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EGULATIONS for the Tweedsmuir R Competition of the 1964-67 term of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada have now been released. This Na- tional Competition is composed of three sec- tions, the first always the well known project, Tweedsmuir (Village) Histories. Sections two and three, Cultural and Handicrafts respec- tively, change from term to term and are de- termined at each Triennial Convention of F.W.I.C., with a new committee appointed for each successive Competition. For the current term, the cultural project is a Centennial Poem, the theme to have some bearing on any phase of Canada's one hundred years as a nation. Drawn Thread Work was selected as the handwork. The Chairman of the Tweedsmuir Competition Committee, Mrs. Maryn Pardy, Mount Bridges, Ontario, states that this work is one of the oldest forms of embroidery, its origin dating back to Biblical times. It was introduced into England by the Royal Household in the 16th century but is be.. coming a lost art in Canada. Other members of the Tweedsmuir Commit- Tweedsmuir Competitions 1964-67 V " " ‘ . , “-. . V *'-' &q a. l " ' Ll 'ritt lr, ' . l? . ' l - M " q% ' - " " ttt ' y . a , ' a j: _ ‘ " r , ' " ' " " - It m - , .. ., © A'... " ‘ - ql I NE . a, " g u at mt Bt v ' ' " , . I . x M M Mt - 7 ' if " 'tt a. . , - Er, & The "Birr and Beyond" book carries many il- lustrations. Like most Tweedsmuir books it tells the stories of the families and farms and schools and churches, of cemeteries and toil-roads and the industries that have either persisted or disappeared through the years, and of course the story of the Birr Women's Institute. In paper covers the price is $1.00: in hard covers $2.00; obtainable from Mrs. Clarence Lewis, WR. No. 2, Denfield, Ont. The book entitled "Birr and Beyond" was com- piled by Mrs. Jennie Raycraft Lewis, an Institute member and a writer of some experience. Mrs. Lewis unearthed and wrote a good deal of the history herself, several sons and daughters of the community made their contribution from research or from memory, and the well known historian of the London area. Mr. Wilfrid Jury, supplied the early Indian history of the locality. For some time back, Birr Women's Institute in Middlesex county had a Tweedsmuir history which was used so much as a reference book by teachers, local university students and others that it began to wear out. So the Institute decided to have the history extended to tell a very comprehensive story of the community and to have it published so that its information would be available to anyone. in- terested. A Tweedsmuir History In Print From F. W.I.C. Office f'" tee are Miss Anna Templeton, Organizing Sec- retary, Jubilee Guilds of Newfoundland, and Miss Eleanor Flint, Handicraft Supervisor, Home Economics Extension Service of the On- tario Department of Agriculture. "It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women's Institute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten," said Lady Tweedsmuir when she inaugurated the Com- petition that bears her name in 1945. "Women should be on the alert always to guard the tra- ditions of their homes." Referring in particular to the Village Histories, she went on to say: "It is the history of humanity which is con- tinually interesting to us and your village his- tories are the basis of accurate facts that will be much valued by historians of the future." All of these National Competitions will close on April 1, 1967. Complete information will be sent to Institute branches in Ontario from the FWIO office early this summer. Approximately 2,600 Tweedsmuir Histories have been compiled throughout Canada since the Competition started in 1945. In the cl'ltural project com- petition of a centennial poem, Mrs. James Fair, Guelph, from West End WI won first prize. Sgcond and third awards went to Mrs. T. W. Morrow, Kakabeka Falls, and Mrs; R. J. Elliott, Booneeheee Valley WI. ”9,1; . Honorable mentions were given to Warsaw WI, Bin WI and Pittsburg WI. First prize in the citizenship competition, astory based on a Canadian historical tact, went to Mrs. J. L Thomas, Schom- berg, WI. Second prize went to Mrs. W. T. Phillips, 03- goode WI, and third went to Mrs. William Wallace, South Woodslee vWI. Second prize went to Bur- wick WI. Aylesworth wr, with Mrs. M. Fisher, Emo, curator, was awarded third prize. Mrs. Fred Gardiner, Mrs. G. C. Clark. King City, and members of Temperanceville WI received the top award in the handicraft drawn thread competition. Second was Mrs. Ben Atkinson, Dorion, of Ouimet-Dorion wr, and third was Mrs. Kurt. Kern, Stratford, from Elm.. hurst WI. Helena Feasby Women's Institute. North Waterloo, won first prize in the Feder- ated Women's Institutes of Ontario 1966 Tweédsmuir competition. Curator is Mrs. George Reist, Kitchener. ' WI competitions awards announced