Kintore WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 1, 1949-1973, page 2

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M e e erareeeerannrmnng mm on m emERCERTIRT t KINTORE E. December 1949 “fi} The Tweedsmuir History of the Kintore Women‘s Institute was begun | 7 by Mrs. D. R. (Helen) Calder and all the earliest work was done by her. | i The first book was a large book and the contents were written in by curators or under their direction. The first part was done by Mrs. Calder‘s daughter | Jean, as the following article relates, In as much as this Tweedsmuir Book was not written to interest those who may chance to peruse its pages during the next few years, but rather that it might record as history some of the folk lore of this community; and that it will be of interest, and we trust of benefit to those who will be the citizens of this community in days to come, _ It was thought that maybe the | persons who read it twentyâ€"five or fifty or one hundred yezrs hence might be interested in the one who compiled these records, who prepared them for publication, and whose handwriting graces these pages. “:n\ With this thought in view, we present this brief sketch as a tribute to one though still young has made an outstanding success in two different fields of business life. This sketch will of necessity deal only with her i life so far» It would not be surprising if ere this book becomes history that she would have made a name for herself, that will be well known throughâ€" out this community» Margaret Jean Calder was born on hep parents‘! farm, Lot 17, Concession 11, East Nissouri on June 10th, 1925, the daughter of Donald Robert Calder . and Helen McGee Caldere é Her parents were both brought up in this newghbourhood, having both | attended school at 5. S. No 6, Kintore, Hep parental. grandparents were also both natives of this community, they also having both attended school at T\ 8, S. No. 6« a John A. Calder took a prominent paprt in community affairs, and at the time of hig‘gesth in 1921 was the representative for North Oxford in the | Ontario Legisiature« )

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