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before his term of office was quite completed. Lord Tweedsmuir was a well known writer and his books were written under the name of John Buchan. Be and his wife took a great Interest in the life of the Canadian people, especially of those in the rural Tweedsmuir in 1945. The Competitions are for the best history of a community, a areas. The Tweedsmuir Competitions are held biennially for three cups given by Lady cultural project, and a handicraft. Lord Tweedsmuir was Governor General of Canada from the year 1935-1940 and died It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women’s Institute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten and women should be en the alert always to guard the traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches and prints, Poems and prose legends should find their way into these hooks, The oldest People in the village will tell us fascinating stories of what they remember, which the younger members can write clown, thus making a bridge between them and events which happened helm-e they were born. After all, it is the history of humanity which is continually interesting to us, and your village histories will he the basis of accurate facts niueh valued by historians of the future. I am proud to think that you have called them "The Tweedsmuir Village Histories", I um so glad to hear that the Women’s Institutes of Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled (lawn, new roads are made, and the aspect of the countryside changes completely sometimes in u short time. LORD AND LADY TWEEDSMUIR "FOREWORD" -Written by Lady Tweedsmnir