called a "We'll start with the Lord’s musrc on the program“; vo- meeting to organize a Wom- Prayer. That should put us in cal solo and a p"tapo.iytr,u- en's Institute. All 30 women a good frame of mind." mammal? g,tltfr1,1 de- present stood, Miss Lee's re- At. the first Tes te tti; parhn ago e sup- pol says. gammhon was e e plied men speakers“ on re- However, Mrs. J. lecan- Women’s, department of the quest, to talk on agiieultura1 ley Morden, 95, the only liv- Farmers Institute of South sirbjects. . mg charter member now a Wentworth. . _ When the program. commit- resident of a Burlington mlrlr Bat at the next meeting it tt met that fig? My. Leg, ing home, claims this is not was tchanged 33131;; Women's e secre ary o y sugges- true, lnsti ute of i a eet Town- l ed they invite a woman to shi . Then, finall , when oth- speak for their ladies' night Whigsshgqgltiieeifdcdv 1:129 gage? is,ll't,dl,"i1',s liver); organized I. program. _ , night meeting, says Mrs. in the township, the original 1 The 1,evr,r,1,t)s,i,1gei1irliltvts Hoodless suggested it would group became l Stoney MES. Haladletss Ham “is, be a good idea if the women Creek Women s Institute. w hlg, ll a two-year 0 - had an organization like the Mrs, Headless always took son ougi eedmg o 11an Farmers' I n s ti t u t e. This .an interest m the WI and was milk. She claimed she had suggestion, Mrs. Mordeu mmted . to speak to them i ai,iiicgL1e2,rrr1tLi1jhr/pity1 23:25,?“ made during her gtT2httfts1gat'dof/i'trik. I she strived to have domestic . piled for the presentation of 5 science taught to girls. in high ll o w e v e 1-, Mrs. Morden the new pins inscribed with V _ G l schools. Her cause had led concedes the dispute is "silly the motto: For Home and a urAQ GrAAor her to speak at a farmers’ and foolish" because Mt. Lee Country. Mr. Headless was l meeting. at theOnItano Sit also was involved in it. "Ws asked to present the first pin ', “1.11 eultpr College in Gue ph the 100 women who attended to his wife as a mark of the l l