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Tax Receipts issued for Donations $25+ OPEN DAILY 10 am - 4 pm TREE REMOVAL Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Friends and Neighbours: Warsaw Kinmount...Explore Our Heritage, Experience Our Charm! Dummer Township was set- and the usual assortment of small the 2 townships). They Sheep going to the sheep wash; tled in the 1830s. The Town- businesses catering to the local shared an agricultural washing the sheep; Choates KINMOUNT GAZETTE COM MITTEE ship is a transition area be- farmers and lumbermen. The Cho- society among other in- General Store Guy Scott, Editor Each edition we feature a photo tween the Great Lakes Low- ate Family were prominent millers stitutions. In the amal- Spot the Shot from the Kinmount Area. We P.O. Box 249 lands and the Canadian and ran the largest general store in gamation of the 1990s, challenge you to identify the spot. Shield. The western and the village. The Indian River was the two township coun- Kinmount, Ontario K0M 2A0 southern portions of the town- the main waterway, but it was cils were united to form Phone: 705-488-3182 Submissions of photos welcome. ship are in a farming region unsuitable for anything but logs one municipality. E-mail: [email protected] Please submit to the editor via while the rest of the township and water power (too shallow!). email with a detailed description is extremely rocky. The first One ―specialty‖ of Warsaw was of the spot you have captured. demands of the Dummer set- sheep and woolens. The original We’re on the Web tlers was for a grist mill. The settlers were Scottish and English Last month’s Spot the Shot: an earliest settlers had to carry from the woolen parts of England. idler for the Jack Ladder from the Austin Sawmill their grain to Peterborough or Many had worked as weavers www.kinmount.ca back in Britain, and used there Norwood: a long, arduous Gazette Committee: skills to supplement their incomes Submission Deadline journey. An excellent mill site Lynne Kilby, Staff Writer/Advertising was located in the south-west in Canada. Each farm had its little For October Edition Yvette Brauer, Finance/Subscription Friday September 18, 2015 corner of the township where herd of sheep and produced wool- Jane Austin, Publisher the village of Warsaw now ens at home. Choate‘s General Store accepted woolen cloth in stands. But like many ―prime Congratulations to the had expired. Research re- of Kinmount was very sup- exchange. The Choates eventually From the Editor’s Desk sites‖, this spot ended up in organizing committee for vealed there was an amnesty portive after our loss. Every- put in a carding machine and the hands of a prominent land Labour Day Weekend is upon us a very successful Highland Games in place for expired POL fire- thing from condolences to steam-powered loom to improve speculator in Peterborough and in Kinmount, this means the on July 11. Thanks also to all the arms permits. When I went to food was generously forward- the output. Local weavers could who sat on the site. In 1834, a annual Kinmount Fair. In Kin- participants, many of whom came renew the permit, I was also ed to us in our hour of grief. I rent the loom to finish their prod- petition was gathering re- mount, we measure time in August from far away to participate. It was informed POL permits are cannot begin to list the indi- uct. In 1855, the books recorded questing ―said gentleman‖ to as BF (Before The Fair) or AF a first attempt, and nobody knew being phased out this year. viduals and groups who ex- over 30 local farmers renting the do something with it! (I para- (After the Fair). That speaks vol- what to expect. The whole event Any holders of POLs can pressed their sympathy. The machines to finish their woolen phrase) The petition struck a umes. While I will not go through was well received, and.. well stay transfer their licence to a PAL strength and compassion of a goods! In the 1861 census 9 Dum- cord and within months a grist the Fair lineup here, I do want to tuned about what may happen next (Possession an Acquisition community surfaces in hours mer residents claimed their pro- mill was under construction point out a few important events. year! Licence) by the end of Sep- of crisis, and the community fession as weaver (and not on the Indian River on the On Friday afternoon (Sept 4), the This edition the Gazette has ex- tember by contacting the of Kinmount earned a gold farmer!) what was called Dummer Heritage Tea Garden will be the panded to 24 pages! We are also RCMP office at www.rcmp- medal for their spirit. On be- One Warsaw weaver has left his Mills and soon renamed War- scene of the Ambassador of the printing more copies than usual. grc.gc.ca . A lot of rural resi- half of my whole family, a output records for 1887. He sold 2 saw. Fair Contest. This position allows a Why? Because the Gazette is grow- dents are firearms owners, so hearty and heartfelt thank you pairs of blankets ($10.50), 33 ½ The founding of Warsaw kick young girl or boy the chance to ing. This year we began to place don‘t miss this change. to everyone for all their com- yards of carpet (22 cents a yard), -started the local economy. become the Ambassador of the paper boxes around the area so This past summer, my family passion and caring. Kinmount 6 yards of carpet (40 cents a yard Warsaw was to be the only Kinmount Fair 2015. This is not a more people could access the Ga- suffered a grievous loss with is a great place to live, and the (, 1 horse blanket ($2.25), 5 yards true village in the entire town- ―beauty contest‖ but appoints a zette. This has paid off in more the sudden passing of my community demonstrated their fucloth ($3.50), 3 yards flannel ship. The local economy re- spokesperson or ambassador to attention and more advertisers. One daughter Ali. It was a very support in our time of trial. ($1.05), 3 ½ yards of yarn ($1.78), lied heavily on the lumber help promote the Kinmount Fair. It of our goals is to bring more atten- trying time.