Museum Musings: South Central High Students welcomed visitors

By Mya Walker

The Oyen & District Crossroads Museum doors closed for the summer on Friday, August 23.

We hope you got to experience one of our treasure hunts and a tour or two! The museum offers lots of great things to see and experience. 

Tours are still available by calling the numbers on the office door. 403-664-2499 or 403-664-2497.

See you next summer!

South Central High Students Mya Walker and John Herron welcomed visitors to the museum over the summer conducting treasure hunts and overseeing escape room bookings. Mya, going into Grade 11, enjoyed working inside setting up displays, cataloguing and doing computer work. John, going into Grade 12, enjoyed outside work like mowing, painting and fixing things. Both gained work experience through the Canada Summer Jobs program.

Before closing the doors Thursday, they posed in front of the 1928 Federal Scout Truck.

Owned by Harry and Ella Dell of Helmsdale, the truck was bought by the Laughlin Brothers of Youngstown when the Dells retired in 1963. Later, it was donated to the museum by the Laughlin Brothers and Vernon Johnston, the Dells’ nephew and restored by Ken Eaton, Herb Norris and Ken Carr.