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N o l I . F'- 2 Girit' 51153533". . '8MlBiItBilllelt J(itkfRa6.i: 'u. 44:! 3-55". ME i = ;.- "c . : . " ' r.: 7 _ Y, = :3 M Tdl l, £5327 tll, I . I l . l If . , . _ . Tea bat, " bl ' " ,..t,"cit I . _ , . . lr ' ' . t - ', f, Lord Tweedsmuir Lady Tweedsmuir t E ' / Va} i, "FOREWORD" a, '- I am so glad to hear that the Women's Institutes of t Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down, new roads I are made, and the aspect of the countryside changes com- _ pletely sometimes in a short time. It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women's Insti- tute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten, and women should be on the alert always to guard the _ traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches E and prints, poems and prose legends should find their way ' into these books. The oldest people in the village will tell us , fascinating stories of what they remember, which the younger "i" members can write down, thus making a bridge between them f and events which happened before they were born. After all, _ it is the history of humanity which is continually interesting i to us, and your village histories will be the basis of accurate ' facts much valued by historians of the future. I am proud to 3 think that you have called them "The Tweedsmuir Village a: Histories", F --Writtcn by Lady Tweedsmuir.