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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 7, 19901-9 To, the Unicorn Fair competition From a round the Region (Continued from page 8) fali., The guest speaker at the annual Durham East Liberal meeting was Mitt Lewis,' Executive Vice- President of the Ontario Liberal Association and did speakon éec- tion readiness. He also hinted as to the -possibility of an election eall for lm9. These young skatersof the Orono Larissa' Grobowski, Ni chole Ashley Roy, Laura Hisson, Mîcliele Figure Skating Club wil be in com- Wilhelm, Erin Wilson, Alecia Moffat, Ashley Dwyer, Rebecca petition at the Unicorn Fair event Staples, Amanada Barchard, Tara Hisson, Brenda Brunt; (kneeling) beîng 'held at the Oshawa Cîvic on Lee Clemens, Marley Gimblett; Michael Murphy and Christopher February 17th. (front row) Sarah Dewsbury, Wilhelm. (Back row) Ashley Bickell, QJ eto.Pineridge competition The Orono Figure Skating Club has a large contingent of skaters tripping off to the Pineridge In- trclub competition on February 10th and 1 lth in Port Perry. Pictured above: back row) Mary Melissa Allin, Cindy Ross, Melone Murphy, Michele Rutherford, An- Allin, Heather Geboîrs, Melanie- thea Peacock, Tanya Staples, Vicky Lemieux, Ailan McKenzie and Kaiti Baler, Tanya Clemens, Melissa Col- Colville. ville, (front- row) Jillian Lemieux, Bill Bramah and his Ontario 1 got an eerie feeling when I first saw Depot Harbour.- t'sa "ghost town". t's down in Nevada or some pjace like that. t's just out of Parry Sound on the shores of Southern CGeorgian Bay. Somiehow you don't think of On- tario as hlaving too mnany ghiost towns. But there are hundreds of themi, and Ronl Brown, a geographier and writer, p)robably knows as much about themn as aniyboidy. Ron and nittscîf have metc a kl'w limes, and we have sonmet hîng in commolln. We hiotli witie books about Ontari aand have tlliesae publishier. Rollwie toisaoi the past, while imîlîte arenostlvabouitIthe preseii. 1It was Roll who look [le too scecDepot Hlarbour, which happen- 0 0 0 ed to bc thc particular ghost town that set himi of'f 25 years ago on a searchi for other -descrted and f'orlorn old places around the pro- vi nce. As 1 recaîl, it took us about ten, mninutes to get to the area from Parry Sound. We drove a long a highw,,ay in Ron's panel truck, then cut off and went dlown a lane. Dense lforests line thlfane. Suddenly, we came uipon a mîaze of' scaîtered ruinis. 1 i Stared ,ini dishelief'. 1I esected ftic kind of ghost towîî vou sýee in. Western niiovies. But t lits looked tîîoîe like, tlie rent ant s oi f acient Roule. 'ilîci e was a i mîi,;t lîk le eurved St OiiCSt met ithat had onlce been a railwaY roadholtse. It was part l: colncealed 1W tIle r dac loi est Nea.ti ,concrete sidewalks had buckled and heaved. Beside them were rusting fire hydrants. H uge maples stiti lined the streets, shading only rows of foundations. In the distance, there was one house still standing. "This is 'Canada's largest freshwater natural harbour," said Ron as we looked out on the Bay. "At the turn 6fÈ the century, this place was a focal point for rail and shipping." He showed me pictures he had brought atong. There were photos of stores, houses, grain elevators, a big hotel, even the old roadhouse as it cxisted in the glory days. But time took its totl on Depot Harbour. In the late twentîies and thirties the town feIl apart. The railwav pulled out, fire destroved imajor buildings and the people lefi for employmlent elsewhiere. Houses wNet e detniolishied, -and t lie wood was cartied awav io bc used to build cot- tages arouind Parrv Sound. But liere's an iroie twist: Somec (Continued page 10) Marilyn Pearce of' Port Perry was re-elected president of the local association with Ruth Hinkîey, Ex- ecutive Vice-President; Bill Least, Treasurer and Pat Bird, Secretary. Isabelle Somerville was elected Membership, Secretary with Reg Philip, Lorna Davey and Dave Kiff elected Vice-Presidents. Fifteen delegates were appointed as delegates to attend the annual General Meeting, of the Ontario Liberalý Party being held later this year in Windsor. 1 MERVYN B. KELLY Barrister and Solicitor LAW OFFICE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE - REASONABLE RATES Free Initial Consultation 9 a.m. - 5, p.m. 623.4444 Evening and Week-end Appointments Available Corner Churcli and Temperance Sts., Bowmanville COMPLETE CAR & TRUCK REPAIRS. 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