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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-06-10, Page 34Page 18A Times -Advocate, Jun 10, 1991 Display at Milton Area phone companies aid ag museum Stop for one moment and consider? Could you manage your home or your business today without the telephone" We take this electronic device for granted an ex- tension of our normal con- versation A spin of the dial or the push of a button connects us with friends, business associates, or family across the nation, even the continents. It has not always been this simple to place a call. Early telephones were cum- bersome and primitive and :n rural Ontario the sheer cost of building thousands of miles of overhead lines, even the provision of a "par- tyline" bordered on the prohibitive. On May 20, 1981, the Ontario Agricultural \luseum will be recognizing those who have helped to provide an excellent source AREA COMPANIES HELP — Bob Carbert, director of the Ontario Agricultural Museum, tries his hand at operating the switchboard of the recently installed magneto telephone system. The switchboard is the heart of the 36 phone system which connects the buildings on the 80 acre site. The Hoy Municipal Telephone System, the Blanshard Municipal Telephone System and the Tuckersmith Municipal Telephone System donated time and equipment to help bring the magneto system back to life. Highland schedule The skirl of Scotland's mighty bagpipes will echo throughout southern Ontario OPEN GARAGE The new county works gar- age at Auburn was officially opened on May 28 by Robert Eaton, MPP Middlesex. parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Transporta- tion and Communications. Huron County warden Fred Haberer. J. D. Durnin. reeve of West Wawanosh. and Murray Elston. MPP. Huron -Bruce were in atten- dance. Lloyd Mousseau, chair- man of the Huron road com- mittee, acted as master of ceremonies and the county road engineer. Bob Dempsey addressed the gathering. The new garage was built at a cost of $700.000. and the keys to the new facility were handed over to warden Haberer by Casey Dendekker of Muer Construction. Following an open house of the facilities a private recep- tion was held at the Ben - miller Inn. Games outlined this summer at 11 Highland Games. The annual Speyside Highland Games at Georgetown will launch the summer series of Scottish festivals on June 13, to be followed by the Port Elgin Highland Games, June 20; Zorra Caledonia Highland Games at Embro, July 1; Cobourg Highland Games, July 4; Brantford Highland Games. July 11; Cambridge Highland Games, July 18; Burlington Legion Highland Games, July 25; Glengarry Highland Games, August 1; Dutton Highland Games, August 3: Fergus Highland Games, August 8, and the Georgina Highland Games at Keswick, August 15. Massed pipe bands featuring Canada's finest bagpipe bands will highlight the Games, plus Highland Dancers, Scottish athletic events such as the hammer throw and cabre tossing. The Highland Games also will spotlight Canadian and Scottish historical displays and gatherings of various Scottish Clans, of communication to rural people - the Independent Telephone Companies, Most of these companies were formed shortly after the turn of the century, to provide rural dwellers with telephone service. Some companies were started by doctors who, for their con - Presbytery session held The Spring Conference of the Stratford Presbyterial Women's Missionary Socie- ty, was held at Crieff Hills Community. This is a 250 acre Community near Guelph directed by the Reverend and Mrs. Robert Spencer of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Mr. Spencer told us of the history of the community and that presently it is used for family camps. He show- ed us pictures of buildings used for overnight group retreats and maps of the community: and theirP lans for the future. Delegates were served a delicious lunch in the school room. a few brought their lunch and ate at picnic tables. About 100 attended. After lunch they made two trips around the community with a tractor and wagon to show us the buildings and surrounding land. The theme of the con- ference was "Fellow workers in Christ". The meeting opened with a sing song, led by Mrs. Marie Hamilton and Mrs. Margaret Howald, both of Listowel, at the piano. Mrs. Harry Strang of Ex- eter led the short business meeting. A letter was read from Miss Lynne Longmuir, area educational consultant, who is recovering from a car accident. The Fall Conference