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: ! 2. . "FOREWORD" . I am so glad to hear that the Women‘s Institutes of Ontario are going to compile village history books, Events j . move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down, new roads are made, and the aspect of the countryside . . . changes completely sometimes in a short time. . ‘ 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 on the alert always O to guard the traditions of their homes, and to see that 10 . water colour sketches and prints, poems and prose . , legends should find their way into these books. The ‘ . oldest peO})le in the village will tell us fascinating stories © of what they remember, which the younger members > : | pos s * can write down, thus making a bridge between them and ~ & events which happeued before they were born. After ' ' all, it is the history of humanity which is continually interesting to us, and your village histories will be the j basis of accurate facts much valued by historians of the . future. I am proud to think that you have called them "The Tweedsmuir Village Histories". . â€"Written by Lady Tweedsmuir. ho oo rmms . _ L h. L