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t t y wl "*~ CE t# .';,f;; Yek Mmes ">" No talk s _ la it3 E S. uatie «. s _ D 4e & $ ) * o aike 1 & 2s *\ dA¥ '/&- P & . Sieen, & .', \(% £ (Seex "Tng '{m':; *e F ' | e u0e f | P im o ce % | ive o j Ts '.-: '.4: . LORD AND LADY TWEEDSMUIR | ; i aJ "FOREWORD" : j I am so glad to hear that the Women's Institutes of Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events | t 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. s It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women's Insti-- | tute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten, & and women should be on the alert always to guard the | 4 traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches I + and prints, poems and prose legends should find their way | | 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, | it is the hist()ry of hnmzmity which is continually interesting I | | to us, and your village histories will be the basis of accurate | | facts much valued by historians of the future. I am proud to 35 think that you have called them "The Tweedsmuir Village k : Histories". | ----Written by Lady Tweedsmuir. |