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Times Advocate, 1989-05-31, Page 23TRIFLUREX 40 E.C. Shamrock Chemicals Brings you TRIFLUREX 40 E.C, an agricultural herbicide for soy- beans, white beans, vegetables. TRIFLUREX 40 E.G.: contains Trifluralin, the same active ingre- dient found in TREFLAN and RIVAL. The difference is in the savings. TRIFLUREX 40 E.C, only $699a litre. Every pail of Triflurex you purchase entitles you to one entry for a draw. First prize - Satellite system 2nd prize - Ready Heater Third prize - Kerosene Heater TRIFLUREX 40 E.C, is available at Times-Advocale, May 31, 1989 Page 23 to be ready for official opening on September 30 documents of the history of the county a proper home. Those who used the cramped quarters of the past archives, will be amazed at the new facility. There is a large reading room where re- search can be done with a view through a Targe window out to the front courtyard of the museum. In the stacks room, hugs rolling Ancient Fire Equipment - During a recent visit to the Huron Coun- ty Museum, present Crediton volunteer fire fighter Dave Cotte/ poses with a piece of fire fighting equipment owned by the Credi- ton department in the late 1880's. Museum Juke Box - Earl Neil watches as tune on an old fashioned juke box at the in Goderich. Harvey Smith selects a Huron County Museum shelves help increase the normal ca- pacity of the room many times over. Director Claus Breede says, " While the basis of the archival collection remains the material turned over by the Huron Historical Society, the new archives is much larger than the original collection. Now that the county has a first class home for paper records, records kept elsewhere in the prov- ince are finding their way back to Huron." Staff has been busy at the ar- chives putting in 780 volumes of old registry books containing early land registry information on shelves that line one wall of the large room and extend almost at the ceiling. Those coming to the museum to. do research regularly will get a re- search pass. They will sign in at the front desk, be given a number and taken to the research room. Breede says this security is needed as people have been known to re- move valuable documents or cut pictures out of books. The research room has a comput- et system which has an index of all the data bases, with a different data base for each of the collections, municipal record,,school records, etc. The researcher will be given a crash course in how to use the computer to find the information needed So what happens if you want to research the history of your family or community? How do you possi- bly find your way through the tons of paper in the archives? The first thing you do is contact the museum and staff can talk to you about the project and how to go about it. The staff can highlight parts of the archival collection that might help. The museum staff doesn't have the time, however, to do the re- search for you. The museum gets many lcuers from people requesting information for family trees, but can't do the work. Sometime in the future it is hoped there might be a volunteer staff to take on part of this job.. Trying to simplify the finding of information in tons of paper has been one of the tasks that has kept employees busy. Staff has spent about 15 man-years on sorting the archives to see for sure what is there and in finding ways to make the collection easily useable by the public and the job isn't halfway done yet. - Most of the original Historical Society collection is now on com- puter and materials returned by UWO came with a system, but it was a system for a very big collec- tion and the staff is trying to sim- plify it. Eventually Brcedc hopes the com- puter system will not only identify what is in each file box in the en- tire collection, but give a few notes on what the material is about. The museum is also looking for volunteers to help out with this job. Photographs are an item the mu- seum would like to have, especially if they involve events, or things. Pictures of unidentified• people aren't so worthwhile unless they il- lustrate something of the lifestyle of the era. . Where possible everyone in the picture should be'identified. The ar- chives is particularly interested in any photo .of buildings, events, ships or those that illsutrate the lifestyle of the people in Huron. Breede cautions that he hopes people won't be angry if staff decide the contribution they want to give wouldn't be realtive to the archival -collection. On the other hand he says, some things people might. New home for Huron's paper records think arc junk, might be treasures to the museum staff. Many people would think the whole room full of old papers is "junk", .but for those seeking to get in touch with the past, the new archives provide an, invaluable re- search tool. These papers hold scores of secrets of the histories of pioneer families and gpmmunities. While the collection has grown by leaps and bounds,-Breede says the museum is still looking for more contributions including pho- tographs, private papers, old family diaries, old business records, etc. Here We Come - Grace Adkins and Lorna Finkbeiner are ai the con- trols of a tank _at . the Hriron County Museum during a visit Wed- nesday by members of the Crediton Women's Institute. - Federal Grant To Museum Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff was in Goderich Friday afternoon to present a cheque $614,000 on behalf of the federal government to the Huron Coynty Museum construction project. From the left are chairman of the county museum committee Bob Fisher of Zu- rich, Warden Dave Johnston, Murray Cardiff and museum director Claus Breede. for Old Time Music - Jeanette Lamport watches and listens as Lois Hodgins produces a tune on an old-fashioned organ at the Huron County Museum. The ladies were part of the Crediton Women's ifi- stitute group visiting the museum Wednesday night. We're Fully Equipped for any Job A whale of a look - South Huron District High School's Concert Band got a glimpse of this hump back whale while whale - watching in Boston Masssachusets, during a recent four d ji school trip. • Farm ponds • Gravel Bailing Dragline • Trucking • Gravel, Sand & Stone • Bulldozing • Excavating • Top Soil • Septic Systems "No job is too big or too small" Res. 482-9212 erner CONTRACTING LTD. Trucking • Excavating Clinton Shop 482-9926 4 ART KILINIA4.0 MORI CI :o IMPROVING YOUR ODDS AGAICANADA'S MOM. 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