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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-07-09, Page 15CENTRALiA PADRE AND FAMILY -Second protestant chaplain at RCAF Station Centralia, Flt. Lt. E. G. Moore, is shown here with his wife and two boys, David and Philip. Fit. Lt, Moore has been in charge of the protestant chapel since the transfer of S E. 'W. S, Gilbert. Succeeding S L Gilbert will be S/L G. B. Fees who is expect- ed to move to the station next month, -RCAF Photo Faced opposition, ridicule launching popular museum Many worthwhile projects meet! prospered and opposition to it with opposition at their incep-, faded away. The first year saw tion, chiefly due to misunder-; 2,000 people visiting it. 4Since standing. . that time the number of visitors Take the Huron County M'u-' by years has been as follows: seum, for example, which has 1951.2,000 1955-10,000 had more than 75,000 people, 1952-6,000 1956-11,500 visit it since its opening on July 1953-8,000 1957-13,000 4, 1951. 1954-9,000 1958-16,000 Who is there to deny that the Thus, more than 75,000 visits Huron County Museum has been to the Museum havee been made a worthwhile. project? Can 75,000 since it was opened. people be wrong? Where from? Huron County Museum is re-, Where do the visitors come garded as one of the most out- standing pioneer museums of its from? Last year, .for example, Stan in a town of this sloe in 14,050 people came from various all of Canada. Ontario points outside of the And an movingspirit behind town of Goderich. From Goderich P itself came 802 people. Then, it? Herb Neill, its devoted cur- from various parts of the United ator! States came 119 people. Western Yet Herb Neill and Huron Canada contributed 269 persons County Council faced opposition and the Maritimes 78. From the andridicule from some sides province of Quebec came 102 when they first planned the Mu• persons and from the British seum at Goderich. Isles, 27. Among numerous people who A total of 17 persons signed in objected to having the Museum as being from Holland. There start here was one man who were three from Australia, the told Mr. Neill he was "crazy to same number from South Amer - start such a project here" and ica and five from Germany. that. the only place it would be Then, there was one from each successful would be at London. of New Zealand, Ceylon, South One Huron County councillor, Africa, Alaska, Yukon, Turkey after learning of proposed plans for the Museum, went back to his township council and assur- ed them he was doing "every - think possible to prevent the. Museum idea from going and Belgium. Mr. Neill was horn in Howick Township and during the 20's ran a harness and shoe repair, shop at Gorrie. It was there his i interest in a museum started.' through," 1 He built models for display at i Most of those people who oh-. the Howick Fall Fairs, He event- jected did not have a proper ually had a collection of 300 understanding of the type of articles which he transported to museum which was planned. and from the fairs by means Certainly they never envisaged of a cart and trailer. Came the it would become what it has to- day when he had collected so day. At first, Herb Neill lived in old Central School, which was Made over into a Museum. But it was unsuitable for living quar- ters and Mr. Neill offered to put up $300 towards purchasing a little dwelling beside the mu- seum. The County Museum commit- tee, however, thought it would give color to the set-up to have a pioneer log house erected be- side the Museum and in which Mr. Neill could live. One was purchased for $300 at the village of Bluevale. It was torn down methodically, rnoved to Goderich, and erected on the site beside the Museum where it now stands. Moro objections But when some residents saw the pile of logs beside the Mu- seum before the log cabin was put up, once again objections were raised. They wanted no such antiquated structure in their him 1,000 articles, 400 of which neighborhood. A petition was he had acquired since the County purchased his other 600 articles two years previously. Came the day to move the ar- ticles to Goderich and ten men worked steadily, all day loading up two big transports and trail- ers with the antiques. Into the many antiques that they were crowding him out of his house and place of business. In 1935.he built a travelling museum but discontinued this later because he was going broke financially in operating it, In 1946, Mr. Neill approached Huron County Council with the proposal that it start a museum. There followed a cooling off per- iod. Then, in 1948, Huron County Council. approached Mr, Neill and bought 600 of his antiques reflecting pioneer days in Huron County. Next, was the decision as to where the museum should he built. Three different ones were considered. When Mr. Neill saw the old Central School building at Goderich, he decided that was IT. 1,000 Articles Mr. Neill camr to Goderich in the fall of 1950 and brought with drawn up to prevent the erection of the log cabin. Since Mr. Neill had not yet applied for a build- ing permit, the petition was shelved. When he did apply for the permit, the petition was not again brought up. Thus in the face of many bar- old Central Public School at riers Mr, Neill, like Abraham Goderich they went in the fall Lincoln, himself, wenton to of 1950, the school having been finally accomplish his objectives, vacated that summer. But he had behind him a man All that fall and winter, Mr. who believed in him and his pro- Neill plastered, scrubbed, paint ject. The late. Harvey® Erskine, ed the walls and set up the ex - county clerk, gave steady inspir- hibits. His training in youth as ation to Mr. Neill to carry on., a blacksmith came in handy for Mr. Erskine smoothed the way he used it to good advantage in inventing numerous working mechanisms for exhibits, Most of the displays in the museum were built solely by Mr, over numerous difficulties to enable the Museum to come into being, dedicating his time and talents