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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-06-28, Page 10BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 830 P.M. FIRST SHOW AT DUSK For Information Phone: 482-7030 ISTINT No 1sIIrvikI Ur( ir DRIVE-IN THEATRE LIMITED: • BEECH STREET-CLINTON .NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK • PLAYING THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY JUNE 28 29 - 30 Special Admission for Walt Disney Program Adults '3.00 Children under 12 ... 50' Pre-Schoolers .......FREE waLTDISIXTratioucncar The NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS -414 Jusk. — PLUS - 1 Ot9t6P 8 ace SUNDAY JULY 1 DUSK TO DAWN 4 BIG SHOWS PLEASE NOTE GENERAL ADMISSION (DUSK TO DAWN SHOW ONLY) IS '3 SO BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 8:00 e, • . .Atimitto.6.11 1 11SChizo" --132413E51,-- 64, Or Oro • // // 1...,,c".1104111A0411 . 2 Satan s Slaves ,. 3 "The. Te user •1.:1111Adet S 4F1:46,07.7"'.;,cAolit° 4. House. �f:1,000. Pleasures" a, Mel 06 Ortir STARTS MONDAY, JULY 2 TO SATURDAY, ;JULY 7.6 RIG NIGHTS t• 1 t ADULT ENTERTAINMENT .4. PLUS IND FEATURE ONE ON ONE" Stotritog Robby Bottum 4oULTENTt*TANMNT 10 '•••; THE SOON .EXPOVIANts JUNE 28* IV! dpity.by Mite. aibb • Fred, Walden of 'ForeSt and. Peter 0-set/ha1% Of •Orand Bend spent their lifetimes collecting the past - Whether the past was heantiful pressed glass Pitchers, antique farm, equipmentor the delicate white lace dresses worn by Victorian ladies. Now these two Ovate collections Might have ended up at public auctitm, dispersed forever, but instead the two men agreed to donate them to LambtOn County if the county would supply a place to house the treasures. The result is one of the area'neWest museums - the Lainbton Heritage Museum, just south t)f Grand, fiend neat the entrance to the Pinerys Provincial Park. Now while the museum. is in Larnbton Countythe late Peter Eisenbach operated a private museum in Grand Bend for many years and a fair share of his treasures was colleeted in HttrOrt County. The collector, who always donated, the proceedfrom his museum to .ebari/Y- gathered antique farm implements such as a. Seed drill patented by Broadfoot and Gray of Seaforth; ancient cutters and sleighs, a horse-drawn hearse and a Brunswick surrey. He also reconstructed the beautiful Mary Ellen Memorial Chapel. a recreation of Grand Bend's first tiny frame church, which now sits in among the trees behind; the museum. and n 1902 Schoeirtram with the student's, pencil boxes and .SlateS on their double school desks and the lard pails which doubled as lunch boxes at the back of the room. PIONEER DONATIONS Part of Peter Eisenbach's collection was gathered at auction sales, in the days when antiques were still considered "junk" but many were donated by pioneer families in north Lambton and south Huron counties Who wanted the past preserved. A favourite room in the Eisenbach collection with visiting schoolchildren is the walk-in general store - the place where older men in the community rested their feet . on the pot-bellied stove while challenging each other to a game Of checkers or cards, the place where strangers stopped by for directions and where the women exchanged news of the latest family additions when they picked up their rnail. In the museum's general store you can see forgotten products like Dr. Hess Chick Tablets for diarrhea, carbolic soap - "A wash a day keeps germs away" and barrels of figs, then priced at three pounds for 25 cents. The general storekeeper was druggist, grocer and shoe salesman and his, shelves were stocked with cures for everything from:constipation to anaemia and with high button shoes, yard goods. • a s or A personal tavOtirtte at mine in the Eisenbach Collection is. an old dog house - but not any Old' dog house. This one ;WAS built from the design of a gatel)! Victorian home, with a; chimney and bay windOw and a stuffed dog inside w he looks real enough to give anyone a start. In the 1910 parlour, the MOM the VictOriatt family entered only on Sundays or when there were very Speelai guests, are some of the typical treasures a family might have on display. There are delicate flower pictures made from feathers, an ornate faMily Bible, stuffed birds under glass, now looking a little worse for their age, peacoek leathers displayed in a silver vase and of course, an Edison phonograph and Thomas organ for the' ruusicaily-minded in the family. WALDEN COLLECTION Fred WaltieWs collection, rather than trying to preserve an 'overall feel for life in the 19th centuryis more specialized in nature, One of Mr. Walden's major