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ORIGIN OF CHE TWEEDSMUIR HISTORIES Durinr Lord Tweedsmuir‘s term as Gov.â€"Genersl of Canada, his wifeI the Lady Tweedsmuir, showed zreat interest in the Women's Institute movement, and frenuentlv attended local branch meetings. It was at a ' ‘ Women's Institute meeting in portland on the Rideau Lakes, that Ladv Tueedsmuir launched the idea of the Tweedsmuir Village Histories. Her suggestion was, that the Institutes all over Canada, should each adont the projeCL of collecting sketches, Drints, poems, prose, lewends, and memories of the older citizens, thus suardinv the traditions of their homes and ma<ina a bridze between events of toâ€"day and chess 05 lone aeo.And these Villans Histories, she said. would form a basis, of sec. urste facts much vn]uad bv historians of the future. The undertakinv was hesun in IQLO, and has stirred un quite an interest in history in general, and in the marking of historical sites, and mnintennnce of local museums. The Foreword written hv Lady Tweedsmuir savs in nart,"I am so r'llu‘l to hear thVC the Yemen‘s Institutes of Ontario are zoinz to comnile village history books.Events move very fast nowadays;houses pulled down, new roads are made, and the asnect of the countryside chanzes comnletelv sometimes in a short time.1t is a most useful and saris- fvins tss< for E.I.members to see that noth’ valuable is lost or forgotten. After all, it is the historv of huflanity which is conti- nuallv interesting to us. I am trend to think char vou have called them v vfhn Tweedsnwir Yillavc Fistnribs". one m.1.mnmbcr Has r>ig ro Fav,“firen I enan vv Tweedenuir Pistorv,