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Carolinas Chapter

By Chuck Ketchie, President

The Carolinas Chapter is finishing up the Fall Newsletter. The Spring edition finished listing the North Carolina county road names with the word mill in them (over 1000). This newsletter acquainted us better with two of our members and their love for mills; Celia Miles & John Van Dalen. We also continue to find new friends helping us with our endeavors like Patricia Poland, Librarian of the History Room in Union County, NC and Caleb Smith, an Archeologist for the Department of Transportation in Raleigh, NC, who has provided us with reports of mill finds. The next newsletter pullout, convenient for a reference guide, will list the mills that are on the National Register of Historic Places in our two states. The pull out concept makes this information available for easy access.

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Great Lakes Chapter

The SPOOM Great Lakes Chapter Fall Meeting took place at the Bellevue Gothic Mill, Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan, October 11, 2008. (For specific information on the Bellevue Mill and its restoration, see OMN Fall 2008 issue.) Hosted by the Mill's restorers, Bill and Carole Jean Stockhausen and their family, the Meet started with Bill giving the Mill's history to date, with a slideshow narration/Q & A, followed by a mill tour, dinner, and Chapter Meeting. The excellent food was prepared by Carole Jean, and good thanks and praise is in order for her.

 

 

Mid-Atlantic Chapter August 2008 Meeting
By Robert Lundegard

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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Canadian Chapter of SPOOM
Fall Millers’ Day, Grey County –– October 4, 2008

Maryanne Szucky

Our SPOOM tour will begin at 10:30 am on October 4, 2008 where Bonnie Kraus and her family operate the Welbeck Sawmill in Durham, Ontario. This family operated business is powered by a 9 foot overshot waterwheel and produces Ontario white cedar shingles. The mill also generates electricity for lighting and heating. Lunch will be at The Stone Tree Golf Club on Hwy 6 and 10. Cost is $15 per person. Wayne Hewitson operates the water-powered grist mill at this site known as Walter’s Falls Mill. He and his staff will showcase his mill with a historic walking tour of the mill and talk about the historic village in the area. It is a ½ hour drive to Walter’s Falls Mill from the Welbeck Sawmill with the SPOOM tour starting at 2:00pm. Discover in the area the Inglis Falls Conservation Area where you can view the remains of the 1862 Inglis Falls grist mill. For your enjoyment in the area several museum sites: Meaford Museum, South Grey Museum, Bill Bishop Heritage Museum, Marine and Rail Museum, the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, and a Heritage Village. For more information visit the web site at www.greycounty.ca