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Opening delayed Work continues at Agricultural Museum Although he Ontario Museum will never be completely finished visitors have a chance visit he local museum and witness it progress according to rau manager Dob During the past three years staffers at the acre site in Milton Heights have been busy collecting restor ing and assembling exhibits of farm machinery and facts But the work is behind lo Mr With only eight full time staff plus summer students the Museum has not hid ready access to more bodies to develop the plan he stated It was originally slated to open formally to the public this summer but the plans cancelled owing to government restraints which have kept the work behind said Mr Next summer is the new date set for the opening In the meantime work con stop as carpenters workshop employees and researchers continue to prepare equipment and arti facts collected from all over Ontario After three years the in side exhibit hall is per cent complete with numerous dis plays dating back to the turn of the century Power and its transition from manually operated tools through to horse and oxen powered equipment and fin ally to electric power is tea in the main display hall The exhibit hall has been a top priority according to tour manager Mary Robertson in addition to the outside con of historic farm buildings and barns When staff first moved to the site there was only one building but now buildings have been added on the site said Mr Carbert While some of buildings will house displays and farm machinery of by gone days eight new buildings are planned to illustrate how farm homes and barns were built 100 years ago A log cabin is the first of the series with several other farmsteads being recreated and restored on the properly A rebuilt enddrive barn and a rare octagonal barn are among the buildings in the plans Two additional farmsteads have been designated for future development to represent the years and A crossroads community is also in the plan and will illustrate the services found In a farm community such as the local smithy butter plant general store church school and a historic building to be devoted to he Women Institute Although little advertised the Museum has already attracted its fair share of Mr Carbert predicts 10 people will visit the site this summer despite the fact Ihot the museum is not open on weekends and grants tours only through the week Last year there were visitors and the year before In order to continue with research and restoration and the construction of displays KAREN BLACK a summer student at the Museum has more than just a general interest in the museum It stands on what used to be her grandfathers homestead Now a tour guide with the Museum she recalls the summer holidays she spent on the farm Miss Black is a second year fine arts student at the University of Toronto ALBERT FIFE from Milton is in charge of farm machinery and at the Museum He takes great pride in the artifacts collecied during the last few years He is shown here with one of his favorite gas tractors with employees Marion Wallington left and Karen Black The Museum has already collected enough machinery representing a range of farming methods to fill two huge barn sheds at the site THE VETERINARIAN S OFFICE shows many supplies used in the good old days that are still now being used to administer to a variety of equine ailments and other animal complaints The display can be found in the exhibition hall of the Ontario Agricultural Museum Ministry of Agriculture and Food has hired sum mer students through to help out For tour guide Karen Black of Milton the site means a little more to her than just a museum It was originally her grandfather s homestead farm A student of fine arts at the University of Toronto Miss Black says she has many memories of the way the farm used to be but added she felt her grandfather would be happy to see the development of an museum on the land was sold to county in 19GG and later acquired by the provincial ministry While It is a provincial pro ject many of the artifacts and several of the buildings represent the area An important and rare member of the farm machinery exhibit Is a thresher that was built in the Milton area in approximately 1873 According to Albert rife who takes care of all the farm equipment the Auburn model originated from Downs Comer which was the name for the corner at Derry and Trafalgar lids The settlement was also known as Auburn The grain thresher is the only one in existence said Mr Fife who added that just a few were ever made There is a story that goes with the find of every piece of equipment The Milton thresher according to museum officials was first picked up at an auction in Sutton then shipped and stored in Detroit Mich before it was offered for sale to the Museum A farmhouse dating back to 1830 has been moved from Its North Service Burling ton site to to the Museum where it will be renovated and prepared for display The Methodist Church Winston Churchill is another building that is being renovated for display at the Museum Artifacts and buildings come from all across Ontario Mr said in an at tempt