HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-07-26, Page 15contract to construct the
Pinecrest Manor Nursing
in Lucknow was let to
Brothers Construction
Kitchener, on Friday of
week.
• k on clearing the site is,
inence inlmediately, the
being 'L' ahaped around
south end of the playing
of the Lucknow and
'ct Public School on Bob
re than 21/2years in the
ing, Pinecrest Manor has
designed for the patient it
and incorporates many
finest features in nursing
in both Canada and the
d States. When com-
it will bring to Lucknow
surrounding' area one of
est, most modern and
•like nursing facilities in
ovince of Ontario.
e owners' of Pinecrest
r, Mr. and Mrs. George
ld, have operated the
nt nursing home in
ow for more than 121/2
it having served the,,
unity for a total of more
20 years.
Newbold is a'Registered
graduating from the
ilton General Hospital
1 of Nursing, and has
employed in the field of
g almost continuously
her graduation.
Newbold has held other
'strative positions in
to prior to assuming.._
hip of the nursing home
or the past 11 years has
positions as a Director, 1
tive Committeem, nber,
and Provincial President of the
Ontario Nursing Some
Association.
The new nursing home brings
into actuality all their concepts
of excellent patient care, and
its opening will represent just
another step in the gradual
phasing out, of older,
inadequate nursing" facitities
taking place throughout 'On-
tario.
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The -new nursing horne,
designed in consultation with
the architect, Mr. V. J.
Heinrichs of Toronto, a
specialist in the nursing home
field, has been designed for the
care, comfort and well-being of
60 residents, using the most
tnodern-- and up-to=date con-
cepts of patient care, and built
to the very rigid standards of
the National Building Code for
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f -.music played by this large orchestral Regina organ dating back to about
Min captivates the attentions of both young and old. Twenty-seven old, familiar
Nars played on Targe steel records, some of which date back to 1889. (staff photo)
this type of public building.' been designed with,a televisiol1.
It will include a large, attrac- and -telephone outlet.
tive dining room and living While great attention .has
room, two smaller lounges- one been , paid to ,the residents'.
for each wing of '"`the home, ac- "creature comforts", the first
tiyities and crafts rooms, a bar- concern,has been with the
ber and... -beauty rsalon, a• tuck provisioof excellent patient
shop where patients', han- care.'Patients will be assured
dicrafts may also be displayed of Registered Professional nur-
and purchased by the public, .a sing staff of Registered Nurses
very large and modern kitchen and Registered_ Nursing
where every type of diet and Assistants 24, hours a day,
menu may be prepared, and every day, and this professional
home -like meals will be served care will be very capably
to the residents in the very at- augmented by a large staff of
tractive dining room or,in their highly experienced and
rooms if this " becomes professionally trained nursing
necessary. aides, whose first concern is for
Pinecrest Manor has also the patient as a 'person'.
been designed as an all -electric Rooms for residents are
building, completely polIugon being& designed and colour
free -.—Temperatures in each keyed for comfort and
room are individually,:'.ther-_ soelaxation, with carpetting in
mdstatically controlled 'for many areas. It is expected that
maximum patient comfort. residents' rooms will ,be fur -
The large, efficient laundry nished in Provincial styling to
rooms, equipped -with -the -latest effects--xs—_ hom-eiike ari a
and most efficient laundry mosphere as possible. t
equipment will ensure A target completion date for
maximum care and cleanliness the project has tentatively been
of the laundry of the home as set as the first week of Decem-•
well as the personal laundry of ber, and the Lucknow and area
the residents, residents can look forward to
Pinecrest Manor has been having an excellent, "'modern
designed and furnished for a facility to assure them and
more home -like atmosphere their families that, should the
with a minimum member of " need arise, there will be a nur-
four-bed rooms, the majority of sing care facility of high quality
residents' rooms being either .in their immediate area to
two -bed or 1 -bed accom- serve them.
modation with private for
shared bathrooms which have
all ' been designed for .the
wheelchair patient 'also. Q ''
The nursing home is built on
one.,floor only, steps and ramps
haying bee0..,elixatinated . in ,.the
design, and every consideration
y5�ory �,
for the patient has-been incor-
porated into the building. As a
further aid to the residents'
well-being, ..every room has
What was Originally term
as a "crazy idea", the Hur
County Pioneer Museum h
drawn over 400,000 visit
since it's opening in 1951
become the major tourist
traction in Huron Conty.
The success of this muse
was largely due to the
thusiasm and perseverance
it's founder, Mr. J.H. Neill.
