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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 27, 1973 J f / , PIC~(:P)Uj:1r- TOítJrrSEIP I~USEiT: BO.ARD 4/73 A meeting of the Pickering Tm'mship iluseum Board vlas held on Tuesday, the 27th day of ¡"!arch at 8.00 1;>. TI'.. at the î~nicipal Building. FnESEHT~ !lr. Jack Alma .- Chairman i;r. B. Davidge t·!.r. ïlilliam L'cGee nr. l'liI liarr. Clark t~r. Don ~"'cLean "tr. !<.on Freeman ¡:Irs. R. Guest ~·'tr. Robert ~~iller -. A.dministrator 1'1rs. I Annis - Custodian ~·1r 0 1:1. C. l·'arshall - Secretary 1. !l'INUTES '*, On Eotion of ì-1r. Davidge; Seconded by ITr. ,'[cLean and carried the I'Iinutes of the meeting of r·!arch 6th 1973 were adopted. 2. BUDGETS The Board had for their consideration a statement of expenditures to dater indicating gross expenditures of $998.12 and net Revenue of $207.10. Some discussion took place concerning the account dealing with the sale of souvenirs and the limitation placed on the opera·tion of this account Nhere no monies could ~e expended until such time as existing stock had been exhausted. ,- On Hotion of :t·1r. Davidge 1 Seconded by !_i.r. l"TcGee and carried, it ~'las agr€ed that l\rs. Guest be authorized to expend a maximum of $300.00 for the purchase of souvenirs and that a petty cash fund be established to accommodate the receipts generated therefrom and to provide funds for future purchases, with a full accounting of this fund to be provided to the Board at the end of the season: further that any monies remaining in the account are to be turned into the Township at that tiffie. It vlas agreed that a further order for County Atlases should be placed. 3. ADHINISTRATOR' S REPORT Hr. Hiller reported that :x. ~'Tilson 1 the gentleman responsible for repairing much of the furniture in the r'iuseum had passed av.lay during the past vleek 0 The Secretary had attended at the funeral parlour on behalf of the Board. Another gentleman, r~ro Anderson, had died shortly after History In Action and the Board Here of the opinion that some form of commemorative presentation should be made. It was suggested that possibly recent photographs of the tvlO men could be located in the picture gallery 't'li th a suitable postscript noting their contributions to the !-1useum during the past years. Continued.oo...2 }- - - 2 ... 4/73 .~DilnJIST?2\TOP. IS REPOPT Contd 0 The KÜ7anis had asked for an estiP"'ate on the completion of the interior of the shed to the rear of the school and this .,.¡as being~:t:'oc _".J:~(~ "i.th. .ilrs. ~'jarr had suggested that all products be sold at one loca'cion at History In .1\c·tion, thus avoiding the confusion experienced in the past. The Board felt that to do this \'lould remove muc> of the effect of the items being sold and the buildincr.s from "Thich they \·;-ere being roarke·ted and \'lere not in agreement 't'lith the suggestion. 4: . CHU:?CH pm-IS .- KIN S Ã.LF. It appeared likely that the United Church at Kinsale would be sold as a result of the highway widening in this area. Those responsible for the church had indicated an interest in donating a couple of the pe,-rs for the Huseum Church in memory of the r-:insale Church" It ,·¡as agreed that the Board accept these if offered. 5. P,.uC'fIOn SALE I:~ention 'Ii1as made of th.2 fact that the opening of the ~1.useum and t.he lmction Sale '·.'ould coincide~..!i th the long vì2ekend in Ii\ay. 011 ¡·~otion of ~~r. Davidge, Seconded by I'!(r. j~cLean and carried it v7as agreed th.at the lmction Sale be moved to the weekend of May26th 1973. '<~' On this topic it ,:¡as suggest.cd that an attempt be made to bring back the horse and ';;lagon from History IIi Action to provide rides on Opening Day. nro Davidge show~d the group a couple of billboards that he had prepared advertising the opening of the r~useurn. It waG aareed that he would have the CODY finalize~ on these J ~, _ and rcturn them to the Secretary for processinq. " - It \'las suggested that the Se~1ior Ci·tizens be invited to participate by supplying tea a.uring the afternoon of the Auction Sale. 60 ADVBRTISING The possibility of printing a permanent poster advertising the activities of the j:/!useum Has explored a T'c5.ra Davidge is to investigate this in conjunction with the ~ork he has carried out on this subject previously, 7. DISPENSING FlACHINE - Þ.. dispensing machine ~·!l1ich provided seven or eight varieties of pop in glass bot~les was available at a cost of $175.00. It was agreed that the Secretary investiaate this matter further and report back ·to the Board. J Continued......3 '.... j .: - 3 - 4/73 80 The next meeting of the 0useum Board is to be held on April 17th 1973. CEl\Iill'!AN DATED SECRETA.RY -