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The Stanstead County Homemaker's Club was organized in 1915 to group together all the Homemaker's Clubs of Stanstead County. This county-level club was intended to allow the various clubs in the county to support one another. Three clubs joined in 1915, they were the clubs from Smith's Mills (later known as Tomifobia), Way's Mills, and Ayer's Cliff. In 1920, the Homemaker's clubs decided that it would be more appropriate to call themselves "Women's Institutes", as it would allow them more latitude for their activities. As with the provincial association of Women's Institutes, they encourage the development of agriculture, the raising of homemaking standards, the preservation of national handicrafts traditions, the production and use of Canadian-made goods, the promotion of education, the development of a true spirit of patriotism and of international unity, the promotion of the welfare of the child, and the dissemination of information on Women's Institutes. The Stanstead County Women's Institutes is a member of the Quebec Women's Institutes and the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada. Its board consists of elected officers and convenors and presidents of the various area Women's Institutes. It is responsible for stimulating the activities and work of its member Institutes and for holding two conventions a year for their members. Over the years several Women's Institutes would be formed in the County, and would subsequently join the County Institute. They were: The Massawippi Women's Institute (1919), the North Hatley Women's Institute (1919), the Beebe Women's Institute (1920), the Hatley Women's Institute (1921), the North Stanstead Women's Institute (1928), the Dixville Women's Institute (1934), the Minton Women's Institute (1937), and Hatley Centre Women's Institute (1955).