to provide an accurate representation of Ontario agricultural history Approximately per cent of the total collection has been donated with between 12 and 15 items In the collection Barbecue safe way Barbecue season Is here again and Region Fire Prevention Committee has a few tips on the safe way to barbecue Be sure you use a solid igniter or CSA approved fire starter the Committee recommends Use proper barbecue fuel never gasoline lighter fluid or gas If a fire won t burn or goes out after lighting don add barbecue fuel it could flare up and injure anyone ding nearby It Is dangerous to light a barbecue on an apartment balcony in a garage or within 10 feet of any building says the Committee Also be sure children stay well back from the fire as a change in wind direction can send the flames toward litem Once your barbecue Is finished either leave the hot coals In the barbecue to burn themselves out or extinguish them with water Never dump coals in a gar right out Most parks have a safe place where burnt coals can be disposed of One final tip from the com don t try barbecuing on a windy day TiioAclon Free Press Wednesday Aug 1978 B11 MANY CHANGES have been to this store Pictured here about it became Hinton s store in 1129 The front is completely changed receptacle as they may not be right out ton s is closing out this month Nursery to move Sheridan Nurseries pi ins 1 mou lis hi id for employees William in next five to ten pulhnjut I Wl hall museum addition The building has been designated the Women Agricultural Museum dales to about 1B3B It was built originally in the little village of on he Town I mi dividing and counties south of where tjtW now runs The by foot building served the community of Sheridan as i school and meeting hill It served various members of the Lawrence family who bought as a temporary dwelling an ice hut a storage shed a workshop Donated the museum by the Lawrence family Hie building has been resurrected as part of the museum crossroads community and will take on new role as a Hall The framework was preserved intact and used in ihe reconstruction The agricultural museum has been responsible for re- erecting building and equipping it A smdll addi lion a kitchenette is under construction The Women s Institutes of Onlano have provided the display materials and arc staffing the hall with volun tccrs I his summer two volunteers from Peel and Wis arc on hand to greet louring groups Establishment of a hall on the grounds of the provide building where going site development museum shows recogni displays and crafts in be project scheduled for the Wins in important shown and where mem lion in 1985 The crossroads of early rural Ontario can feel at home when community of which the hall life Hob they visit the site is a part is intended show general of the the services of particular museum of the WI hall importance to farm The purpose of the hall is to is pirt of the must urns on ommunilics Wis were significant force in life of rural Ontario Women Institutes were a significant feature of early Ontario life Displays in Ihe WI Hall on the grounds of the Ontario Agricultural Museum illustrate some or the history and work of the organization Started in Ontario before the turn of the eentury Women spread Canada and to Great Britain and other parts of the western world The establishment of Wis was inspired by the work of one woman Adelaide Hunter and WI members today use her story to point out the impact a Individual can make Personal tragedy and loss wercattherootof Mrs Hood less campaign to educate women for In IB89 at the age of 18 months her youngest son died because she unknowingly fed him contaminated milk She became determined to help others obtain the education necessary to prevent similar tragedies Women work was distinct from mens Mrs argued maintaining it was wrong for schools to provide the education for boys and girls She advocated the teaching of nutrition lion and housekeeping skills be added lo the curriculum for girls As a result the domestic science course was Intro duced in Ontario schools In 1BS3 leading later lo the establishment of the Mac donald Institute of Household Science at the Ontario Agrl cultural College In Mrs lioodless continued to teach and speak She accused the government of spending more time and money on the care and breeding of animals and children Invited by Lee a man active in the I- armors Instl to speak at a Farmers Institute meeting In Creek she proposed idea of an institute for women Over women responded to a call for a meeting in Creek and the first Women Institute was born Their objective to raise the standard of has changed little over the years Tltcdate was Feb 19 18J7 In the first WI was estab lished In England and in 1927 an international body the Associated Country Women of the World was formed Women Institutes today perform a variety of lions In Ontario these include sponsorship of the home- making groups of clubs and the provision of scholar ships for women NEED MONEY for that SOMETHING EXTRA There may be a gold mine in your Attic Basement Garage Items you no longer need may by wanted by someone RAISE CASH NOW Sell them through Phone now 8532010 rn ft