Clinton News-Record, 1974-07-25, Page 13Clinton, Ontario
Thursday July 25, 1974 109th Year - No. 30
Pioneer Museum well worth a visit
photos
by
Jim
Fitzgerald
Friedel Nanz, assistant curator at the museum, demonstrates an old dentist's drill to,Susan
White of Seaforth in the turn of the century dentist's shop on display. The museum works on a
$35,000 budget from the property committee of County council and takes in about $12,000 in
admissions each year.
Many Huron County residents have never been inside what is
believed to be one of the finest museums.of its type in Canada,
the Huron County Pioneer Museum in Goderich. Each year,
this tine museum attracts nearly 25,000 visitors, most of them
from outside the County. Located on North Street, admission
is only $1 for adults and 75c for children.
Among the more unusual exhibits at the Pioneer Museum are
these pair of Siamese calves donated to the museum by
County residents, being looked at by Museum guide Barb Brit-
nell, left; Museum curator Raymond Scotchmer of Bayfield;
and guide Darlene Warner of Bayfield. The museum now
boosts of more than 40,000 sq. feet of exhibit space. Pioneer Museum guides Brenda McClinchey, left, and Barb is one of dozens of pioneer vehicles on display on the second
Britnell try out the driver's seat in an old time horse drawn taxi floor of the museum. As well, ail types of pioneer farm im-
that was once common in the latter part of the 1800's. The taxi elements are also shown on the second floor,
gave Hooton, a summer cottager at Bayfield and a member of the largest Of 12,000 artifacts on display, The museum Is open
the Ontario Rail AsSociation has volunteered his time this from 9 a.m. to 4:80 p.m. daily and from 1 On. to 4:30 0,m, On
summer to restore the old steam IOCOmetive at the Museurn, Sundays from April 1St to Oct. 81.
Clinton's first fire truck, a four man, hand pumper built in 1851,
Is one of the Many old fire fighting Aids on display at the
Pioneer Museum. The old pumper, loaned to the museum by
Bert Oibbings of Clinton, IS examined by Colleen power, 8, of
Glencoe, a recent vlSitot at the n11.180UM. Opened in 1951
Mu6oun't was the pet project of James Herbert Neill of ac,_
who travelled across the country collecting artifacts for it.