Kinmount Gazette KINMOUNT GAZETTE THE KINMOUNT COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Welcome to Kinmount Fair 2013! August 2013 Volume 5: Issue 10 Labour Day Weekend means 2 things: the end of summer and the annual Kinmount Fair. Inside this issue: Local residents measure time in August as BF FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS 2 and AF or Before The Fair and After The Fair. CANADA DAY AT FAIRGROUNDS 3 The following is a summary of the main THE BIG STORM 4 entertainments at the 2013 Kinmount Fair. Besides these acts, the Fair also features that REFLECRTIONS OF MOONLIGHT MANIA 5 myriad of traditional fair stuff such as the Exhibit Hall, Horse Shows, Horse Pulling KIDS CORNER 9 Match, Cattle Show, concessions, Amateur Talent Show, Midway, Petting Zoo, Dog THE HOT STOVE 10 Show, Pioneer Exhibit, and many, many more YTHBUSTERS 14 events too numerous to mention! And don‘t M forget the famous Warrior‘s Day CEMETERY RESTORATION 15 Parade on Saturday! DOROTHY’S DELIGHTS 19 For more information, programs are available or go to www.kinmountfair.net EDITORIAL 23 Visit us in colour at kinmount.ca Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Friends and Neighbours: Mt. Horeb, Fleetwood & Franklin Mt Horeb was a small cross- roads community straddling Ops-Manvers township border. It was first settled in the 1840s by Protestant Irish families. The excellent farm- land nearby is still intensively farmed, but the village has been listed as ―Ghost Town status‖. The hamlet formed on the top of a hill nearby to Feir‘s Mills: a substantial mill site that remained until the 1960s. Mt Horeb took its name from the biblical Mt Horeb in the Sinai.Mt Horeb was a typical pioneer cross- roads hamlet that catered to the local farm population. Besides the mills, it offered two general stores, a hotel, a post office, a blacksmith, a school, an Orange Lodge and a church. The hamlet was Ghost Villages in Ops & officially formed in the late Manvers 1840s when 20 village lots There are several more Ghost were surveyed. The population villages in this area of Victoria peaked about 1880 at 100 County. souls, but steadily fell as busi- Fleetwood ness gravitated to neighbour- Another group of Irish settlers ing villages. The Mt Horeb settled along Fleetwood Creek Fleetwood Schoolhouse is now a private residence school was first organized in near Mt Horeb in the 1840s. The 1850 as SS #12 Ops Town- hamlet of Fleetwood was started railway added a siding 6 Franklin ship. The number of students at an eligible mill site on Fleet- miles away calling it Fleet- In the 1850s, the Port Hope to soon outgrew the schoolhouse wood Creek . A town plot was wood Station, but was too far Lindsay Railway passed and a series of ever larger laid out and soon away to offer much service. through Manvers Township. A brick schoolhouses were built contained 2 general stores, a Soon the hamlet declined as station was built in the middle as the student population blacksmith, a sawmill, a hotel, a the business sector dimin- of nowhere just because there exceeded 110. In 1921 the Mt church and a school. Fleetwood ished and the railways were was no station nearby and Horeb school burnt down dur- was the name of a lifted. The Post Office closed christened Franklin after the ing a heated political debate. village in Ireland where the origi- in 1914 as rural mail delivery nearest sawmill operator: Frank Talk about bringing down the nal settlers originated. A cheese was started. The Church and Lyn. Railways are powerful house! The last school closed factory opened in 1890. the school closed and only the economic factors and soon a in 1965 & the students bussed Fleetwood was a prosperous schoolhouse remains as a hamlet sprang up around the to Ops Central School near hamlet in the late 1800s, boasted residence. Another ghost station. Eventually there were 2 Reaboro. The loss of the a telephone exchange, a farm town was added to the list. stores, a blacksmith, a post school was a big blow to the machinery dealership and office, a hotel, grain community and hastened its its own doctor! But the elevator, cattle yards and 12 decline. The Mt Horeb Meth- one ticket to prosperity it homes. The little hamlet odist church was first opened lacked was a railway sta- flourished until 1912 when in 1861 & was part of a large tion. The Grand Trunk a rival railway built the circuit of as many as 8 Meth- Railway pushed a line Fleetwood Station to the odist churches in Ops Town- through the area, but by- west. Franklin quickly ship. The congregation joined passed Fleetwood in fa- declined to ghost town sta- the United