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From Hur�fl County Pioneer Museum
BYLIZAW$LLIAM$
Mr. James Chisholm, curator
of the Huron County Pioneer
Museum from 1954 until 1968,
is a robust gentleman -Qf
seventy-three years, whose
memories of experiences at the
Museum are as vivid as the
Museum itself. •
-Mr: 'Chisholm recalls the
progress the Museum made while
he was there: "I engineered'and
helped,build seven additions on
a. the Museum."'
One of the most - notable
additions was built to house the
enormous locomotive. "Mr. Neill
and I had a lot of trouble getting
that loCOMotive where it is,
now," recollects Mr. Chisholm,
referring to the founder of the
museum. "We engineered the -
whole thing and built the. track
through the yard to .move it.
People' told us we'd never do it,
'that we'd run over and break
sewers, but .we managed it!
"For the first: two weeks it.
• was in the Museum, we watched
it day and night. Mr. Neill slept
in it, and I guarded- it from
midnight till six a.m. One night I
was sitting outside in my truck
and a car filled with enough --
equipment to saw off and cart
•- away 600 pounds of brass pulled
. up to the ,Museum, To young
fellows got. out. I put on my
. lights and yelled out the
Jarnet"--tti.
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window, 'What do you two
think you're pulling off?' 1 told
them I 'had a telephone in the
truck and 1 was golegto call the'
police, and they got back in that
car faSter than you'd 'have ,
.belie,ved!
"That locomotive's a great
addition-tthe Museum, and it'll
be more so from now on.
There'll b kids bora today that
won,'t ear have seen one like`
that."
Another interesting vehicle in
the Museum 'is the large
• ord-fashioned omnibus which
came from, Tom Swartz in
Kincardine. Inside is a rope
which runs the length of the bus,
and is attached toa bell over tire
driver's, head, just , like the
modern streetcars ortbuses.. • -
"That :bus wag- a real good
thing in the -early days when
people wanted to get somewhere
- just like the modern taxi!"
says Mr:Chisholtn.
'' "The ditching machine is algo
quite an asset to ,the Museum,"
"Continues Mr, Chisholm. "ryvent
away on a holiday one time and
ran across it quite by accident. ft
looked a wreck at first; you,
-Wouldn't-traVe knotvn) it, was .
worth anything. Bu" the man
who owned it was quite attached
to it. He wouldn't let it go till he
knew where it was going and
what would happen to it. So I
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ishoirra recalls his days ,as
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GODERICII SIGNAL:STAR, THURSDAY, SMEIKBAR.
told him he could come -and see
it often - and, he does every
• once in awhile."
Sometimes the Museum
wants items that people don't
want to part with, t'lt takeg a lot
of tact to talk people out of
things," comments Mr.
Chisholrn.-"pome people have it
and some 'don't. Mr, Neill eould••
do it "
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New acquisitions have to be
authorized by a Committee of
the Huron ,County Couneil.
"Often I would put money, into
something on an off chanco. that
the Committee would. approve
it. One time we Pearly got hold,
of an old-time flax pulling
maehine-. It was-a-real,prize. But
the Committee Was just a little
too slow ,with theifilecision„Ind
it was gone by the time they
gave the!hgo-ahead,
Sometimes the Museum ' is
given items they do not want.,
Apparantly one of Mr. Nei11's
relatives wanted to get „rid of an
old spinpipg, wf-reel,
"But we didn'twaxtLit!"osays
Mr. Chisholm. "We already had
five!" So he and -Mr-. -Neill put it
out oii-theofloor of the museum
with a For Salesign on it. "Was
'there ever trouble then! People
started, calling and threatening:
'Oh! So now you're selling the--
eXhibits! Well I'm going to take
, mine out right 'now!' - and we
practically had, to take oath
about it: they wouldn't pelieve was hard ,put to it to remove
that we weren't selling out!" ,them in a decent manner,
jjee days later, however, At the ,next meeting of the
the spinning wheel sold to iticlY Committee Mr. • Chisholm
from Wingham for $25. brought the matter up, saying,
Mr:Chisholm thinks .perhaps latltir1 nkat there's
useaurn.pla,ce for a
the guides in the Museum should yvom
When Mrs. Eriedel Nanz was.
