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DECEMBER 9, 1969
I: A meeting of the Pickering Town-
ship Museum Board was held on
TUESDAY, the NINTH day of DEC--
EMBER, 1969 at EIGHT o'clock
p.m.
C PRESENT: Mr. H. Cook, Chairman
Mr. R. Miller
Mr. D. McLean
L Mr. M. Parkin
Mrs. M. Spang
Mrs. D. Earle
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Noel C. Marshall, Secretary
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I. MINUTES -
LOn motion of s
�Ir . Earle, seconded by Mrs.. Spang and carried
unanimously the minutes of the meeting held on November the
L • 11th were adopted.
II. ACCOUNTS -
L On motion of Mr. McLean, seconded by Mr. Parkin and carried
Lunanimously the following accounts were approved for payment.:
D X Oil Company $ 9.07
Ontario Hydro
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The Secretary-. brought to the attention of the Board an
L invoice received from the Ontario Hydro in the amount of
$1,838. 74 representing the balance of the cost of moving
the Oddfellows Hall. he also read to the Committee a
r letter he had sent to the Hydro requesting an explanation
of this =i:-count particularly in view of the fact that the
original estimate of $2,437. 00 had already been paid.
Neither the Secretary nor the Board could -understand how
an initial estimate of $2,437. 00 could be =,1,838.74 out.
L The Board noted that in all previous dealings with the
Ontario. Hydro their initial estimate had always been high
and in almost all instances. the initial a.:1? osit had- been
r partially refunded following the move. It was agreed that-
this matter be deferred until a reply had been received from
r the Ontario Hydro office.
LIII. FINANCES -
The Secretary presented the Board with a detailed financial
analysis of the expenditures for the ea both
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the experience for the year 1969 and the budget apportion-
ments for the years 1968-69 and 1970. While the revenue
portion of the statement was et to be finalized alined by the
Treasurers Department the Secretary was satisfied that the
L4. expenditure side of the statement was reasonably accurate.
A significant deficit was noted and this could be attributed
to the expenditure on non-budgeted items such as the repairs
L to the cons:truction_of.,,_the.:.c.iste.rn....and.,:
the renovations carried out to the Hotel and Harness Shop.
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In addition there had been a significant over expenditure
on the Cddfellows Hall.
While the operations of the Board reflected the deficit
noted the Board acknowledged the fact that the deficit in
auestio-i together with much of the Board 's expenditures
for the current year had resulted in a direct increase
in value of the various assets administered by the Museum.
Members agreed that the entire question of finances should
be deferred until such time as a definite revenue figure
was available and at that time a meeting could be arranged
with Council in order that the entire question of the
future financing of the Museum could be thoroughly aired.
IV. NEW MEMBERS -
The Secretary had mentioned that he had contacted. a
Mr. Bob Dixon of the Bay Ridges Area as a result of a
suggestion of Councillor Kitchen. Mrs. Earle mentioned
that she had been in touch with a Mr. Spencer of the Bay
Ridges Area as well. Both of these gentlemen were apparently
interested in the activities of the Board and may be in-
terested in sitting on the 1970 Board.
V. ARCHEOLIGICAL SITE - Miller Property
The Secretary reported that he had been in touch with
Mr. Walter Kenyon of the Royal Ontario Museum who had
suggested that the site in question bore little significant
value at the present time. Evidently there are hundreds
of such sites throughout the Province and the one in
question has been thoroughly studied by the Museum and
has no further historical value to this particular gen-
eration. He explained that in digs such as this the archeologist
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generally speaking starts ,:7 :1t wi th a question and continues
his studies until h.= - _ the answer to the question. In
this particular instance _,h has the-
been s case. He did
• mention that concs'•.�.'a _ :� .._ ;e nerati:ns might have
di fferen-:- a' ,es _; ::_ �'. =.-_� = further study
of the• few of tI_ presence of many
s imil ' in _-:eST>__ ce he could s no purpose to
protec' . .. the site ely6
VI. The Boar examined the many historical documents generously
donated to the Museum by _u-. Brian Glint. ',rchivist of the
Whitby Historical Society. The members r_•. ted his request
for a reciprocal exchange and were in agr-_: ient that any
items presently in their possession of interest to the Whitby
Group should be made available to them. Noting Mr._ Winter 's
specific request for the Whitby Cronical presently on display
at the Museum the following motion was put:
On motion of Mr. McLean, seconded by Mrs. Earle and carried
unanimously the Curator, Mrs. Ruth Hay is hereby authorized
to forward the copy of the Whitby Cronical of 1871 to
Mr. Brian Winter, Archivist of the Whitby Historical Society.
The members were in agreement that any other items associated
with the Whitby area that were uncovered by the Curator or
• members of the Board should be made available to the Whitby
Group. Mr. Parkin mentioned that he had a couple of printing
plates used by the Samuel Trees & Co. firm who manufactured
blankets and harnesses. . This firm was originally located
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on the site presently occupied by the A & P Store on High-
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way 12 in the Town of Whitby and he was quite willing to
make these plates available to the Whitby Society should
they be interested in them.
LVII. Mr. Miller discussed the moving of g o� the Old Municipal Build-
ing with Mr. Harrison. Mr. Harrison admitted that he did
E, not have sufficiently heavy equipment to handle the move
himself but was of the opinion that the Matthews Brothers
probably would have. In all liklihood the building would
have to be rolled because of its tremendous weight. Con--.
sidering the obvious tie f' Highway up of the traffic on ighway ?_
and the recent experience with the Ontario Hydro in re-
r locating their wires it was conceded that it was highly
unlikely that such a move could be carried out economically.
A moving cost of $10, 000. was mentioned to which would have
L, to he added the cost of the utility companies.
No further action was taken on this item.
VIII. VOLUNTEERS -
Mr. Miller explained to the Board that if a group of men
were available that one good day would complete a sufficient
amount of work to permit most of the buildings presently
closed to the public to be opened on opening day, 1970.
He explained that much of the material stored in these
various buildings could be relocated in other buildings
notably in the loft of the Steam Barn and the Gas Barn.
It was suggested that probably sufficient volunteers could
Lbe recruited if some of the local Church groups could be
interested in putting on a dinner for the workmen.
t: Mr. Miller conceded that this might be a strong incentive
11: to such a work force and agreed to pursue the matter further.
It was his hope that the work could be completed well in
advance of opening day, 1970.
On motion the meet:ng adj; __ . d.
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Chairman
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Secretary
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