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" LORD AND LADY TWEEDSMUIR " ‘ij"w"‘v ,"'.:" s3 h -.' " EOe ioom â€" h "< & womubin â€" WYA is 9 Ga = vse b & * / 3 s . y & (&â€" / ‘ o :fl | f | | td rameaadeienntrndraeninntoasahete es n anaiil cce on it e iretccocmaecmans i E I l "FOREWORD" 1‘ I am 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 down, new roads ‘ are made, and the aspect of the countryside changes comâ€" | pletely sometimes in a short time. | It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women‘s Instiâ€" ‘ tute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten, | and women should be on the alert always to guard the l traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches I i and prints, poems and prose legends should find their way | j into these books. The oldest people in the village will tell us ! fascinating stories of what they remember, which the younger | members can write down, thus making a bridge between them | and events which happened before they were born. After all, i it is the history of humanity which is continually interesting | to us, and your village histories will be the basis of accurate | facts much valued by historians of the future. I am proud to | think that you have called them "The Tweedsmuir Village j Histories". â€"Written by Lady Tweedsmuir.