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Setting Up a County Museum The first arrive]; in the El- gin cuunty Women's lnsti~ tules' proiect of doing the actual work at painting and papering exhibit rooms in the County Museum. Standing, let! to right, Mn. J, R. Futcl’ler and Mrs. J. McCormick, kneeling, Mn. N. C. Do” and Miss Edna Scott. W Photo mun-Ind]: SL Thurman Timr‘anunxul Editor’s Note: Knowing something of Hip m- crest of Women’s Institutes over Mr prni'mn- ‘1: setting up county museums, we uskc-d Mrs. ‘ R. Futcher, chairman 01' Elm musvuiri mm» tttee of Elgin county. to tell us hmr thi- nstitutes of that county aroused the public 'HWTESt and made the enterpriw a Cnmmumtt; ruject. The accompanying pictun- slum-s um- ‘Cry practical Sort of mark the u‘nmmt rlirl I: fix up the museum building. mug-tings of both East and Wrst Elgin, Mix. J. R. Futchcr, a past pl‘t'Sldt’lll of 11::- 1-dcratL-d Womun's Institutts of Ontario. pru- OSL‘d the county ploncur museum perI-vt as follow-up of work on the T\\'L‘(‘(l>‘17‘ltlll‘ ltl'.- (Jrltji In October the Institutes of “11' County arr artng for a showing of historic littlfjlt‘s in department store in St Thomas. Thvy 11ml: VL‘r practically the wholv St‘t‘fll‘ld “vat‘. Wt-nty-three Institutes partk‘tputvd With ;4 Pace of better than two card tables :illnltmi 0 each. room behind to display qu1lt5 and Dam in front for small furniturrn Thi'fil' m»; lbits were laid out in a large ellipse and Ill“ "Closed space was arranged as part of u ioneer home with braided rugs and old timu- urniture‘ During the time thc cxhib1t was IN the spring o£1954.attlw District Arum-it UMMEI! 1951 '.l‘I \‘rll II'u l.‘ll‘1l rIn ili-iIIlu)‘ llitTi lI'lll ln:.t11ulr. day and Him-«l $451” It: “tw- ;| ulnrt lu 1| i'lmtl fIIl‘ 'hl’ [)llljl‘t‘l‘ In NuVrlnlu'x ill -I rum-hm: ul‘ llu- Illulutlt'ul “Ibit'fll'l'll t'um'vm-rx nf lln- lliulitiitw. til H'lt‘ c‘mml)‘, ll \l’.‘l~- III‘t'l1||’(1 in nu Illltllll and pro muh- .‘l tummy lllll'xz'lllll .‘innl that It“. mun-um «lumhl lal- Inn-:ilwel in HM» rmmly :»l'.'|l_ thv r'lly M St 'I‘humu» 'l'lIu-y llml yvl III lltlll :I hllllilllli‘ lululvllm: A mu jun-t lit at!” I.‘I| trill-11ml ww- Ilu' ln<lu||t Hit). u: H hllmv- In ltn‘ ulil purl Ill Hu- i-llj.’ Thr lumil‘ wuv» Ilfu )I-niu ulnl :mil 1m Iln JIHII‘ [unparly hill Hut tln- .‘Imv linuw, ('lt.llli“» llunrnmlu Il'u IL wlm wllh In t’lmrlnu Itltlllh tnlunlml 1h:- llt:.l mmlir‘n! ‘rlmul m ('immlzi ll'I lllil-l. Ih ltnipli Irfl Ht. lu fanHl lltl- MI'IIHHI Hi'lmlvl of TH \L'hl‘l l‘ I)! 'l'luulm. zuntu Ifnm r' ll:.‘ In January IEIJII er lit-:irrl [ll'tllt’ll‘ 1h:- nill rum [HI-JI-Il :nn lmnmnry lmsirli and :m .’|4‘l|\’I' lumrrl mm itlmI: of :‘I-prl- intunwm nf I-m'li WWW-ti“; |rt:.lI1uln in HIV i-nunty, I'l'llll‘.vl'lll-'IllVl'El at 1111- llr‘lllnf‘l Elm“ Hi-tmu'ul Hut-ivty_ [mm] lll‘tner-i :Iltf] lnlt't'- rah-rt tutnun’w nu-n 'l‘lu- Hnywrll lmmv was; hnughl fur Slllllllllll Thvn I'unil- [hr rumpnign tn rat-m {Unflfl for thi- pray-rt In Iwu Winn-r5. l:|ruvl_v through {VHS and :‘lrmlnr ntl’mrs‘, llu- lrmtllutI-H of the \'.‘l‘|t' .I-l III! In 21