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The North Hatley Women's Institute was founded in 1919. Until 1920, it was called the North Hatley Homemakers' Club. Like the other Women's Institutes, whose motto is 'For Home and Country', this one was concerned with family in rural regions. The North Hatley Women's Institute was a member of the Stanstead County Women's Institutes, the Quebec Women's Institutes, and the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada. Delegates attended the annual meetings of these organizations. Locally, an elected board of directors worked with various committees (Agriculture, Education, Home Economics, National and International Relations, Publicity, Sunshine, Welfare and Health etc.) to organize monthly meetings and activities. The latter included lectures, school fairs, and fund raising events (bake sales, rummage sales, paper drives, plant sales, card parties, etc.) in support of the Canadian Red Cross Society, local schools and hospitals, and other worthy causes. In 1968, due to low membership, and the close proximity of the Hatley Centre Women's Institute, the North Hatley Women's Institute voted to disband. The Hatley Centre Women's institute offered invitations to the members of the North Hatley Women's Institute to associate themselves with the Hatley Centre branch.