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Carolinas Chapter By Chuck Ketchie, President Well, if you missed our Chapter Meeting at Yates Mill, you missed a beautiful day at a beautiful park with a beautiful mill. Staff members were seated below a sign, well more of a banner, welcoming our Carolinas’ Chapter members. Our gracious host, Rebeccah Cope then greeted and showed us the visitor’s center, which is full of photos and displays on the restoration of Yates Mill into a County Park. We all gathered in a classroom where banana-cornmeal muffins, prepared by Jeanne, the Miller’s wife awaited us.
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Great Lakes Chapter June 20 Old Mill Festival at Greenfield Mills located near Howe Indiana. Event begins at 8 am with a pancake breakfast and continues throughout the day with a walk in support of Huntington's Disease Society and many events to enjoy. For more information contact Amanda Rinkel at 260-316-2218 or check the mill's website at www.newrinkelflour.com August 15 Corn Festival at Isaac Ludwig Mill (Grand Rapids, Ohio). Contact Toledo Metro-Parks for information.
Sept. 11-13 Mill Celebration at Bonneyville Mill, Elkhart Indiana.
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Mid-Atlantic Chapter August 2008 Meeting
Here is the latest news relating to an article by Marjorie Lundegard in the SPOOM/MA news letter if you do not receive this you can find it at http://www.unionmills.org/spoommidatlantic/ ******************************** The Mid-Atlantic Chapter held their semiannual meeting in the York County, Pennsylvania area on August 8 th and 9 th, 2008. Members gathered on Friday morning for registration and breakfast at the Wallace-Cross Mill in rural York County. Later, members were treated to a talk on the history of the mill, in addition to a tour and interpretation of the mill’s operation. That afternoon, attendees moved to the nearby Ma & Pa Heritage Village at Muddy Creek Forks, where they enjoyed a box lunch and a tour of the village mill, grain elevator and A. M. Grove Store/Post Office/Railroad Station.
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Northeast Chapter The spring meeting of the Northeast Chapter of the Society for the
Preservation of Old Mills will take place on the weekend of May 15-17 at the
Tidewater Motel in Vinalhaven, Maine. This splendid facility is built right I think you'll agree it's a spectacular
site. We've reserved a block of rooms (at a group rate of $100 per night) The new board is:
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Canadian Chapter of SPOOM Spring Millers` Day - Saturday May 9, 2009
Upper Grand River RegionMeet at the Salem Mill, 16 Woolwich Street West in Salem, Ontario at 10 a.m. Adaptive Re-Use of Old MillsCome and Hear Jeff`s Challenging Story about Restoration of an Old MillThe first mill on tour is the Salem Mill owner Joseph Chen, and the second mill to tour will be the Birge Mill owner Jeff Scott. These two mills are in the Upper Grand River Region. Lunch at Speedside United Church. Located at the corner of County Road 29 and 22. Other Mill Sites in the AreaOther options for mill sites to see on your own would be the Harris Woollen Ruins in Rockwood, and Hortop Mill in Everton both under the jurisdiction of the Grand River Conservation Area. Another option is visiting Elora Mill Inn in Elora.The five-storey Elora Mill once powered by the force of the Grand River is one of few early Ontario grist mills still in existence. Since 1975 it now serves as a popular inn and restaurant (Elora Mill Inn) and is probably the most photographed building in the area. Hortop Mill located in Everton, just north of Guelph is in sad condition and standing idle. It is closed due to safety reasons, but can be viewed from the road. This mill has been a victim of vandalism over the years. The milling machinery was disposed of in the late 1980s. There are plans to install a fence around the mill at some time in the near future, spring 2009.Discover. Share. Inspire.Join us for the Spring Millers` Day. Invite a friend to share this special day of milling and visiting old historical mills. Registration Cost (includes luncheon) $5.00 Canadian per person before May 2 Late registration $8.00 CanadianIf interested contact Maryanne Szuck, 93 Woolwich Street, PO Box 352, Breslau, Ontario N0B 1M0 Canada See map on website |
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Computer generated three-dimensional model of Castle Valley Mill, PAThis should bring a new level of knowledge into the construction of a mill house |
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