interests was c011eeting pressed glass water pitchers, and he has alm6st 300, making it one of the largest collections in North America, PRESSED GLASS Pressed glass. called the "poor man's crystal" (now no poor man can afford it) was ma de as early as 1829 by the Sandwich Glass Company of Massachusetts by pouring or blowing molten glass into a mould. Each mould was a work of art and when pressed glass was imported to Canada from the United States, our craftsmen created their own authentic Canadian -looking patterns. . Now while many auction-geers are familiar with the iris and dahlia pressed glass patterns', Mr. Walden's collection features a number of rarer patterns. There's the delicate Baltimore pear, a pinkish glaSs, pitcher picturing a girl riding an old-fashioned bicycle, the Cape Cod pattern and one featuring a profile of the celebrated Gibson girl. One of the more celebrated patterns in the Walden collection is a frosted pitcher in the Westward He pattern -which features a. log, cabin, charging buffalo and deer fleeing from a, hunter, reinforcing the 19th century view of North America as God's Pressed glass however, was'only one of Fred Walden's interests. He also collected lithograph prints - made by drawing on lirnestone slabs and then taking impressions from the surface in black and white ink; which were later coloured in by artists, The lithographs, by famous teams like Currier and Ives. and Kellogg and. Comstock, all chased in the Lambton-Huron area, are valuable sources Or sociar msr. They not only show us how people dressed 100 years ago, but also; how they thought - their moral values and outlook on life. .$M -rte of the lithOgraphs are patriotic or historical - the echxaarmgpeleorthe oftheScots UreyS at the Battle of Waterloo for landing of ChriStopher Colombus. Others are more romantic in nature a weeping wife Clinging,: EQ her husband's shoulder in The Soldier's Adieu. a weeping wife clinging ECI 'her hosband, this time in The Sailors Return and idealized scenes of cattle grazing in the meadow. one pf the more outlandish lithos features. "The Wonderful Albino ;Family front Barnum's Gallery of Wonders - pure white skin, silken white hair and pink eyes though born of perfectly black parents in Madagascar -- More sober lithographs are the memorial ones which feature two black draped women at a tomb, With space for the names of loved ones, to be written in. BALMORAL HOTEL One display which is particularly interesting in this wing of the museum is a room from the celebrated but ill-fated 'Balmoral Hotel of St. Joseph's. The hotel was built when Narcisse Cantin dreamed of building the canal 'to link Lakes Huron and Erie. When the dream failed, and' Si, Joseph's wasn't beseiged by the tourists Cantin had hoped for, the three-storey hotel, which cost S250,000, and almost ten years to build. at empty. The building was finally demolished in the )930's. • Other Walden colle(tiOnS of interest include kerosene lamps, and crockery jugs and bottles. Two' Seaforth bottlers whose names survive in the collection are John Dodds and Frank Arnold. Peter Eisenbach didn't live to see his collection 'in, its grand new home hut Fred Walden has been an active participant in building the museum and arranging the displays. Today: visitors can not only wander through the tnuseum studying the displays but they can also take part in demonstrations of everything from candle dipping to making soap and caning chairs. Bob Tremaine, the museum's curator, has said from the start he doesn'ts want the museum to be another "static, dingy building." Instead, "museums must be exciting. stimulating experiences where people can participate in the past." Why not take an afternoon drive down to the Latnbton Heritage Museum and see if you feel Mr. Tremaine is accomplishing his goal? 1: 111 Be Back For You Before. Midnight, the play opening Tuesday night, July 3 in Blyth. has a east of four. Three' of the actors have returned after previous seas- ons with the Summer Fest- ival Theatre; Angie Gei. Kate Trotter, and Peter Snell "An of us having been here before, we want to do a .good show." said Kate. .AST NIGHT Jopit tisk 1600W1IrM 4..16•6••• SEX WORLD - - ,. • • '1 STOATS 11111. JUNE 21. .111ESt AILE THE ARbiTES Or THE NIGift ADDED SUNDAY ONLY DUSK to DAWN .0.4,04.44,4,0*611 ‘4:1111RX 70. IttaklidtPia PLO 'Lliv•-`4‘ 1,1111kIN4 RIB 11111i001111,111 11191/14110114AIM tio6166sont U5T4iV� 111.1•1111 11101111.111it...0.160110411-11460 ht actors know the au ien RETURNING ACTORS TO BLYTH. (left to right) Angie Gel, Peter Snell and Kate TrWter, have returned to the Blyth Festival Theatre after previous