be university ,,,,,bst4_,instead of
hirod, she performeCall sorts.of
high school girls. With large
duties, "She didn't care what she
•-.coning through.. -there - can
sometimes be a discipline -.
groups of school children
_did even was cleaning 'LIP a
greasy old engine' and never a
growl about it. She was a great
problem.
addition, Co the Museum. She:s
Speaking of the days -when he got a nice personality about her,
and Mr. Neill managed the, and the,expression on her face
Museum alone, Mr. Chisholm 'carries carries her a long ways."
says, "We kept pretty good
order. Before the kids ver carne
OVIIRC developiro spray
program at Listowel site
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,The Onta.rio Water Resources
Ccimmissiono. deeloping a
spray disposal. system for the
Listowel sewage lagoon., which
will- » preclude any ." further
discharge of treated effluent into
the Maitland River until
freeze-up, it was announced
recently.
Authorized following a
special meeting, August 23rd,
., the OWRC expects the spray
system to be , installed ' within
two or tifi-ee 'Weeks witirtthe
co-operation of Listowel area
farmers:"
The Commission's decision
culMinates a series of meetings
with the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture and area farmers
toward further refinement of the
lagoon treatment. Those
concerned about the pollution
problems in the Maitland River,
'believe -the spray process will
provide •additional insurance
against possible contamination.
of the river from the lagoon.
The program is a temporar
Measure to give the new aeration
chamber more tirfie to treat the
wastes going into the Listowel
lagoon. However, if the spraying
'process proves successful, it rimy
be used in the future summers to
avid any discharge -into the
Maitland.
• The Commission indicated
that the quality of the effluent
already has improved
substantially. The spray program
should ensure that maximum
benefit will develop from the
Oxydization process.
The spray disposal system
* will use irrigation equipment to
spread liquids from the lagoon
over neighbouring farm lands.
This method is alto being used
elseyvhere in Ontario, and the
ListOwel scheme will proyide
valuable additional research.
4- infOrmation.• .4
Through the efforts of the
O.F.A., a number of farmers
have offered their lands for the
irrigation program. The OWRC
will be contacting these farmers
immediately to 'negotiate' the
• arrangements.
The spring discharge Was
associated with the'development
of a major improvement to the
Listowel lagoon system. The
problem arose during the
installation of the aeration
• chamber which was designed46
increase the ' capacity and
fr-nprove the operation ,of the
lagoon.
.Plans for further and more
major • imp4rements 'are in
process'now fbr implementation
when additional improvements
are necessary. °
No discharge of any kind has
occurred since the S-pring.. When
the. lagoon resumes normal
outflow the effluent will be of
mulch higher quality; and, now;
the Spray Stem will avoid even
the normal flow from the lagoon
while. the aeration cell improves
, the quality of the effluent.
The sewage program in
Listowel was developed through
an agreement With the Ontario
Water Resources Commission in
• 1958. The initial project
involved a system of Sewers and
a 69,acre Nage •„stat!ilizatidif
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Ctiriewkgoitilfirt.th04.itiVe
and industrial waste waters from
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the Campbell Soup plant.
... When the valurne of wastes
became -excessive, the • OWRC
established that the 'industrial,
'source was chiefly responsible
for the overload. Subsequent
-discussions with the town and
the industry produced
agreement for construction of an
aeration cell of two acres in- size
which would reduce the presstve
on . the lagoons and improve the
quality,of the effluent.
Contract- for the work was let
in December, 1970,•following an
agreement with, the Campbell
company to pay 70 percent or,
he cost. The industry rejected
its financial- comeintment ' in
February, 1971, because' of
annexation procedures , started°
by the town. On June 11, the
Commission served a notice and
draft order on the. company.,
Sidosequeptly the matter was
resolved"'
s pii te "'t he company's
actions', OWRC • began
'construction of the aeration cell
in' the . spring of this year. To
perrni,t, installation of the new
Works, the design called for: file
loweripg of one of _the lagoons
dining the peak spring run-off.
