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wonigweemeiipacintetme ie T i * | . | . | . . \ â€" . " . . | . | | | e L. _ + enc mmncmma nz _ ' . ' "FOREWORD" . I am so glad to hear that the Women‘s Institutes of _ Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events ‘ move very fast nowadays; housessare pulled down, new * roads are made, and the aspect ‘of the countryside a _ n ueW ds c P iRbomemins imemnak ue | â€"‘changes completely sometimes in a short HM. 2 2 2l en j e Bs c c c ze = o It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women‘s ' e TT t . . Institute members to see that nothing valuable is lost : . . or forgotten, and women should be on the alert always I â€" . 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 j | 0 oldest people in the village will tell us fascinating stories ; > of what they remember, which the younger members f ‘ | poos can write down, thus making a bridge between them and . ‘I ‘ f events which happeued 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 I "The Tweedsmuir Village Histories‘. > \ â€"Written by Lady Tweedsmuir. JPc 2e s ; . t e | ‘\ix’.‘&/ . : j .