to this end. The present County Clerk, John Barry, has (ell. They are arranged in continued the co-operation of the chronological order as to tella late Harvey Erskine and has story of development over the been a major factor in the years. phenomenal growth of the Mu- Today there are approximately 5,000 articles in the many dis- plays throughout the Museum, Among them are such things as: 1.5 ways of making flour; history of salt; history of time; history of threshing from flail to mo' cern; history of lumber; 5 eras of school life; fire engines: steam engines; gas engines; rock lifters; threshing . machines: a large collection of farm imple-I On .Tuly 4, 1951, the Museum was officially opened. F'ven then, there was still some opposition for one Huron County reeve was overheard to say, "The first time the old duffer (Mr. Neill) is out of the Museum, we will back up a truck to the door, load everything on if, and dump it all. info Lake Huron." But the Museum grew and ,nnnmeYun mrrnmminnnru,,,,, nmunu,i,� CANADIAN PROPANE GAS. APPLIANCES GRATTON H OTSO N Phone 156 Grand Bend �llrelWi!itliYiiYnlioniYiitii"it(mriutu�lYvmlfilf1�iitin, Now I3 The Time To Have Those Hardwood Floors LAID OR RE -SURFACED For Further InForniation Phene Murray NeiI 739 Exeter, .Ont. ments; road building machinery; trades; shoe, harness, black- smith, cooper; weaving, carding, spinning; cider mills and apple butter; butter making; history of light; birds and animals; ladies' wear, dishes, jewellery; foreign money; Eskimo articles; life work of wood carvings by George June; musical instruments: mar- ine life; bicycles; storing ice; buggies, cutters, sleighs; old- fashioned funeral hearses. There is -a beautiful old writing desk made up of 13,000 inlaid pieces, valued at more than $500 and built over a century ago. There is also a special orchest- ral regina which plays music all day long. But there are so many many items they can not all be mentioned here, Last summer no less than 1,600 school children from various parts of Western Ontario visited the Museum, The Central Public School building was leased from the Goderich Public School Board for the nominal sum of one dol- lar a year and this set-up will remain as long as th, building is used as a museum. -By George Ellis in the Gode- rich Signal -Star. Grant .cen.ce toconcess on After hearing protests over the operation of midway attractions on Main St., Grand Bend coun- cil wrote restrictions into the permit it granted the operator Monday .night. A ferris wheel, swings, pony rides will be required to close down at 11.30 p.m. to prevent disturbance to residents nearby. It will not be allowed to operate Sundays before 1 p.m. Council also required that the concession owner remove a test - your -strength machine and re- place a noisy gas motor with an electric one. , A group of businessmen and cottage owners protested the noise of the concessions, located in the vacant lot created by the demolition of the .1.akeview House. Both the owner of the property and the concessionaire agreed to co-operate. Council appointed Bill Phillips chief lifeguard for the season in view of his previous experience at, the resort and his knowledge of the existing system. " Purchase of sun hats and bin 'oculars case was approved for the guards. Warns bathers to guard wallets Police this week issued a warning to swimmers along the lake, .shore to safeguard wallets and other valuables while they are taking a dip. They reported the theft of $30 in cash and 565 in checks from a car at Port Blake Sunday af- ternoon. It belondged to Arthur Hutchison, RR 2 Ingersoll, "If money isn't put away safe- ly in such places where there are large crowds, it presents an open invitation to thieves said PC Gibbons, Exeter, "Bathers should t a k e proper precau- tions,'' Two break-ins, an attempted one and a theft of a pay phone occurred in this area Friday, the day provincial police were busy With the royal tour through Western Ontario. About $80 worth of cigarettes and confectionery was taken from the booth at, the Starlite Theatre, near Shipka, after en- try was forced. Another $60 worth of ciga- rettes was stolen from the ser- vice station at Spruce Grove. A pay phone belonging to the Hay Municipal. Telephone Sys- tem was ripped from the wall of a booth at St. Joseph's. The phone was valued at $95 and con- tained about $5.00 in cash,• Thieves also tried to force their way into the service sta- tion and pool room of Joseph Bullock, Crediton, but were un- successful. nnunnuunnnnnuu uu, unn A.niiu„ut raft ,nr nnnn nuu nntuu tuft ,,aunt unnnntttt ALF ANDRUS - Oil Burners '- Heating, Plumbing,. Sheet Metal Work 403 ANDREW ST., EXETER PHONE 719 •„ I lrt1111,1rf r trn u f„n r, n,,,t ut n u., I t.tt t„I tttt t tt„tl 111111111111111,11 lllll 1, i,,,,,, I,,,,,,.t„t„l u,,,,,, t„r,.11,rn 111111 111\1. 'Bigger Buys For Little Guys, We specialize in FARM TR41,CTOR TIRES 85% or 100% Calcium Filled PROMPT TIRE SERVICE HOPPER Supertest Station Corner 21 & 83 1 Mile North of Grand Bend MID Summer Women's Sandals Whites and Beiges Wedge Heels Reg. to $4.98 NOW ONLY $2.88 Women's Sandals . Straws and. 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Find stolen car at Quebec City Apprehended at Quebec City Sunday, a hitchhiker has been charged with theft of a car at Grand Bend Friday, ,Iacob Wagenaar, 20, Hills - burg, is being brought back to the resort to face the charges. PC J, J, Maitre., of the Grand Bend detachment, left Tuesday to escort him. Police .allege Wagenaar stole the car of .Tesie Ward Hill, De- t troit Mich,, who had picked up the hitchhiker at Sarnia. Hill, on his way to Brussels, stopped at Grand Bend to make a purchase, returned to his car to find it gone, along with his personal be- longings. Phone 102 for HARVEY'S TAXI AND AMBULANCE 24-HOUR SERVICE SELLING OUT SALE VERY LOW PRICES All stock must be sold out. Joe's Clothing Store The Times -Advocate, July 9, 1959 Page 3 your family will enjoy! 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