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ANNIVERSARY TO BE OBSERVED AT STONEY CREEK
[Welland Tribune February 7, 1947]
At Stoney Creek, Ontario, on February 19, 1897, the first Women’s Institute in the world came into being in Squires’ Hall, with Mrs. E.D. Smith, the wife of E.D. Smith of Winona, now Senator Smith, being elected as the first president. On February 19, 1947, at Stoney Creek, the Mother Institute will hold its golden anniverary celebration and on that occasion, Mrs. G.D. Conant, daughter of the first President, Mrs. Smith, will be the guest speaker. Among the honoured guests on this occasion will be the charter members of the first Women’s Institute in the world along with officers of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada and of Ontario. Since their inception at Stoney Creek fifty years ago, Women’s Institutes have spread all over Canada and into many other countries, with an international organization known as the Associated Countrywomen of the world as the co-ordinating body binding them all together in service to the rural communities.
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