of Stratford Presbyterial will be held in October at Caven Church Exeter. • After the roll was called the Listowel Willing Workers had two skits. Us- ing puppets the first one was called "Sometimes the gild- ed cage needs a new coat of paint". The second "Old Allumnae never die and don't fade away either." Some of the delegates gave a report on this year's Synodical held at Sarnia. Members of Listowel Will- ing Workers led in devotions. Mrs. Marion Bristowe sang a beautiful solo. "He touch- ed me". They used Romans 6-9 and from Romans 12 for their scripture. In their com- ments they asked if the W.M.S. was dying and answered with a definite negative. venience, wanted to keep in touch with the rural area their practice covered. Other were privately or family owned, others were syn- dicates. By 1921, 689 non -Bell companies were operating in Ontario, approximately 25 percent of the total phones in the province. The Museum, has suc- cessfully installed a "party line" system which reflects on an integral part of our rural past. The system which will become officially operative on May 20th at a special ceremony, has two major purposes. First, it is to provide in- stant two-way com- munications between the Museum's various display buildings and the ad- ministration office. Secondly it provides the independent telephone companies an opportunity to install a system which is compatible with the theme of the Museum and one that adds to the authenticity of the displays, rather than modifying them. An extra feature that will be of interest to Museum visitors is the installation of an old style, overhead telephone line along the Crossroads Community. This connects all the Museum buildings to the central switchboard. This particular switchboard is the last active magnetic swit- chboard in use in Ontario which was removed from the exchange at Cambray last year after serving customers of that system for many years. Within the next year or two, visitors will also be able to visit an authentic general store, which will house a second, operating manual switchboard along with the old fashioned wooden wall - telephones. All telephone equipment has been graciously donated by the Independent Telephone Companies from all areas throughout the province and from the Ontario Agricultural Museum's collection. Cables, wires and material necessary for the installation were donated by commercial suppliers. The Museum has been fortunate to have the in- dependent companies donate their staff's time and knowledge in completing this worthwhile project. According to R.W. Carbert, General Manager of the Ontario Agricultural Museum, he sees "this project of the independent industry as an opportunity to create an atmosphere truly representative of the role that telephony has played in the agricultural history of Ontaril." In an age where services are available to almost everyone in a matter of seconds, the Ontario Agricultural Museum provides a glimpse of the efforts made by our rural ancestors to connect them with urban centres, neigh- bours and services, which we so often take for granted. EXETER NURSERY GRADS — Two children donned their caps and gowns to graduate from Exeter Nursery school at the United Church, Wednesday. Surrounding grads Mark Bower and Jeremy Becker are their classmates who will be returning to nursery next year. Back row- Leanne Dundas, Kim Campbell, Rebecca Darling, Melissa Brock, Chris Kellar, middle row- Kelly Campbell, Mark, Jeremy, Roche!! Geoffrey, front- Colin Bowers, Jeffrey Finkbejer, Jason Moore and Gavin Poole. Absent - Jeffrey De Block. Staff photo *• ` \� ;. .,. ,{:nom,.,`,:;;: '-':::;:v{: .4 w a: fi TO BUY THIS MONTH AT DINNEY FURNITURE AND THE CARPET CENTRE NO SALES TAX SUNSHINE KIDS GRADUATION --- Graduationexerciseswereheld recently at the Sunshine Kids Nursery School Th,- Thursday graduating group is shown above. Back, left, Kenn Hines, Suzanne Steciuk Chrissy P irker, Jenny McLean, Matthew Godbolt, Amy Johns and Jeff Bowen. Centre Molanie Phillips, Glenn Hines, Benii Parker, Rosemary Glavin and Brenyn Baynhom Fro, BdIy Porker, Craig Glavin, Christopher Jongkind and Jeri -lee Davis. T -A photo On Most Household Items GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICE POSTER WINNERS Karol Dauber and David Josephson from Exeter Public School are awarded a trophy for being first in a fire prevention poster contest. Making the presenta- tion are fire prevention officer Norm Tait (left) and Exeter fire chief Gary Middleton. 1 • r. 3k