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New museum in Lambton
The new Lambton County
Museum which has been
constructed south of Grand
Bend will be officially open-
Steer
This
Way
By
LARRY
SNIDER
Some
rolling along. There's a
106-year-old man who
applied for a new
license recently. He's
been driving since 1912.
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If your car heater is not
delivering heat, even
after the engine is
warmed up, the
problem may be a
clogged heater core.
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Glass-belted radials
provide a softer,
smoother ride, but steel-
belted radials are
tougher and usually last
longer.* * *
"Stop, Look and Listen”
— the old rules still app
ly at railroad crossings.
If the crossing is not
marked, turn off your
radio and air con
ditioner, open the win
dow, and really look
and listen in both direc
tions.
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Alaska state troopers
did a double-take when
they saw a small plane
taxiing down the main
street of a Fairbanks
suburb. Seems the pilot
wanted to work on his
plane at a nearby
vocational school, so he
landed on the street and
taxied over.
WE'd rather fix cars, at
Larry Snider
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ed Saturday, May 13.
At a press conference held
at the new building which
will be called the Lambton
Heritage Museum, Lambton
treasurer Wayne Kloske
said total expenditure for
the project is $636,562 accor
ding to a three year capital
forecast.
The 17,500 square foot
main building and an
agricultural building with
another 6.000 square feet of
floor space will house two
main collections.
They are from the former
Eisenbach museum which
was operated for many
years by the late Peter
Eisenbach and Fred Walden
of Thedford.
Mr. Walden was in atten
dance at the press con
ference Thursday afternoon
and said, "It’s a real
pleasure to see my antiques
on display here and I know
that Peter would be pleased
to know his entire collection
is here.”
Mr. Eisenbach’s will
provided conveyance of his
museum and all his contents
to the County of Lambton,
the township of Bosanquet
or the province of Ontario.
He was very concerned
about keeping his collection
in the immediate area. The
new museum is located on
the east side of Highway 21,
only a short distance from
the Pinery Provincial Park.
Mr. Walden said he visited
the late Peter Eisenbach in
October of 1970. He con
tinued. “At that time he
agreed with me that the
Pinery Provincial Park
would be a good place for
our museum collections.
The same year I was in
touch with Lambton MPP
Lome Henderson in regard
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to a permanent spot for our
collections.”
“After Peter’s death I
visited Eliner Bell QC of Ex
eter who was the executor of
the Eisenbqch estate and
told him of the plans which
had not materialized but
wished they still could be
developed.
Mr. Bell called a meeting
on August 7, 1976 to deter
mine if the Eisenbach
museum committee wished
to operate the museum. We
did not, but, asked the Coun
ty of Lambton to build and
operate a museum,
preferably near the Pinery
Provincial Park.
At the October meeting,
council decided to go along
with the proposal and accept
the offer of the collections of
myself and Eisenbach’s.”
From an early age old
things held a special fascina
tion for the late Peter Eisen
bach. He gathered and saved
the rapidly-disappearing
tools and devices of bygone
days until his personal
collection filled four
buildings on his Grand Bend
property, including the
house, a chapel, log
, smokehouse and barns.
The collection itself,
totalling about 6,000 pieces,
includes both large-scAle
agricultural implements and
smaller household
necessities.
The baby carriages and
cradles form one of the most
interesting displays in the
museum, and show that
many of our early
generations enjoyed comfor
table travel in their younger
days, despite the fact that
ball bearings were uncom
mon.
One carriage has an ex
tremely fancy canopy, and
another could be spring
suspended from the rear of
the sleigh or buggy so that
the baby had a smooth ride
over the corduroy roads.
One buggy was used by
twins who were placed back
to back, and another of in
terest is a dual-purpose high
chair and stroller.
Some of these objects he
purchased at sales, but the
bulk of the collection has
been donated by old families
in Grand Bend and surroun
ding communities, to help
present and future
generations maintain a link
with their ancestral
heritage.
The Mary Ellen chapel es
tablished by Mr. Eisenbach
at Grand Bend has been
moved to the new location.
Fred Walden and the late
Peter Eisenbach were good
friends for many years. Mr.
Walden was named to the
committee managing Eisen-
bach’s estate after his
death.
As in the case of the
Eisenbach collection, Mr.
Walden’s artifacts have
primarily been gathered
locally, and they too span
the complete spectrum of
pioneer equipment and uten
sils. Interesting antiques
from nearby farms include
wooden pumps, ox yokes and
shoes, and a large number of
wooden rakes, shovels,
forks, flails, and other
harvest equipment since
replaced by the thresher and
combine.
An extensive assortment
of crockery ranges in size
from small vessels to the
BUTTER MAKERS — During Thursday's press conference at the new Lambton museum, chairman Cornelius Rood, publicity
chairman Roy Caley and curator Bob Tremain checked out the butter making machines of the past. T-A photo
huge containers that were
once used to store foods
prior to the invention of the
refrigerator.
While there are quality
pieces of every nature, an
indisputable strength of the
collection is the wide array
of Early Canadian and
American pressed glass
water pitchers, which
number almost three hun
dred. Another primary focus
of Mr. Walden’s collecting
endeavours is evident in his
large assortment of Currier
and Ives coloured
lithograph prints. This out
standing group alone totals
three hundred different
prints.
The Fred S. Walden
collection provides a com
plete cross-section of
pioneer artifacts from the
Lambton area.
Speaking at the press con
ference were museum com
mittee chairman Cornelius
Rood, publicity chairman
Roy Caley, 1977 warden Tom
Steadman, Ted Sharp of
Euphemia township, Ken
McGregor, a close friend of
the late Peter Eisenbach
and curator Bob Tremain.
Tremain said the com
mittee is still about $50,000
short of its goal for public
donations. Wintario grants
are expected to be close to
$250,000.
Notice
Village of Grand Bend
The Grand Bend and area recreation com
mittee will be holding a public meeting for
anyone interested in the amalgamation of
all minor sports into one organization. Date
Tuesday, May 23 Time 7:30 P.M. Place
Grand Bend Town Hall. We urge all in
terested citizens to come our and voice their
opinion.
Signed
Howard Hartle
, Chairman
Grand Bend & Area Recreation Committee
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friend of the late Peter Eisenbach. ' T-A photo
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