Maidstone Museum is closed for the summer season, but visits can be arranged by appointment until the snow falls.
Members had a busy summer with more than 400 visitors signing the book. Some may have been missed.
A few wedding and graduation pictures were taken on the grounds. The flowers were especially nice and didn't have to be hand watered often, as it rained.
Visitors came from as far away as New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Toronto and Ottawa, Ont., Vermilion, Stony Plain, Edmonton and Beaver Lodge, Alta., Port Hardy and Kamloops, B.C. and 16 different places in Saskatchewan.
The museum was short of volunteers and members would like to thank all those who helped in any way over the summer months.
As prearranged, members of the archealogical society from the Battlefords were hosted Oct. 5. The weather was not great, but fortunately it was not raining or snowing.
Dorothy Schwartz accompanied the group to Shiloh Church, acting as tour guide, giving information on the history of the church, the cemetery and its people. They were impressed with everything, especially the church, as it was constructed by hand more than 100 years ago. They read the names on the commemorative cairn of the people buried in the cemetery, their graves marked with white crosses. Evergreens and high caraganas shelter the area.
The group returned to the museum and were served a luncheon of homemade soup, sandwiches and dessert. In the afternoon the visitors toured the museum village buildings with the guidance of Bill McGillvary, Mae Hinde and Dorothy. This completed an interesting enjoyable day for all.
