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auaimamu SKWAV _ (flan $211111) 4 time R.R. #1, 552 Ridge Road Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada L8G 3X4 Telephone: (416) 662-2691 Dlrecdonl to m. Home-1m (El/HEB a are»: an oval mm umu Hours: 10:00 am. - 4:00 pm. Monday through Friday Clond Month or February Buns book In advance Erland Lee (1864-1926) Of United Empire Loyalist stock, Erland Lee had a reputation as a good farmer, and had a keen interest in the welfare of his fellowman. On the Lee farm, he raised Jersey cattle, was one of the first '30 grow grapes com- mercially, and be shipped carloadif: of RI. Greenings apples from his orchards to the British market" He was one of the first maple producers in the area to use an evaporator. He served many organizations: Secretary of his local Farmer's Institute for 19 years, Township Clerk for 20 Inside view of pioneer kitchen, including years, first president of the Wentworth Seed Fair, presi- original hand--hewn pine cupboard. dent of the Wentworth Agriculture Board, and Secret- ary--Treasurer of the Saltfleet Agricultural Society. But it was his work with Mrs. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless to found the first Women's Institutqln the world that gained him most acclaim. The orgamzation was his idea 01Piginally; he convinced Mrs. HOOQIESs ofits merit and proceeded to develop the Constitution and By-Laws and carried out the necessary negotiations with the Minis. ter of Agriculture to secure the Charter. . The Erland Lee (Museum) Home is now an historic Slte at Stoney Creek, preserved and maintained by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario in memory of Walnut dining room 1 ble wherelthe ' ' ' Constitution of the woamenjs Instltme a. Z ' ' Displays of farm related its co-founder, Erland Lee. . _ implements and tools. was hand penned by Janet Lee: wife of ' 7' g " . Quilts and other interesting Erland Lee. Y artifacts can be seen here.