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Bailey's Bulletin

The HMHS publishes a newsletter called Bailey's Bulletin. Since September of 2009 we have been able to make issues of Bailey's Bulletin available on the website.
Bailey's Bulletin - September 2009
Bailey's Bulletin - February 2010

HMHS Book Publication

Since it's founding in 1996 the Society has sponsored the publication of two significant books of local interest and contributed to yet a third.

The first publication undertaken by the Society was entitled Mountain Memories. While billed as a pictorial history of Hamilton Mountain it is much more than just pictures. This volume, published in 2000, provides a lot of interesting detail about the original settlement and growth of the Mountain community. It is a book which helps those who live on the Mountain today appreciate more fully the character of the community of which they are a part. Though still a recent publication, this book has disappeared quickly from the shelves of the bookstores in our community. If you see a copy of Mountain Memories for sale, grab it! It is a valuable community resource.Attention: A new reprint of Mountain Memories has just been secured and a limited number of copies are now available. Check out the details by clicking on Mountain Memories.

Our second publication was entitled Our Worlds a Stage: The Summers Family Story and was written by Robert Williamson, then President of the Hamilton Mountain Heritage Society. A century ago, before the advent of radio and television, the popular place to go for live entertainment was the theatre. To beat the summer heat, Hamilton had the perfect answer. Each summer season a total of about 73,000 people ascended the Wentworth Street Incline Railway to attend the open-sided, air-cooled theatre at the top of the escarpment. For eleven seasons George H. Summers Theatrical Enterprises Limited, operated this one-of-a-kind attraction. The author has used many never-before-seen photographs to illustrate what made this Summers' family showplace so popular. He explains what became of the family and the theatre that was once a part not only of Hamilton's heritage but of the nation's theatrical heritage as well. In short, find out why there is a Summers Lane at Hamilton Place. For anyone who enjoys local nostalgia, this is a "must read". For information on how to secure your copy of this important addition to the story of our community, simply click on Our World's a Stage.

The Hamilton Mountain Heritage Society also has copies of several other valuable publications for sale.

We have copies of the long out of print Barton on the Mountain published by Mabel Burkholder. These are available for $10.00 per copy.

Also, the Society has recently acquired a limited supply of an out of print reproduction of a map of Wentworth County that they are making available at a charge of $10.00.

We would like to hear from you! Communications for the HMHS as well as comments and suggestions concerning this website should be directed to Bob Bernhardt, the HMHS Webmaster, at: bernhardt.r@gmail.com