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PICKERING TOWNSHIP MUSEUM BOARD
A meeting of the Pickering Town-
ship Museum Board was held on
TUESDAY, the TENTH day of MARCH,
1970 at EIGHT o'clock p.m. at the
Municipal Building
PRESENT~ Mr. H. Cook, Chairman
J.l.1rs. M. Spang
r·1r. D. McLean
Mr. R. Miller
Mr. 1'iJ.. Parkin
Mr. R. Dixon
Mrs. D. Earle
Mr. R. Bowen
N. C. Marshall, Secretary
1. Minutes-
On motion of Mr. McLean, se80nded by Mr. Bowe~ and carried
unanimously the minutes of the meeting held on February the
lOth were adopted.
2. Accounts-
On motion of Mrs. Spang, seconded by Mr. McLeano and carried
unanimously the following ac~ounts were apporved for payment:
Ontario Hydro
DX Oil Company
B. W. Wilson (miscellaneous items dealing with
furnature repares and renovations
to boiLer)
2~.70
26.15
82.45
Pickering Lithoprint (group tour forms)
30.58
Speaking to the last item Mrs. Earle explained that the
accession cards mentioned at an earlier meeting would cost
approximately the same amount to print. It was agreed that
she proceed with the printing of these cards.
3. CORRESPONDENCE-
(1) A request had been received from the Planning Board
requesting any suggestions the Board members might have
concerning the naming of streets in the Township con-
sistent with the history of the area. In all liklihood
this would include the names of some of the long settled
families in the area.
The me~~ers agreed to take the matter under advisement
and bring their recommendations to the next Board
Meeting.
(2) l'-1r. Brian Winter, Archivist of the t'1hitby Historical
Society forwards excerpts from the \~itby Chronicle
as well as a number of other documents for the con-
sideration of the Board. These are to be included in
the displays at the Museum Building.
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(3) Toronto Teachers College - Mrs. Earle had received a
letter from Mrs. Hazel Fletcher of the Toronto Teachers
College. She was inquiring concerning the possibility
of visiting the Museum property sometime during the
~,veek of April 20th - 24th \'lith a number of students
and masters from the College. The group would be
camping at the 'Hakana Day Camp on the Brock Road and
were interested in exploring various sites in the Town-
ship in terms of Science, History and Geography. She
also inquires whether or not there are any farms in
the area that might be of interest in this context.
Mr. Parkin offered his farm for such a purpose should
they be interested.
During the discussion that followed mention was made
of the old field stone foundation on the property
presently occupied by the Halcana Camp. l\1r. Parkin
suggested that this was perhaps the first Post Office
in the area.
4. General-
(I) Historical Society - It was reported that Mr. & Mrs.
Mowbray vlere calling a meeting o:E the Historical
So~iety for March the 11th at their farm and hopeú to
get the Society workin0 again. Mr. McLean and
Mr. Miller indicated that they would attend.
(2) C. B. C. - The C.B.C. have agreed to finish painting
the Church in a similar colour to that used during
the television programming carried on at the sjte
earlier this year. This will be completed once the
weather is suitable. Apparently the program that
used the Museum Site is to be a 90 minute special
that will appear sometime during the fall season.
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(4)
with regards to the inquiry by Mr. Douet concerning
the use of the log cabin it was generally felt that
if the C.B.C. were sincerely interested in using the
facility that they would contact the Secretary
directly.
Brochure - Some discussion took place concerning the
development and distribution of a suitable brochure
outlining the facilities at the Museum Grounds. It
was noted that Mrs. Storry had volunteered to research
the history of the various buildings and document it.
The Secretary \-Ias asked to contact Mrs. Storry to
determine what progress had been made.
On the general subject of p~)licitYD apparently the
C.B.C. has agreed to give the Board whatever publicity
it deems suitable to assist them in publicizing the
activities on the grounds during the coming year.
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Display at Nuclear Plant - The Board expressed concern
at the failure of arrangements for locating a display
case at the Nuclear Station describing the facilities
at the Museum. Mr. Cook reported that he had arranged
for all of the necessary pictures and was only waiting
to know the final size of the display case before
assemblying them. The Board examined two sketches
of proposed display cases that had been drafted by
the Hydro for this purpose. It was agreed that the
Secretary would contact the Hydro and attempt to
reactivate this entire program.
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(5) Publicity In General - Some discussion took place
concerning the possibility to distributing literature
describing the Museum property in the various schools.
In this connection it was suggested that possibly an
information letter featuring certain aspects of the
property and its history as well as items of interest
of historical nature would be of significant benefit
in this regard. Mr. Bowen agreed to co-ordinate such
a project and indicated that he would attempt to
assemble a sample news letter for the consideration
of the Board at their next meeting. The paper would
include possibly the history of a particular building
as well as featuring a short discussion on such things
as old tools, implements and kitchen ware.
(6) Museum Building - It was agreed that the members would
meet on the evening of March the 19th at 7:00 with a
view towards re-arranging some of the display items
in the Museum Building.
(7) Sales Desk - The Curator had in her possession a
painting of the school house together with the
students and teacher that attended at that particular
time. It was suggested that if a negative \'Iel €~ made
of this painting it could be printed on hasty notes
and these could be then sold in packets of a dozen
for approximately 75¢ or $l. There ~s a strong
demand for such items.
On motion of Mr. McLean, seconded by Mr. Bowen, it
was agreed that Mrs. Earle proceed with the production
of 1,000 hasty notes and envelopes incorporating the
picture of the school and class in the mid l800's.
CARRIED.
It was also suggested that the possibility of
producing penants be investigated.
(8) The Curator reported that Mrs. Nug~nt had requested
the return of a number of items that were loaned to
the Museum for display purposes. Recognizing the
problems that had occured in the past with this
particular individual it was suggested that the
Curator gather the various items together and arrange
for Mrs. Nugent to pick them up. She should insure
that she gets a receipt for them before she releases
them.
~ (9) Index - The request for a list of the Museum Board
Members and telephone numbers was made. The Secretary
is to arrange for the production of such a list.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
DATED
Chairman
Secretary