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Volume 123 Number 2 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1988 Copy 50¢ TE ------ A -- = TT" "T_T oo TS a? i IN I ---- 5 ---- GS - - Mini Pioneer Village comes to Prince Al eh 0 BERR Tires 88 8 3 Up ha The kids from Prince Albert Public School got a Mrs. Penny Anne Davidson brought her miniature Pioneer Village to Prince Albert last week, and the kids got a "hands-on" feel for what it was like to live a century ago. Mrs. Davidson Is seen here on the spinning wheel with some of the kids who took part In the demonstration. From left, Seth Gray, James Ayres, Steven Lockhart, Laura Robinson and Jennifer Elliot (kneeling). "hands on" demostration of what it was like to live as a ploneer last week. In addition to learning how to dip candles (above photo), the children learned about weaving, butter churning and many other pioneer skills. See story and more photos on page EY *, % "~ «) A number of the kids at Prince Albert School dressed In period costume dur- ing their Introduction into Ploneer Days at the school. Above, some of the chil- dren stand around a small loom, which uses hand-spun wool to display how It was operated. Hands on fun as | kids learn how pioneers lived Do you know the origins of the expression "slow poke?" Can you tell the difference be- tween a horseshoe and an ox's shoe? Have you ever been mesmerized by stereoscopic photos? Have you ever tried to do up the 20 buttons of your shoes vefore heading out to the fields to harvest corn by hand? If you had spent Thursday or Friday this past week in the Li- brary/Rescrrce Centre of Prince Albert Public School, you could answer yes to these questions. During this time, the library was transformed into a miniature Pio- neer Village. Penny-Anne David- son of Hampton visited and brcugnt with her pioneer artifacts and anecdotes which she shared with the Grade Three classes. Many of the children and teach- ers dressed in pioneer clothing as they experienced candle dipping, carding, spinning wool, weaving on a replica of a floor loom, churning and tasting butter and buttermilk, preparin apples for drying, and creating Christmas or- naments from binder twine. It was a busy time--a fun way to learn about our pioneer heri- lage. Being pioneer children is the best way to learn about the hard- ships endured by our ancestors as they worked from dawn to dusk Just to survive, Withor. their efforts, our world would not be what it is today.