Volume 3 Issue 4
July & August 2009
CDHS Boosts Father Time Fund
From left to right: Joan Miller, CDHS Secretary; Bruce Mackison, CDHS President;
Melissa Shaw, Museum Assistant; Father Time; Susan Warner, Museum Supervisor;
and Margaret Birnie, CDHS Treasurer.
In the closing days of May the
Collingwood Museum gratefully
accepted a generous $500 dollar
donation from the Collingwood
and District Historical Society
(CDHS) for the professional conservation of one of the museum’s
oldest and most popular artifacts,
Father Time. Present at the
cheque dedication were CDHS
representatives Bruce Mackison,
Joan Miller, and Margaret Birnie.
Susan Warner and Melissa Shaw
accepted the donation on behalf
of the Collingwood Museum.
To date the community
has raised $1,827.50 in response
Father Time’s continuous deterioration. Museum staff are ecstatic with the community’s support.
Donations will be accepted
throughout the remainder of
2009. Tax receipts will be issued
for donations totaling $5.00 or
more. For additional
information please
contact the
Musuem.
Supervisor’s Message
Summer Staff Profiles
Upcoming Museum Summer Trips
Parades and Special Events
Calendar of Events
Members’ Page
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Supervisor’s Message
Summer has come and the Museum staff have developed two adult programmes for August, currently working
on one for November. On August 1, a trip to St. Jacobs is scheduled August 22 the bus will be heading to the
Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto to see the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit. Sometime in November a trip is being
planned to the Art Gallery of Ontario to see Tutankhamen: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs.
Children’s programming is in full swing at the Station. Please browse the calendar in this issue for upcoming
trips and programmes. If you have any questions please contact Museum staff at 705-445-4811.
Museum staff would like to introduce you to the successful candidates for the summer grant positions. These
students are instrumental in the success of the Collingwood Museum.
I hope every one is enjoying the summer weather so far. If you are out for a walk along the trails or just
driving by please drop in and stay hello. Once again I invite you to visit the Museum over the coming months.
Susan Warner, Museum Supervisor
Summer Staff Introductions
My name is Adara Bull and I am currently a full time student
at Georgian College in the Veterinary Technician program. I
commute from Collingwood to the Orillia campus everyday. I
have 2 “children”, a handsome dog named Archie, who is a
Beagle X, and a beautiful cat named Puff, she is a Domestic
Long hair and is a fluffy orange and white!
For my grade 11 Co-op in high school, I chose to do it here at
the museum. I worked closely with Susan and many of the
other staff members working with the artifacts and gathering
information and imputing it into the computers. I love history.
I took history courses all through high school, even my first
year in college; I was able to take a 20th Century History
course which I quite enjoyed. I like to learn new things, especially about my home town. I am excited to see the things I
come across in my summer here at the Museum.
Hi everyone! My name is Haley French, and I will be the Education Assistant at the Collingwood Museum for the summer season. Mainly I will be planning historical bus trips for adults, but I
will also assist with the children’s programming, special events,
and collections management. I have been a part of the team at the
Station in some capacity for almost five years now, and look forward to another exciting summer. I will be returning to the University of Toronto in the fall for my fourth year studying Visual
Arts and English.
Hello again! My Name is Lee Livingstone and this summer I
have returned to the Museum in the position of Station Attendant
Assistant. My love of Collingwood brings me back home every
summer and I am excited to reacquaint myself with both staff
and visitors. Currently I am a full time student at the University
of Western Ontario, and am working towards completing an
honours specialization in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a minor in Classical Studies. Returning this autumn semester I will be entering the fourth and last year of my
undergraduate program. I shall also be renewing my involvement
with the Women’s Studies and Feminist Research Student Council as a Fourth Year Representative. Here at the Museum I will
be involved in the Elvis Festival and the development of educational summer children’s programming. I am looking forward to
greeting both familiar and new faces here at “The Station” this
summer.
Hello,
My name is Blake Morrison and I am one of the Collections Management Assistants this summer at the museum. I grew up about
one mile south of Collingwood and attended high school at C.C.I.
Currently I am finishing my Masters degree in Canadian Rural History at the University of Guelph. I am looking forward to learning
more about the history of Collingwood and maybe even finding out
about my family too.
Parading through Time
Canada Day, 1927
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Orange Parade
July 9, c1907
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Soldiers’ Welcome Home Parade
August 21, 1919
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July 2009
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Day @ the
Station
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16 Groovin’
Tie-Dye
17 Boppin’ Big 18
Mouth
Puppets
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Elvis
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Elvis
27 Mask
Making
Mania
28 Weaving
Wonders
29Wicked
Windsocks
30 Birdhouse
Blowout
31 Geological
Finds and
Friends
August 2009
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Mon
Tue
Wed
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Fri
Sat
1 St. Jacob’s
Museum
Trip
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3 Civic
Holiday
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4 Far Out
Fossils
5 Brilliant Boats 6 Hobby
Horse Rodeo
7Pretty Plant
Presses
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10 Mask
11 Craft-astic
Making Mania Kites
12 Spectacular 13 Crazy
Spaceships
Critter Pots
14 Piggy
Painting
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17 Painting
18 Upside
Pandemonium Down Mosaic
Moulds
19 Summer
Jubilee Fun
20 Fire
Department
Tour
21 Elephant
Thoughts
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Royal Ontario
Museum Trip
The Collingwood
Museum
Phone: (705) 445-4811
Fax: (705) 445-9004
Email: [email protected]
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Written & Created By:
Noble Family, Marcia Everitt, Andreas Schwartze,
Robert Woodcock, Carol Jaffray, Victoria Longmire,
Christa Edwards, Geraldine Fortune, Glenn Copeland,
Frances Todd, Mary Thompson, Darlene Moffatt, Hilary Smith,
Martine Culham, Marion Fenwick, & Ruth Roberts
Museum Staff
Hours of Operation
Edited By:
Susan Warner & Melissa Shaw
9:00 a .m.—5:00 p.m.: Monday thru Saturday
10:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.: Sunday
The Collingwood Museum
P.O. Box 556
45 St. Paul Street
Collingwood, Ontario
L9Y 4B2
Susan Warner, Museum Supervisor