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:,\l/|y ll ‘1 ’ Pill";- -\, ,v u ' m2 “FOREWORD” I am su glad tn hear that the \\’mnelfs Institutes of Ontario are going to compile village history hooks Events inme Her} fast nmvndn}s; houses are pulled down, now rouds are mathx and the aspect of the countrside Cllltllgt‘n completely s'tnnetimes in a short time It is 21 most usetnl and satisfying task for \Vomen's Institutu members t0 see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten, and women should be on the alert always to guard the truditinns of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches and prints. poems and prose legends shuultl find their wav into these hooks. The oldest people in the village will tell us fascinating stories at what they remember, whieh the younger members can write down, thus making a bridge between them and events which happened before they were born. After all. it is the history of humanity which is continually interesting to us. and yuur village histuries will he the basis of aceuiate tacts much valued hy historians of the future. 1 am proud to think that )uu have 'tlllvd them "The Tweerlsmuir Village Histories", iWritten h} Lady Tweedsmuir. 1:75. rlC't'E‘l‘IJOI‘ ;,"::lr of hie “ellâ€"l LJOWU volume