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Page 3 1875 â€" 1940 . LBRD _ AND LADY TWEEDSMUIR in npnennpamtmmninmmmantiinbatenaraatieranentonmaabressiaiemmemenessmesmemeatmaminnationmmemmezatatenamemsemintnaninana ntahrestetensnaintscmimzmesmsmessmmementnmammamemaiesniianarenrniannenanennatareeatinal : , hi on nrnonpinnre i un l e . _ s ecaaa > *~% j i & : s i ‘flm 4 J’.‘», | t % ( £L_ .1 % * ~»â€"MMl| | °[ | l n 32e y M | "FOREWORD®" ucss e 5. . MA i # : ; LA P .u,i:J:’ ._"" _ ..3 ,fia@fl ‘ L am so g]ad to hear that the Women‘s Institutes of ::" t s flq ‘3\;4\".’.*» 4 ns . Ontario are going to cr)mpil(r village history books. Events ‘ 'I > Jt o 4%&‘:' f v M '-"-'.‘}'f% : move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down, new roads J T( lod 6 "g: H (,‘;4, arc made, and the aspect of the countryside changes comâ€" L in in ht 4",‘:#1‘ % ‘i,l J pletely sometimes in a short time. ! hn onl alioed coppiLd mt L Luves i It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women‘s Instiâ€" â€" â€" | tute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten, * ‘ and women should be on the alert always to guard the traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches | 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 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. 1 am proud to , _ think that you have called them "The Tweedsmuir Village ; f j Histories". â€" Writton by Lady Tweedsmuir ‘ I._.