seasons. They will appear together in 1'11 Be Back For You Before Midnight, opening; July 3, P001 fund over Additional gifts to the Lions Park maintenance fund bring the total received this year. to $2.368 according to John W. Talbot, campaign secretary. Acknowledged this week are the following: Mrs. 1, Chesney - $5.00; Miss E.M. Grieve - 10.00; Miss M.J., Grieve - 10.00; Mrs. T.C. Reynolds - 5.00; J,R, Spittal - 10.00; L.J. Hagen -.10.00; Tom Young - 5.00: E. Dutst 25,00; Miss R. Cluff - 50.00; Dr, D. Bach B. Van den Akker - 10.00; Wm. Strong - 25.00; D.L. • Hoover - 25.00; LB. The three have been able to meet many members • of their audience in past years. "You want them to cotne and have a good time," said Kate. I'll Be Back For You. Before Midnight was written by Peter Colley. who last year wrote The. Huron Tiger. The Huron. Tiger, per- formed last season in .Blyth, is an historical drama based on Dr. William "Tiger" Dun- lop, the man instrumental in opening the Huron Tract. But "Midnight" is very different. It is "purely fic- tion" said Kate, who plays, the part of Laura. Midnight is described as a • • I • as •11. ••• IN • • • • • • • at ••• • • • mrt so Ob. comedy -thriller about i young couple who.escape to a rural area. Angie plays the wife. Jan. while Peter plays the husband, Greg. Kate plays the sister of Greg who comes to visit, and. Peter. Elliot the part of a neigh- bouring farmer. Midnight is a play that covers a "wide emotional range," the actors agree. "It's a show that runs' on high emotional energy," said Kate. "It's also a show that needs an audience. - Midnight is a "really fine technical show" as well, said Angie, "It's incredible to watch." Even the actors have had 16 Ivo • 11 00000000000000 1 lil 1.1 to take a hand in the tech- nical aspect of the production Peter said. when the actors don't usually get involved in that area. Midnight is directed by Keith Batten, 'who came. to Blyth, after five years at. camaraderie. They are com- fortable together, and "all respect each other's feel- ings," said Kate. Keith Batten is resp(ins- , ible for much of the good. feeling. The actors said, he. really sets the atmosphere. Stratford. Because the play - • has never been produced. before, the actors are the first to play the characters. Peter Colley drives to Blyth, during the week for consult- ation. And because the play is new, the actors are trying new things with it. "You must trust the other people not to laugh at you when you fail," said Kate. The actors show a rare sl O • 1 88888 1 1 1-11 CLINTON 8 Huron ,Street 482-3924' 527-01E30 Remember we're open 12 noon to 12 midnight Sunday and Monday July 1st & 2nd 11111111.1•1110111110111101i111011 , SEAFOFITH 22 Goderich St. 527-0180 =UM 11111111 PICNIC Et CAMPGROUNDS Et DANCE HALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON LIVE ENTERTAINMENT In , the pram Through July & August This week July 1st Featuring • "THE HURON STRINGS" with Step Dancers & Old Time Fiddlers 2:00 - 4:00 p.m: In caseof Rain — Held in Dance Hall • CAMPING • MiNt GOLF • PICNICS • PADDLE BOATS COME OUT Et JOIN US R. R. 40 Walton 527-0629 Ammwwwwwmik ... • ,L • • • .. • .6 A • everything goes well. Angie said, "it's going to be a dynamite show," • Tickets for the opening of 111 Be Back For, You Before Midnightare still available at regular box office outlets. • • son - 5.00;• P. Adams - 5.00; Rimther - 50.00: J. L. - Dick - 25.00'; Crown Hard- .1 ware - 20.00; Wm. Van. Rcencn - 25.00; G.R. Ches- ney - 10.00; Mrs. C.J. Pretty -10.00; F.W. Tilley - 10.00; , Canadian Tire Store - 25.00; Kling 10,00; 25.00. M.J Snell 20.00; 25.00; - 10.00; J,L. Slattery J.W, Modeland , Dietz - 2500; H. - 5,00; H. Laragh. - Ball -Macaulay Ltd. Mrs. Mary Carcloo 15.00; J. Visser - 10.00; E. Rivets 10.00; Miss M. Smith -.10.00; J. Watt - 5.00; R. erinleau - 15.00; W.A. I -lodger( - 25.00; The Huron Expositor - 100.00, Ladies' FI'TNE'SS N11.011171. .Enjoy an evening of exercise & activity throughout the summer Commencing: Mon., July 16 and . ; continuing each Monday. Cost; 50. for '10 weeks 9:30 , Registeg at the .Rcreation. Office prior to July 12 C.V. Dale - 10.00; Mrs. A. • 7'4 • Tucky Style Chicken Large P�p:. with every pizza Try thenew slush puppy drink 527-0443' Stag for Rick Hoomaert Saturday, June 30 Admission $2.00 a PUFF'S PLACE DUBL.IN and DISTRI 1.1015 CLUB. FIFTHA111111AL El • SATURDAY JULY 14,1979. COMMUNITY CENTRE. PORK BARBECUE p.m.*11P.thito -Adults 14.50 Children 12.50 TALENT 8110. 6 p.m..11p.M "". For School auldreri Only. BASEBALL EXAIBITION CAME DANCING— 9,4i kr DESJARDIHES ORCHESTRA Admission: Single $3-00 ° Coupe 95.00 .1101101011• • • •