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[ §\ in V'l m e 21 o "FOREWORD" I am so glad to hear that the Women's Institutes of = Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events 4 move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down, new roads are made, and the aspect of the countryside changes com-- pletely sometimes in a short time. It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women's Insti-- : tute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten, o and women should be on the alert always to guard the traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches i and prints, poems and prose legends should find their way A into these books. The oldest people in the village will tell us o ¢* 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, . 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 8 Histories". ; ----Written by Lady Tweedsmuir.