The Prince Branch of Women's Institute was organized October 5, 1909. The first meeting was held at the home of Mrs. W. Anderson. The District President, Mrs.T. C. Dinsmore, District Secretary, Mrs. A. Huckson and the President of the West Korah Branch, Mrs. Nixon, helped to organize this new branch. The First President of the Prince Women's Institute was Mrs. W. Anderson, Mrs. W. Wilson was Vice-President and Miss Winnifred Westcott was the Secretary-Treasurer.

The first meeting was held on October 12, 1909 when 12 more members joined the group.

                                                  They were:

Mrs J. Sharpe
Miss Lily Cooper
Mrs. Vic Annand
Mrs. R. Liddle
Mrs Devon
Mrs. J. Thompson
Mrs. W. Anderson
Mrs. Ironside
Miss Kate Sharpe
Miss Winnifred Wescott
Mrs. W. Smith
Mrs. J. Odber
Mrs. Mary Annand
Mrs. F. Smith
Mrs. W. Wilson
Miss B. Anderson

The Women's Institute came about as a result of the work of Mrs. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless of Stoney Creek, Ontario. Mrs. Hoodless, distressed at the loss of her eighteen month baby due to drinking impure (unpasteurized) milk. She decided that something needed to be done to teach young mothers and girls at school to become better homemakers, and what better way than to teach domestic science in the public schools. With the help of Mr. Earland Lee and the Farmer's Institute, the first branch of the Women's Institute was organized February 19, 1897 in Stoney Creek, Ontario with 101 ladies attending. The motto for the W.I. is “For Home And Country”. Since that historic meeting the W.I. has grown by leaps and bounds and has covered a great range of topics in educating women, which in turn benefited their families and communities.

Over the years, Women's Institutes have been responsible for lobbying governments and other agencies in an effort to improve the quality of life for all Canadians. The Women's Institute has been instrumental in having: bread wrapped, white lines painted on the center of all Provincial highways, music included in schools (1937), fowl graded for sale, stop signs at railway crossings, law mandatory for traffic stop when school bus is stopped (1962), poison containers marked, milk pasteurized, war memorials, scholarships and bursaries, rural libraries, educational short courses, restoration of cemeteries, Tweedsmuir Community History Books, 4H Homemaking Clubs, T.B. tests for people dispensing food and many more too numerous to mention.

The Prince Branch members are President, Mrs. Jane Darlow, Vice-President, Mrs. Betty Wilton, Secretary, Mrs. Sylvia Wilding, Treasurer, Mrs. Ruby Hendriks. Other members are Mrs. Peggy Clark, Mrs. Evelyn Hill, Mrs. Ethel Walls, Mrs. Donalda Walls, and inactive members are Mrs. Clarence Hill, and Mrs. Martha Cress.

We are an active group taking turns meeting in each others homes once a month. We'd love to have new members and learn new and exciting things to help make our community a better one. So come and join us at our meetings and our fall craft, education and fun day.