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es We c css \ e Te By Cecnuia Nasmim hnsd onA cnasmith@northumberlandtoday.com j ’{}{\p& 34. g{g;\»’}f‘;é?g,‘ffi}ffi% 3 ’k' \‘;:- y e ‘n"f 4 h AA ":.5\. s e “«" it f Barnum House Museum, located west of es 4+3 ’§§ h ocs | P tites Grafton on County Road 2, closes for the season I *-;j;;g;E_;:\,\X«\_,fig'*..e i hy 979. j August 31. f y _ Â¥y u‘zr}‘:{;{"{ \ flls s es ( 4 N oo s oA 4 Ne 4 Thanks to student staffers, the museum has 1y tsld ’% been open this summer on a Wednesdayâ€"throughâ€" | U iss ,umg ,§%$ Sunday basis, following the summer of 2002 when U if&» :N {,,.gyfi; FYÂ¥V L §$ | it did not open on a regular basis. ts E &&&%ggg fa e k & That summer, according to board member Gre‘g 3 pporeoie Mfl 2 ienss Rhim® MARKIAGES Hancock â€" as quoted in a story in the Cobourg e es + dait : Telei® MAKHIAGES _____ meaSMeohs _ j Daily Star â€" grants had not been available to hire x > s s e ce 9e 3 I/V]’lél ley 3 student docents, as was the custome}ry practice. R & *,w ‘;g 3 ; * s MWms e Pk This year, a portion of the funding to hire the [Â¥ -m._.;’;r:.,»-f- rest S q ie 36 SFEq tRe three university students came from a private wl P iC the _ 5 j & . is . s f M/gddzng donation. As well, the Ontario Heritage B k > 2 ol s d es M JR *, Ki Wikley of Foundation was able to secure a studentâ€"wage se noih 9# ~. " f;‘:;?;?ss:»_:, . fwg A\ 9 "‘\ ts Ro‘gbev andaraenep\eased to subsidy from Sir Sandford Fleming College. C 2. «> gmal 15 â€"_. 5 ‘~ o & % ""‘ t ® nc e upcoming Built by Eliakim Barnum between 1817 and 25 . ppedimh. s Fa sc B ol e P l ~ A< /‘ 4 a“g'zj e mange sn 1820, the grand residence was home to the i nsc o . Te es s l es i <__â€"/ . > lt w + & % dtoins. § ',1..§£qf «fifl,wgm%,.w,;;}{,‘; â€"~ai 3 +. PA Douglas Robert Whaley to Barnum family for a century. It passe __.e:!:‘;v;_,'»i_;.‘g.;;w_;«:‘;g‘:_ t ... .. y\ . d s C001 0 NE lennifer â€" Diane Pike, Prentice family in 1917. It was bought and xo snA naenaras + es l /:1, e 80 5Y ) WB asughter of Valerie Smith restored in 1939 as a house museum by the [ es . * o ae y . W : 9 c 2M NWB of Castieron. Wedding will { Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. ym A e e omm _ â€" . ar _ a4 Mss e se t P M rise pixe September 6, It was operated as a museum by the Township [ W «) /ff"?\;., -‘,_;'é, s g . & sls c~ ee" 2003 at Golden Beach| j of Haldimand from 1958 to 1989, though.the es > & Y P / o t ts s f Resort. The couple: will| \} i Ontario Heritage Foundation had acquired 2zA Y 5 b\ Vé?/‘/ rgat teside in Oshawa. 3 \\\' ownership in 1982. In 1989, they entered into g .09 e~ 2. es | ds Aeimatimet es f $ partnership with the County of Northumberlan x I \:/ y / 4 m m HAPPYy ADpS y 5 for the museum‘s development. 3 mt & = m s c y Proto ay Pete Fiswen c Ne a keru A portrait of Queen Victoria hangs over the sideboard e {?6»}47_1‘/. 2 ‘; in the formal dining room. / ;;4.‘ ‘ 90 A @iufi/w(ny & Te & Eliakim Barnum arrived in Upper Canada g"f"flgr’f 3W\ The family C early in the 1800s from Vermont. From the_se,_ prra‘ "B of Ivy Maskell § origins, he became a prosperous and influential :’ ravke »;,.*’% (Formerly of Colborne | | .} * businessman, whose house is now one of the more i4 e J _ | zow residing in Kingston) tC outstanding examples of early 19thâ€"century _( z. | wish ',19;.3"‘1’:2’ ';:""y h Ontario domestic architecture â€" specifically, the 5 i s:():emll:e o 1,Y1003. Neoâ€"Classical style in timber frame and wood l h. Bs MCL_> P Tass: J detailing. ts \*, KS 0 George, Kathi, Erin, f The summer staffers welcomed visitors from as YA > A“, Brooke, Lindsay & Kaitlyn P 2 far away as British Columbia, Texas _and j iC 9 andjfiezgz'}ei:'a“" Germany. Kathy Dickson of the Ontario Heritage * & ** ' Federation says statistics are being gatherged on attendance over this summer, and they will be reviewed over the coming weeks. f f - ©Meanwhile, you can still view this heritage home daily from noon to 4 p.m. until Sunday. . mregneam â€"_â€"â€" ol 0 . _ Case _ Grt t NoTices Notices + _\ D _____ â€" ir EOLL, GEORGE KENNETH * 7 Peacefully, after a brief iliness at the Northumberland 3 : _ Health Care Gentre on Wednesday, August 20th, 2003 3 9 © _ in his 82nd year. Beloved husband of the late Daphne * _ Seaman, Loving. father of Penny and her husband â€") « °_ Douglas Numbers of Dorion, the late Christopher Eoll * ; and his wife Caroline of Charlotte, North Carolina and {) Q ) foster father of Matthew James Sullivan of Hamilton, $ Dear grandfather of Deborah (Eoll) Diplock, Catherine { 2? ) (Eoll} Smith, George Eoll and Scott Sullivan. Great & grandfather of Tyler, Kyle and Ryan Diplock, Dylan, y Sb 3 i Caitlin and Jenna Smith, Drake and Liam Eoll. Brother 9 of Freda Harrington of Alberta and the late Doris Wilkins, ~ % 1 Friends~ _ called at the MacCoubrey Funeral Home, K 11 King St. W., Colborne on Monday, August 25th from * 3 12 noonâ€"2pm., followed by a funeral service at 2pm. ‘Q Friends and family met at the Parish Hall of the Colbome °Y . United Church after the service. Cremation with w interment of ashes in Mountain View Cemetery, Thunder , Bay. If desired donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke " Foundation or Canadian Diabetes Association, (Cheques s Only Please). Condolences received atwww.mmoouhrey.oom | 2 k. f o ioireorrmmerenmmmaemmemmemr _ oo luasec n