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LOFH) IND LADY TWEEDSl‘lUIR In Phase honor-the Village History Books are compiled. _, C I' a _'isij'iriiii' , _ M _ at . __ "r,'. . ' 'ttr " "r" 'ii'8'""i' "y, Ati8M . igii5rl',i1C,"i, ' it "ir,,, - "i",',-;, it“, ----r----------_ "FOREWOh'ly' I am so glad to hear that the \Vouieirs Institutes of Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down new roads are made, and the aspect of the countryside changes cont pletely sometimes in a short time. It is a most useful and satisfying task for 1TUneu's Insti- tute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or iorgotteu. and women should he, on the alert always to guard the traditions of their homes, and to see that wator colour sketches and prints, poems and prose legends should hid 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 interestingI . to Us, and your village histories will be the basis of accurate facts mueh valued by historians of the future. f am proud to think that you have called them "The T\\'eedsmuir Village Histories", , --Writtcn by Lady Twecclsmuir. .