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wt t page ten the acton free press 7ccton ontario thursday november 3rd 1955 for home ancl country first wl started at stoney creek in 1897 rural life at the end of the 19th century was not blessed with the amenities which are today taken tor granted means of communic ationwere vastly underdeveloped comparative to present standards a farm constituted an economic unit that was perforce nearly selfsufficient and the family it supported lived in semiisolation while the rcotwrrrtinrtywhieh i t with like units constituted was in turn isolated to a large degree from similar economic centres with all the will in the world and with all the potential intelligence which lay within it the atmosphere gen erated within such an orbit was one by no means calculated either to stimulate ideas or o encourage their transmission in contrast to the present day when life in the country offers all the advantages of urban existence except perhaps the joys of a traf fic jam or the conviviality of a crowded tram rural existence of that era was circumscribed and educational opportunity all too of ten consisted of a nodding acquaint ance with the three rs there were of course many notable ex ceptions but the average was def initely low when measured by the potentialities of the present ye n leaven was stirring wth in the social organrm thedny of the pionew was neariiig its end arid his work had been well done he and his posterity had now oppor tunity to develop and enjoy the wealth which awaited theiieffirts within the vast expanse of an al most virgin land nor were they hesitant to put the effort to the test at the same time the dying years of the 19thcentury saw the birth of the technological revolution which was nls radically to transform the condition of the average ifi in in ithe 20eh as hnd the industrial revolution of the 18th altered thit of his forebears a revolt culminating finally there was revolt culmin ating in revolution on tlte distaff side of the house women fretting at the chains in which custom had so long held thorn were struggling to strike them off that they might assume heavier ones of their own devising the dowager of 50 though doubt- irss nsrelttelttnt toftmttbei yemv as any other of eves daughters nonetheless considered herself as competent to vote ns- a calfow boy of 21 time may yet prove her44ililjf the right in the ferment of these times perhaps hy coincidence perhaps it the connivance of a fate not always malignant the path of rrland lee happened to cross that of adelaide hoodless the former a youri farmer of saltfleot township wenl- worbh county was secretary later president of the fanners institute in the fall of 1h06 while attending a meeting of the experimental un ion at guelph he listened to mrs hoodless deliver a cogently argued address on the necessity of introd ucing horn economic courses into the rural schools iee whose im pelling interest was the betterment of rural conditions and whose re cent thoughts had been following lines parallel to those expressed hy mrs hoodless was impressed by both her logic and her favor ii determined that she should speuk before a gathering of the wometof his township at the fust opportun ity mrs hoodless had been introd uced to her work by a personal tragedy the death of her ymng est sun the doctor had told tev wax paused by drinking impure milk ifeeling that she was at least partially to blame she determined prevent- iilnof similar tragedies in other iconics and to win her fight decide i thiit her best weapon was the dis semination of knowledge throuh- out rural communities start at stoney creek when on the 10th of february 117 mrs hoodless addressed a group of 101 women ho stimulat ed hy the cnmiiisiasm of krluil lee and ills wife had gathered nl stoney creek to hear her so great was the interest she aroused that they organised under the presid ency of mrs f d smith of win ona and thus founded the womens institute of sallfleel township the first of its kind in the world as othei groups sprang up throughout the township county the name was changed lo the one it bears to day stoney creek womens instit ute most organizations arc beset with difficulties during their formative period not so with the womens institute the idea spread with all the swiftness of gossip and flour ished in a manner to shanio a green- hay trfce maintai from it in- ception a close relationship with the omarlo do7vpttmentnf -agrlo- ulture which today has a branch devoted solely to this rewarding work the movement captured the imagination and affection of rura women throughout ontario until the momentum of its growth swept aside first provincial then national boundaries and carried its example to many distant lands associations in other countries similar to the ivdtated womens institutes of canada are now closely linked within the mipororkaniation the associated country women of the world shortly after its inception the f- wio adopted as its motto the phrase for home and country the soil froth which the trunk and- branehes of a nation stem is form ed of tlie homes that comprise it and as a tree with roots embedded in barren soil will mature stunted and malformed so will a nation if too many of its homes are encom passed in ignorance the work of the womens institute including ns it does the whole range of human interests from the practical to the aesthetic inculcating its member ship with particular emphasis on the juniors with the ideal sana men in capore sane is a potent force in the development qf a sound national character v typino workshop halifax iopi the atlantic unit of the catholic business ed ucation association announced plans for a maritime typing work shop to be held this month first ever held in the province special production hkookiin icim a layuir hen has lnn presenting its uwiifi uilh triplyolkd egs tin- pullet own- id by levi arkep laid the first in auut 20 and followed up wilh three more ffc it y i a jmi whether its- 50 copies or a mill whether 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