On January 15th, 1955, 81 year old Richard Moore “retired” from municipal politics after serving the township of Korah for over 50 years. Moore was 29 when he became politically active and served with 51 councils before his retirement. He worked in virtually every position on the Korah Township Council, from secretary to treasurer, clerk to tax collector. He worked as a Justice of the Peace for 24 years, as a Sault Daily Star reporter for the Korah district and as an occasional editor alongside J. W. Curran. In his free time, he was a formidable violinist, an avid gardener and a fan of the Soo Greyhounds. Although it was reported that he had officially retired on this date, articles from the Sault Daily Star show that he was active in public service until his 89th year and continued to sit on various boards and committees.
In R. M. Moore’s early days, he was one of the first students to pass the high school entrance exams in 1887 at the Base Line school. The first meeting of the 1960 Korah Township Council passed a motion to have this school renovated and renamed after him. The press release stated, “The name R. M. Moore is synonymous with the Township of Korah, and considering the magnitude of work performed by Mr. Moore for the township and for the various school boards through the years, it is a small reward, but we trust a worthy one to inscribe his name on one of our public schools.”
R. M. Moore resided in Korah his entire life, part of the third generation of Moore’s in Korah. His grandparents, Geo. and Emma Moore, were two of Korah’s first settlers. Geo. was a mail carrier for the HBC and earlier, an accomplished mariner. They arrived in Algoma in 1855 with R. M. Moore’s father, Richard Robert Moore, then 13 years old, and built a home at Moore’s Point. R. R. Moore went on to marry his wife Julia and built a home next to the original Moore homestead. His profession, much like many early settlers in Korah, was that of a farmer. A Sault Daily Star article from 1926 stated that at age 84, R. R was still raising poultry and tending to his garden (and never needed glasses!).
R. M. Moore passed away in his 93rd year in November of 1966.
On January 15th, 1955, 81 year old Richard Moore “retired” from municipal politics after serving the township of Korah for over 50 years. Moore was 29 when he became politically active and served with 51 councils before his retirement. He worked in virtually every position on the Korah Township Council, from secretary to treasurer, clerk to tax collector. He worked as a Justice of the Peace for 24 years, as a Sault Daily Star reporter for the Korah district and as an occasional editor alongside J. W. Curran. In his free time, he was a formidable violinist, an avid gardener and a fan of the Soo Greyhounds. Although it was reported that he had officially retired on this date, articles from the Sault Daily Star show that he was active in public service until his 89th year and continued to sit on various boards and committees.
In R. M. Moore’s early days, he was one of the first students to pass the high school entrance exams in 1887 at the Base Line school. The first meeting of the 1960 Korah Township Council passed a motion to have this school renovated and renamed after him. The press release stated, “The name R. M. Moore is synonymous with the Township of Korah, and considering the magnitude of work performed by Mr. Moore for the township and for the various school boards through the years, it is a small reward, but we trust a worthy one to inscribe his name on one of our public schools.”
R. M. Moore resided in Korah his entire life, part of the third generation of Moore’s in Korah. His grandparents, Geo. and Emma Moore, were two of Korah’s first settlers. Geo. was a mail carrier for the HBC and earlier, an accomplished mariner. They arrived in Algoma in 1855 with R. M. Moore’s father, Richard Robert Moore, then 13 years old, and built a home at Moore’s Point. R. R. Moore went on to marry his wife Julia and built a home next to the original Moore homestead. His profession, much like many early settlers in Korah, was that of a farmer. A Sault Daily Star article from 1926 stated that at age 84, R. R was still raising poultry and tending to his garden (and never needed glasses!).
R. M. Moore passed away in his 93rd year in November of 1966.