HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 13, 1974
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TOWN OF PICKERING HUSEUM BOARD
A meeting of the Town of Pickerin0 Museum
Board was held on Tuesday, the 13th day of
August 1974 at 8~00 p.m.
PRESENT:
Mr. ~. Biernacki (Chairman)
Mr. Hm. Clark
l\1r. R. Þ1iller
Mrs. Ruth Guest
Mr. J. Alma (arrived 8:20)
Councillor J. Anderson (arrived 9~30)
N.C. Marshall (Clerk)
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ALSO PRESENT~
Hr . I-I. Cook
Mr. D. HcLean
Mrs. D. Earle
Hr. R. Freeman
1.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
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MOVED by Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Miller that the
minutes of the meeting of July 9th 1974 be adopted.
2.
COMMm;¡ICATIOHS
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Mr. Miller mentioned a letter he had received from the
National Museum of Man in Ottawa inquiring as to what
agricultural implements, literature or brochures the
Museum had that might be available to the Museum.
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REPORTS
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The Administrator, Mr. Miller, reported as follows~
- Mrs. Annis advises that all of the County Atlases
have been sold. The Committee agreed that a further
twenty atlases be purchased in advance of History in
Action.
- He had ordered a book on birds publisl\ed by tà.e Alger
Press and written by two gentlemen in Orono. This
book retailed at $7.50 to $8.00 and he was of the
opinion that it might be of interest to some of the
visitors at the Museum.
- The R.O.Me had offered to restore the large County
map located in the Museum and this would be forwarded
to them followin0 the close of the Museum this fall.
- Two barns measuring 30 ft. x 40 ft. and 42 ft. x 54 ft.
dating back to 1866 were available on the property of
Hr. Frank Rogers in Lot 33, Concession 6 in the Town
of ~lliitby. As this property has been purchased by
the Province as part of its land acquisition program,
the barns will be available any time during the next
four or five years.
- Mr. Miller and Mr. Clark had looked at a 1926 Inter-
national 10-20 tractor owned by Mre Robert Batty of
Brooklin which could be purchased for $75.00.
- Mr. Miller has located a stationary wire hay-baler
north of Oshawa which was built some time in the
period 1915-1920 and which could be purchased for
$100.00.
- Several articles from the estate of Mrs. Pratt were
available to the Museum and could be purchased for
$100.00. They included a sleiqh, a buggy, and a
washing machine amongst other ~hings.
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3.
REPORTS (Continued)
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- Several items still had to be picked up at Kinarvin
including a tractor, tank sleigh, wheel scraper, and
lumber sleigh.
- He had located another line shaft at Tory Hill near
Haliburton and hoped to obtain it should the negotia-
tions for the one near peterborough be unsuccessful.
- He had located a cutter owned by Robert Thompson
near Bobcageon, which was originally made in Brougham,
and hoped to obtain it for the Huseum.
- The dry sink for the coal house was presently being
restored by Mr. N. Weller and should be available
shortly.
- On Auqust 25th the Oshawa McLauqhlin Buick Car Cllili
would"be visiting the Museum for lunch with approxi-
mately twenty five cars attending.
- Additional mugs and plates had been ordered for re-
sale at History in Action.
- The authorities for the L.I.P. Program had inspected
the work that had been done and appeared satisfied.
During the past two or three weeks the men had been
generally cleaning up the grounds and straightening
out some of the buildinqs, as well as assistinq
Mr. Middleton in repairing a num1:>er of the gas" engines.
They were being laid off this week, but he hoped that
perhaps four men could be brought back for the two
weeks preceding History in Action in order to get the
property ready for the event. He estimated the cost
at $520.00 per week for the four men.
- Mr. Miller noted that he was in possession of a set
of tools dating 1875 including pail making equipment,
which he anticipated donating to the Museum for
purposes of display in the tinsmith shop.
- He mentioned a store which had evidently been donated
to the Museum and was located on the fOrmer McBrad¥
property in Lot 4, Concession 3. Further informat10n
will be forthcoming on this.
MOTION #35
r·lOVED by Hr. Alma f secondeð. by Hr. Clark that the
Administrator be authorized to proceed with the purchase
of items mentioned in his report with the cost not to
exceed $700.00.
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CARRIED
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Antique Car Club
The Committee were of the op1n1on that an effort should
be made to open a number of the buildings in conjunction
with the visit of the Car Cllili to the grounds.
Preliminary arrangements were made to open the buildings
and have them staffed by various people. The blacksmith
shop is to be in operation as well as some of the engines
in the gas barn and the steam barn. The snack bar will
be open and tea and coffee and other refreshments served.
A small sub-committee was established to work out the
details of a publicity notice on this event and to pre-
pare press releases for History in Action.
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Financial Report
The Clerk reviewed briefly with the Con~ittee the status
of their budget, noting that the salary and renovation
accounts were nearing their maximum expenditure and that
the revenue from attendance was down significantly from
the previous year.
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History in Action
The Committee reviewed at length the arrangements that
were being made for the various displays at History in
Action. It was noted that Council should be asked to
pass a resolution permitting the sale of liquor on
September 14th in conjunction with the Bar-B-Q being
held by the Kiwanis. It was also suggested that the
Police Department should be made aware of the weekend
festivities in order to avoid any unnecessary traffic
tie up.
4. OTHER BUSINESS
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Mr. Biernacki mentioned that Mrs. Annis was interested
in attending a course sponsored by the R. O. t1. in
December. He agreed to submit further information
once it was available.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
It was agreed that the next meetinq be held at the
Municipal Building on September 3rd 1974.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 11;00 p.m.
Chairman