Outram receives honour at Kawartha Settlers

The Kawartha Settlers’ Village Board of Directors has announced  that James “Jim” Outram was given the designation of “Regent” at the April 17 board meeting. Jim attended the meeting where he was presented with a certificate denoting the designation. The designation was in recognition of  Jim’s donation of a horse drawn passenger sleigh and some hand tools that he acquired at the Boyd estate auction.

The sleigh is significant for Settlers Village since it was built in the 1900’s at the Moore Carriage Works in Bobcaygeon. The “Woot” automobile  owned by the Village was also built at the Moore Carriage Works. The sleigh came into Jim’s possession in the 1960s from the Ventress-Smith Families located at Nogies Creek.

In 2010 the sleigh was completely restored to its original condition by Don Outram of Tory Hill, who installed wheels on the sleigh so it could be pulled in parades at any time of year. The sleigh has been  appraised at $10,000

The Outram family entered the sleigh in many local parades. It was also used in the Bobcaygeon Winter Carnival in the 1960s to take residents for sleigh rides usually driven by Barry Crowe with one of his many horses.

It was also used for family outings with a borrowed horse from Eric Thurston.