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* 3 :'â€"_ $ 1 8 < + % # _ mie / § 42 & n« fl}: ol it l f; A w Lord Tweedsmuir Lady Tweedsmuir 0 §3 ~ x:# . se . m | oÂ¥ | : Cl T "FOREWORD" : A s % t fe:= l I am so glad to hear that the Women‘s Institutes of s . (ooel | : â€" ©ou I Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events a 4 B s .. move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down, new roads ~eef | are made, and the aspect of the countryside changes comâ€" & cal f | pletely sometimes in a short time. â€"~~tg | It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women‘s Instiâ€" â€"~ toasl * tute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten, c r I and women should be on the alert always to guard the TA s . +o f traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches \e€ > and prints, poems and prose legends should find their way ' e 4 into these books. The oldest people in the village will tell us â€" o : S fascinating stories of what they remember, which the younger f i â€" * otee ( members can write down, thus making a bridge between them * : O ~< . ane and events which happened before they were born. After all, * ~ e | it is the history of humanity which is continually interesting : 68 j to us, and your village histories will be the basis of accurate d facts much valued by historians of the future. I am proud to : $ â€" ;~ think that you have called them "The Tweedsmuir Village f ¢ Histories®. + _"g“ ) â€"Written by Lady Tweedsmuir, n as " ' . e : + fe? ; t : 3 E gee > aavP ~ oÂ¥ e e uhn 2 ; 2 Ada dEitn ns ts s