,Unfortunately, as many farmers
discovered, the run -Off was not
as -heavy. as had been -anticipated.
When farmers complained of
excessive sludge in the Chapman
drain, to which the lagoon
discharges, the flow 'of effluent
was stopped and the engineers
St. Helens
News
Mr. and Mrs. 'David Gilmour,
Jeff, Steven and Michelle . of
Winnipeg spent a week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Webb.
Terry Wilson' and-. John
Andrew enjoyed a two-week
camping trip in United.States.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gaunt
received word on Sunday that
their nephew, Jamie Gander of
London ' was -drowned' in a
boating mishap on Saturday
evening at: Bancroft. Jamie's
grandparent‘ were former
residents of this community.,.,
Mr, and Mrs. : Angus
McDonald and Gayle and Mrs.
Ellwood Barbour enjoyed a trip
to Western Canada.
Mrs. Charles McDonald is able
to be home after five weeks ip
hospital following a car accident.
Mr. and Mrs: Gordon
McIntyre of Richmond Hill were
weekend visitors with Mrs. W. 1,,
Miller and Isobel.
Miss Loree Campbell,
nurse -in -training at Owen Sound
Hospital, is enjoying a month's
vacation. and is visiting w th her
auntand-uncle, Mr. nd Mrs.
Ross Gammie.
Miss Brenda Webster of
,London has enjoyed a mon'th's
vacation with her parents; Mr.
and Mrs. George Webster.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Gammie
and Jeff and Dale Gammie of
.Clinton Creek, Yukon have been
holidaying with their parents Mr. ,
_and Mrs. Rosa„Gammie. E).ale
qitc,isa toltedritititonttkoli ;Beg, '
week.
' were ordered to devise andther
method . of installation. The
aeration 'cell is now in dperation,
treating the wastes as the,y' refill
the lagoon system.
The aeration cell, incorporate
„two 30 -hp pumps which
physically stir up the contents of
the water to bring the'sewage in
contact with the air. Each"of the
aerators supplies 110 poundS'of,
oxygen per ,hour tobreak down
thebacteria matter in the
• Wastes.
Mr. Chisholm can tell a lot of
into the building I v them a stories about history, and the"
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-regular Ieeture. I told them, itemsin th,e museum. Phe
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"You have your orders now, 50 cannons which it was thought
the first ' bit Or trouble you had never been fired were
cause, and ,that's it right then actUally used on a group of
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and there.' Once we had a bunchFinUnders who crossed the
border with the idea of taking
of. kids an,d I spoke 16 thein
beforethey got out of their bus. 9ver apiece of Canada.
'I want that big boy back there • "They saw other groups of
that's snickering to watch, it - Europeans who had done it, and
he might be the first to 'be Out ‘, they thought they'd do the
out.' A little chap in the front of same!" laughs 'Mr. Chisholm.
the bus said, 'Yes, you put my `"l'hey came over with guns and
neighbour out yesterday!' News Pitch -forks, and Goderich fired
travels fast!" • on - them with- the ...cannons.
One group was not so easily_ Nobody , was hurt, but the
subdued. It was a group of Finlanders- retreated and never
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university girls, Who seemed to came - -•
be so obnoxious that nothing Mr. • Chisholm has reason to.,
could control thern. A number know the history of this area. "I
of them , went into ;the ladies' was raised around here," he'says.
washroOm,- and -'Mr, Chisholm "When you think back to the
early days, you realize how
smart they were then, They had
ideas then. Today's maehines are
just slightly improved copies.
"The Museum has many of
the original parts or ,somv
'old-fashioned machines,"'•
Chisholm goes on, "In the
exhibit of. eighteen ways of
,tTlaking flour, one is made -from
„actual •part.swohrought to us from
Korea where that method is still
in use today.
"It takes si)prone who is
pretty near a meaian ic,"
explains Mr. Chisholm about his
former position as curator.
"1 really liked the job, 'and 1
didn't really want to quit, but
the • Labour Board had already
extended my, time five years."
And now, three years .after
his long association with
(he Museum officially ended,
Mr, Chisholm is still proud of it.
