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125th Anniversary Supplement of The Canadian Statesman, October 3. 1979 than a Century Ago through the harbor. An alternative offer was to be made to the Town of 50 per cent of the gross yearly earnings receiv- ed by the Harbor Company for 25 years on traffic brought to or, despatched from the bar bor over this rail- road. Nothing seems to ave corne of this. The Hon. John'Simp- son in 1876 secured Dominion Government assistance of $5,000 for the improvýement of the harbor. Up to this date, this was the only aid given by the Govern- ment. David Fisher succeeded John Simp- son as president in 1885 and two new directors, were appointed, John McClellan and D. B. Simpson. Coming into this century, a good rnany can remember harbor affairs and the early days of Bowmanvilleý Beach as a summer vacation spot. As soon as school was out, families moved down to the lake and the kids went bappily barefoot until it was time for school bells to ring out again. Rag Castie Corner A number recaîl the poem, "The Lament of the Elms," written in 1913 b y hrles T. Paul, a well known and very clever Bowmanvillian, brother of Mrs. Frank C. Pethick. He became a prof essor and was a missionary in China for rnany years. The poem immortalizes the big. elrns which stood at the juncture of the Base Line and the Wharf Road in the north-west corner of Frank's field. The "Rag Castie", a house in that vicinity which for years gave to the point the name of "Rag Castle Corner" is mentioned, and also such personalities as Fisherman John (the late John Fletcher) and Ca ptain Bill (the late William Norton). A- ý4ther well known personality of the habrwas William Shaw, father of Mrs. D. R. Morrison, a genial kindly man who for many years was wharfinger during John McClellan's time as harbormaster. Later Thomas Hoar carried on these duties. He was killed by ligbtning in 1919 as hie was about to light the lamps in the lighthouse. Patrick King is another name familiar to many and Anthony Grant was one of those wbo used to help unload the schooners. Forrest Dilling told in the Toronto Telegram feature, Schooner Days, in the issue of Dec. 2, 1944 of the pleasant memories recalled by a previous article by C.H.J. Snider on old Port Darlington. One of the pastimes of his schoolboys days, Forrest recorded, was a standing competition to see who couki get in bis little black book the largest list of schooners and boats entering the harbor during summer vacation. The names, bad to be accompanied by the autograpb of tbe captain. He recalled that the "Oliver Mowat" appeared many times on the list witb Capt. Peacock's signa- ture opposite. His father, H. H. Dilling, spent seven years on the lake in sailing vessels. Oliver Mowat In the same article, J. Guernsey McClellan bad identified the picture shown as that of the "Oliver Mowat" and contributed a list of schooners calling at the Port which went back,-it was thought, to the 1870's. The list was found among his father's, J.A. McClel- lan's papers. The "Oliver Mowat", incidentally, was sunk by a steamer in 1927. Capt. T. L. Vandusen, the mate and stewardess all 'being drowned. A later well known and well liked harbor personality is W. Fred Depew, intrepid and cheerful fisherman who came to Bowmanville in 1919. Mr. Depew came of a sailing family, bis father being on lake boats for many years. He bas many a tale to tell of the fishing industry from the days, when he ran bis own smoke bouse in Bow- manville and shipped to New York, to the present wben the fisb are packed in ice and shipped to Toronto. Today Mr. Depew's fishing ' grounds unfortunately coincide with the shooting range of the RCAF from Trenton. But a courtesy arrangement has been worked out and Mr. Depew still drops bis nets "on the range". Sometimes hie is not able to leave bis nets when the plans corne over and the bullets start popping around bis ship like corks. He seerns relatively unpre- turbed by this bombard- ment though lie had no previous "blitz" experience. Local Inventor Mr. Depew is a rnodest and unassuming man but hie actually bas a real dlaim to fame and is known wberever com- mercial fishing is carried on as the inventor of the mechanical net puller. His own bousekeeper, Mr. Depew 's residence is full of handy built-in cupboards, beautiful color scbemes, and altogether, tbe neatest, rnost ship-shape bouse that couladb e imagined. The harbor was dredged our from time to time over the past number of years but now a sand bar bas almost, blocked the moutb. The ligbtbouse was tomn down in 1935 but the ligbt was mount- ed on a cernent portion of the pier. This was later broken up in a storm. In 1935 a ferry p lied between the piers for thé convenience of cottage residents and others frequenting the beach. Cbanging times bave brougbt changes to the' beach, the motor car being responsible for much tbat is different. The old "family" atrnospbere bas disappeared. It is to be boped by 21 King Street E.. Bowmanville 623-5855 rnany far-sigbted citizens that with the deepening of the St. Lawrence River, now to become a reality, pres- sure wîll be exerted by the Town Council and Chamber of Commerce to bave the federal, government restore the Bowmanville Harbor.at an early date and thus be in a position to compete and offer water transportation facilities, e q1a or better than tbe othler nortbern Ontario Lake Shore towns, stretching from Whitby .lto Kingston. In the olden days Bowmanville harbor was recognized as the best protected harbor along the nortb shore as boats during severe storms, could make port here wbere tbey couldn't safely make other harbors. Last Bowmanville Council Before Durham Region Formed Recreation News Paul Chant, Chairman of the Recreation Commis- sion announced this week that he had received a letter of resignation f rom Recreation Director Doug Rigg, effective April 6th, 1964. Doug has accepted a similiar position in Oakville. Accepting the local position will be Thomas "Bud" Fanning. Leaders Meet At a meeting held on SMarch l8th, 1964, in the SAgricultural office, plans were discussed for jthe 4H Club prograrn for j.................the year. Present were qFrancis Jose, Mel SWood, Gerald Brown, Glenn Larmer, Harold Yellowlees, Bey Gray, Karl Heeringa; Jirn Pictured bere are members of the last town council, before regional government. Joe Mcllroy - Town C 00mb es an d Clerk, Paul Chant, Don Allun, Leola Tbrasber, Olive Cobban, Mayor-Ivan Hobbs, James Bell, Maurice agricultural representa- Prout, Norman Allison, Lawrence Mason. tive A. O. Daîrymple. 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