Church in the vour of the hamlet of tus. Only a few 1920s & the church remains in Franklin, further east. occupied houses remained use to this day: one of the last Fleetwood stagnated and to mark the village site. public places in the hamlet. began to decline. A later Franklin today Page 2 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Canada Day at Kinmount Fairgrounds Kinmount Fair August 30 – 31, Sept 1, 2013 “Check out our new website on August 5th for details of our 2013 Grandstand Show” www.kinmountfair.net Kinmount Seniors annual YARD SALE Saturday August 3 Kinmount Railway Station Page 3 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development BOB’S APPLIANCE SERVICE The Big Storm R epairs to all Major Brand Names On Friday July 19, the Kinmount damage was trees blown down by the area was rocked by another severe high winds and the resulting downed Refrigerators — R a n g e s — Dishwashers wind storm. It brought back memo- power lines. The roads were soon M i c r o w a v e s — W a s h e r s — D r y e r s — F r e e z e r s Air Conditioners ries of the big tornado of 2006. cleared, but the hydro damage re- Although there was no official tor- quired much more time. nado designation, the damage was Here are a few pics of the damage New and Used Sales & Part Sales eerily similar to 2006. While busi- from Crystal Lake. Thanks to Chris- 7 Days a Week nesses on the Main St never lost tine Brickman for capturing the mo- power, most villagers were without ment in images. If you have any RR#1, Kinmount, ON 705-488-2274 power for at least 1 day, and those ―storm photos‖, send them in to the south of town… between 3 and 4 Gazette! days with no hydro. Most of the 705-488-1349 705-488-2266 The NEW Kinmount Tartan Men’s Cap - Tartan Scarf Tammy - Men’s Tie Available at Kinmount Artisans Marketplace or Contact Diane at 705-488-2635 Page 44 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development Reflections of Moonlight Mania 2013 Page 5 Kinmount Gazette Kinmount Committee for Planning and Economic Development have built. We recall many familiar names Galway Township Celebrates Centennial 1960 of the old families and there are many of The following article was published in the At present, Mr. Pearson is the reeve. He whom we have no records, but God knows Peterborough Examiner on August 2, 1960. has served as reeve for 14 years, and as who they are and we pay tribute to them all. “500 Observe Centennial of Galway And councillor for 15 years. He is the third gen- Builders all, leaving foot prints in the sands Cavendish” Approximately 500 people at- eration of his family to serve on council. of time. We bow our heads in veneration, tended the centennial celebrations of the The same is true of Charlie Molyneaux, admiration and gratitude. They rest from Townships of Galway and Cavendish held at who has been a councillor of 18 years and their labours but their works follow them. the Galway Township Hall Saturday. Among is the third generation of his family serving. The miles of roads, fields cleared from the those present were Keith Brown, MPP for Ray Allen and Lester Hickey also follow in heavily wooded terrain, cedar rail fences, all Peterborough and members of Peterborough the footsteps of their grandfathers. Robert are monuments to the labourious hours of County Council. Keith Brown presented priz- Allen is the clerk of the townships. Lum- sweat and toil spent. How vastly different es to the oldest married couple present (Mr. bering has been the main industry in the our way of life has become in this highly & Mrs. Thomas Coffey), the oldest man pre- townships. Farming diminished over the mechanized and atomic age! May we be sent (John Coffey), Mrs. William Peacock, years, but the tourist trade has increased strong and steadfast in holding high the Gooderham – oldest woman present ; Mr. & because of the many lakes including Crys- torch, symbolizing the worthwhile standards Mrs. Peter Pearson – largest family present tal, Silver, White, Bass and Loon. The ap- of good living and love for our fellow man; and Ruthie Clark, Peterborough, youngest proximate area of the townships is 210 so that we are worthy in our turn to pass on child present. The Centennial Cake was cut square miles. to posterity our goodly inheritance of our by 86 year old Thursa Peacock who lives at Tribute to the Pioneers forefathers. May God bless us every one.‖ Gooderham, but was born in nearby Somer- The following is text of a tribute to the ville Township. During the afternoon races pioneers of Galway and Cavendish were held, and in the evening ―old-time fid- Townships delivered by Mrs.