"I've . been in lots of
museums; I took 'a trip' to the
West, stpped*„.at...,.....every
Museum 1 was in reach of Many -
museums spoil their exhibits,
'I'hey have • one organ in 'the
front, another. one upstairs,'and
another one somewhere else.
They paint their machines 'the,
wrong colours, .But the Goderich
one is laid outand set up as it
should be. Except for the One in
Detroit, of all the museums that
I've been in, the .Goderich
museum has everything • beat!"
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Announces $3,150 grant
to Conservation area
• The Honourable George A.
Kerr Q.C. Minister Of • the
Environment and Mr. Murray
Gaunt, M.P.P. for Huron Bruce
annliCriTetr"ltre- approval of ' a
provincial grant of $3,150.00' to
the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority for the
Pioneer Conservation Area.
This Conservation Area
comprises a small area of flood
plain land on the Little Maitland
River in the Village of Bluevale,
To Wnship of Turnberry.
Development work is ,to be
carried out in the upstream area
and will Include installation of
e ro,s,ko n control structures,
establishment of vegetative cover
and provision of parking control
barriers. — •,
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All , member m4nicipahtles •
will bear ,the AtAth9ritY's. s1iae• "'
of the cost.
Jhy Buy A '71
When You Can Get A '72
At '71 PRICLS
At
SCHUTZ CHRYSLER
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Kaittinq take this opportunity, of ,
saying THANK YOU to the many people who patronized
Jiger Dunlop Inn •
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during the past 16 years. We enjoyed serving you and wilt
cherish many pleasant memories. Special...flunks to our staff_
during these years who made it possible.to.'serve you all.
There Will be no further serving of mealas what was
known as Tiger DunIciii 1 an has. been. pu.rohased by Or, 8...0
Lomas of Goderich for a residence.
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Thanks also to the Tourist Bureau, Motels, businesses and
firms who have directed customers crurWay. • •
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Announce final
seasons on
small game
GET
STAMPS
TOO
NAME BRAND ITEMS G.
AT DISCOUNT -PRICES STAMPS
At BLUE'S SUPERMARKET
ON THE SQUARE
OPEN NIGHTLY 'TIL 10
WE. DEAN/IP
o In an announcement from the
Ontario Department of Lands
and Forests the final season ., •
structures for' smalil. game in
Huron County was announced.
Small game 'seasons will allow
for the huntingofrabbit from
September, 5, 1971 to March
31, .1972. For squirrel, the:
season this yea? will cover the
• months between September 25-7
and December 15,1971.
Sportsmen will be able to
hunt pheasant from September
25 to December 15, 1971 as well
and the season for Hungarian
Partridge will open the same day
but close earlier' on November
20.
There will be __no closed
season on Raccoon and Fox
anywhere in Ontario.
This years resident licence fee
'structure rerriains much the same
as last year. Deer and Bear
I ieences,,, which expire on'
January 31, 1971," will cost
$10.00. .The' farmers bear 'and
deer licence, 'expirtrtg on the
sai'n - date will cost $5.00,
provided application is made on
the form supplied by the
Department of Lands and
ForeStg. " •
Moose' and bear licences will
cost $15.00 and expire on the
same date. A spring bear licence
is available at the cost of $5.25
that will be effective January 1'
to June 30, 1972. Ontario
General Resident Hunting
Licence is available at a cost of
$3.00, it is valid in the Northern
Region of antario from
September 1, 1971 to June 15,
1972 and in the southern region
from September 21, 1971 to
February 29, 1972.
Non resident licences for fox,
gar •birds, rabbit, raccoon,
squirrel and wolves (expiring
-February 29, 1972) will cost
$35.00. Licence for bear, deer,
fox, game birds, rabbit, raccoon,
squirrel and wolf (expiring
February 29, 1972). will be made
available at a cost of $40.00.
Non resident Moose deer, bear,
fox, game birds,rabbit, raccoon,
squirrel and wolf, bearing a
sirnilarexpiring date, cdtts $125.
A bear licence will cost
$15.00, a wolf licence $10.00,
pleasapt $5.25.
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