opportunity for trainees to experience training on the job in various job placements in the community with a full time worker to assist and supervise.

In 1992, a counsellor Sherri McInnis, has been hired jointly by Maple House Inc. and Tignish Normalization Workshop through Canada Employment and Immigration to seek employment opportu- nities for trainees within the West Prince Area.

A community highlight for many years was the annual bean sup. per and four layer dinner put on by Maple House Inc. trainees. This event was widely attended each year and many returned annually to enjoy the delicious foods and generous helpings.

The workshop presently has three staff persons - Clair Currie, Manager; Mrs. Mary Lynch, Training Officer II; and Mrs. Nora Currie, Training Officer I, and fifteen trainees. The trainees are involved in furniture refinishing, potato crate building, button making, golf tag assembly, and the operation of a full time bakery.

Maple House Inc. receives government funding from the Department of Health and Social Services as outlined in the Vocational Training Funding Policy, and it is governed by an inde- pendent community board of directors made up for the following: President, E.W. Turner; Secretary, Beverley Makin; Treasurer, Verne Maxfield; and directors, Lorraine Collicutt, Ruth Millman, and Wayne Phillips.

“No man hath guessed his capabilities, nor how he shall expand."

M. Tupper MUSEUM

The museum and library complex was completed as a Centennial Project in 1967. The building provided much needed space to house museum exhibits and a large attractive room became the new home for the O’Leary Public Library. The official opening was held on Canada Day (July 1) 1967, with Lieutenant Governor, WJ. MacDonald, officiating.

The O’Leary Centennial Museum and Library Association Ltd. was incorporated as a non-profit organization on October 15, 1968. The members of the Board of Directors at that time were Dr. L. George Dewar, Errol Stetson, Alton Rayner, Ralph K. Adams, Alton Webb, Alden E. Weeks, Lulu Turner, and Cecil Dennis.

Since its inception the O’Leary Museum has continued to expand and upgrade its displays. In 1972, a log barn was constructed which is used to house agricultural implements from the past. With its emphasis on the potato industry, it is, perhaps, the only one of its kind in Canada. In 1982 it claimed the title of P.E.I. Potato Museum.

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