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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-10-21, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, October 21, 1987 A&I Check us Out INSTANT COFFEE Rich's, 500 g. COFFEE RICH POTATOES White Swan 8 roll BATHROOM TISSUE ICE CREAM Olinda Pure 48 oz. APPLE JUICE Fresh Pork SHOULDER ROASTS Maple Leaf, Sweet Pickled COTTAGE ROLLS Ib. We sell only top quality Neilson's Milk Products We Deliver Call 235-0212 A&H. LEW 227 Main St., Exeter f New pr.I.cts for Hlstorical Society Three new projects for the coming year were outlined at Thursday's an- nual meeting of the Huron Historical Society held at the Brucefield United Church. President Keith Roulston said his group would be providing elementary schools in Huron with a packet on the early history of the county, pick up history facts from older citizens and produce a historic map of Huron. Past president Joe Hogan also com- mented on the upcoming projects. He said, "The school' package of resources could include deeds and ac- counts of frontier life, there are plen- ty of older people with vivid memories of life in Huron and the map would show what we consider to be historic attractions." Ed Oddleifson of Bayfield reported that • Streetscapes of Huron were available from himself and Gwen Pemberton, also of _ Bayfield. They were prepared by Nick Hill. Guest speaker Dorothy Duncan who is executive director of the On- tario Historical Society outlined the history of het, group which was established in 1888. . A special Pioneer and Old Settlers Day at the Industrial Exhibition in Toronto in 1988 was the beginning. She added, "Our students knew more about history of the: United States than they did of Canada and there was no place to send artifacts, no real repository or archives." One of the first and biggest challenges faced by the Society was a plan by the city of Toronto to bring a street railway down Bathhurst street right through Fort York. ft took nine years to win that battle, but Fort York is still secure. The first provincial show of ar- chives r -chives was held in 1902 with a catalogue of 150 pages of artifacts from all over the country. It was scheduled for a couple of days, but lasted three weeks. Admission was 10 cents. - The speaker continued, "The University of Toronto faculty lobbied for an international and Royal On- tario Museum, but we still dotlot have a provincial museum." The two world wars had a Taking pulse The Middlesex County Board of Education is:about to take the public pulse. During the week of October 19 to 23 the board, through its com- munications committee, will conduct a telephone survey .of 400 homes across the county. The survey is designed to deter- mine the attitude and knowledge of the public regarding many of the board's programs and services. In- cluded in the survey are questions about academic programs, use of schools for community activities, and opinions of the public regarding various aspects of the board's work. The survey will also ask people what they feel about the need for junior kindergartens and French language immersion classes. Seventeen professionally trained. students, selected from the county's five secondary schools, will be mak- ing the calls between 6 and 9 p.m. It is expected that each call will take about 10 minutes to complete. Carefully prepared by a local marketing research firm working with school board personnel. the survey is expected to provide the board and its communications com- mittee with valuable opinions about current programs and planning in- itiatives. The board will consider these opinions as it works at setting policies and procedures and providing programs and services over the next •• few years. Data from the survey will be col- lated by secondary marketing classes as part of their program and, after analysis by the marketing research people, will be reported to the board in December. Elimville 4-H club meets Elimville I's fifth meeting was held on October 14 at the home of Nancy Smith. All members were present and our president, Tina Taylor started the meeting with the 4-11 pledge. Lynn Poortinga read the minutes from the last meeting. Next we began the roll call which was a one -minute advertisement, bas- ed on a favorite fruit in Ontario, which we had began to work on in meeting four. The main topic of the meeting was about fruits and vegetables in salads. We drscussed the many fruits and veget bles that can be added to salads and how. We were invited by the Elimville Women's Institute to hear Kelly Nicholson, Tammy Richardson and Tracy Shrader, about their student exchange program with the students from Big Trout Lake. Big Trout Lake is 500 miles north of Thunder Bay, and 2,000 miles away from where we are. They told us much about their culture and showed us some of the things they had made. We went back to Nancy Smith's house and decided that the next meeting would be held at Sarah Kerslake's on October 21. - Press reporter Barbara Tieman • On location or Studio Bart DeVries PHOTOGRAPHY • COMMERCIAL - WEDDINGS • PORTRAITS • GROUPS • PUSUCITY Telephone 235.1298 137 Thames Rd., Fast, Exeter, Ont. devastating effect on the historical society, but 1967 Centennial celebra- tions broughtout literally hundreds of museums. , The executive director added, "We are still seeing a prolific number of museums and Van Egmond House in Seaforth is a good example. Ontario is doing a better job of restoration than anyone else in the world. We are honest about our history." The biggest project this year for the provincial group is a Folk Lore con- ference. Folk Lore is everything we do, music, dance, stories, songs, books, clothing, etc. York University has begun archives on the history of food. HISTORICAL GROUP MEETS --- The annual meeting of the Huron Historical Society was held Thursday night in Brucefield. Shown from the left are president Keith Roulston, past president Joe Hogan, guest speaker Dorothy Duncan of the Ontario Historical Society and vice-president Dove McClure.T-A photo The readers write RR 5 Seaforth October 9, 1987 Dear Editor: The Huron County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has received a letter from the Toledo School of Nursing in Toledo, Ohio. The school is closing in 1988 and is publishing a history book to com- memorate the contributions of the school and its graduates. 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