Herb Neill was born in 18
a native of Gorrie, Ontario, a
a former harness maker a
shoe repairman. He fir
became interested in pione
relics back in 1935. Two of
frineds George Baker, of For
wich, and Norman Wade
Gorrie approached him one d
and asked -if it would be wort
while to show antique exhib
at the Goderich Fair,
Herb agreed to repair any 0
relics they could bring and
act as "custodian" of t
exhibits. As time went
,Herb's spare -time was devot
to the project making sca
models of mills, old machine
and other objects. 6,
For years, he drove hundre
of miles to gather antiques a
night after night he worked
the models which are seen
the museum today.
Mr. Neill began his plan
transporting his collection
several Western Ontario Fa
Fairs, by building a trailer an
then two more with th
thoughts of joining the
- -together to make a single un
of 65 feet,,,in length. When th
was completed, he discovere
that he failed to comply with
new law which did not alio
such large vehicles on t
public highways.. Thus th
trailer remained on the lon
grass outside his home.
In 1946, Mr. Neill a
preached Huron County"Cou
eil with a proposal that th
should start a museum. It w
• ntit—until 1948 that Coun
Council contacted him to bu,
600 of his antiques on the un
derstanding that the collectio
would be increased to 1,000 a
ticles. When the old Centra
School building becam
available in 1950, the Huro
County Pioneer Museum ha
found -a home
On July 4, 1951, the museu
was officially opened to , th
public -but not without op
position: Among numerou
people who objected to havin
the museum start, there wa
one man who told Mr. Neill h
was "crazy to start such
project here" 'and that the onl
place it could be successfu
would'be London. .
One Huron County:, Court
ci1ler, after learning o
proposed plans for the
Museum, went back to his to-
wnship council and assured
them he was doing "everything
possible to prevent the museum
idea from going " thr"ough".
Through all of this the
museum grew . and prospered
and,, opposition' began to fade
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In a tally made in 1969,
was discovered that `14,05
visitors came from Ontari
points outside of Goderich..
From Goderich itself,' 802
people went through the
building. Other visitors came
from United States 802;
Western Canada 269; British
Isles 27; Holland 17; to
from Australia and Sou
America; five from Germany;
and one from each, of New
Zealand, Ceylon, South Africa,
Alaska, Yukon, Turkey and
Belgium.
Since it's opening in 1951
five new additions have bee
made to the building. Mr
James Chisholm who had been
Mr. Neill's assistant for som
years, was appointed curator in
1964 and held'the "position=un
til his retirement in 1968. In
1966 Mrs. Friedel Nanz became
the assistant curator..
The present curator
Raymond Scotchmer was ap-
pointed in the spring of 1969.
Mr. Neill's dream of a mobile
exhibition became a reality in
1970 when a bus was purchased
and decorated with a cross-
section of exhibits. The buss ia
available for special • shows-
upon
hownupon request. -
it A new exhibit in the museum
0 this year is a 16 inch high
o - Daum colored glass lamp. The
lamp whjFh' was presented to
the, museum by the .-McLeod,
family, has a rather interesting
history. In 1914 before the out-
break of war, a French
Exhibition Train was travelling
across Canada showing some of
their finest wares. When war
came, they were 'ordered to
dispose of all of the ,goods on
the train..
This lattip which was among
those exhibits was sold to a
jeweller in Stratford where the
late George A. McLeod; • for—
merly of Goderich, purchased
e The Daum Glass Works was
destroyed during the war and
when._ it was rebuilt it did not -
return,.. to:.niaking colored glass
articles. This factory is still
located in Nancy, _.France.
The museum has grown in-
credibly from 1,000 articles to
ver 12,000 exhibits today.
s.season began April 1 and
will run until October 31. From
Monday ,to Saturday the
museum is open from 9 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m. and on Sunday
the hours are from 1 p.m,% to
4:30 p.m.
•. the Msokerssith Aso arse In the , early days of eettlemint. TIM display' has a oornplst' line of
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d. This trade was ex -
WOOS which et one time wok) used by the "Rnithy". (stale
ditilibiament Irk � ,w
of the country In the , photo)
Thee. hour young ladies under the supervision of Assistant Myleurn. They are (left to right) Barb Briton*,Sue
Curator Mrs. Friedel Nana, centre, have a combined 12 years Patricia Ryan and Anne, Dellinger,
**Palermo of tour guiding at the '"Huron CountyPioneer ' 'low• (Staff Photo)
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