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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, October 2, 1996 7 ■ mÊÉÊÊBÊÊÊÊm ip*pp|f|pgl mÈÊÈÈÊÊÊË&MmÉm 0mm0m wmsê wwM'> Wmm mm wm z >' %!' *• v r;//V" i \ iwm WMMmm fwMwmW I WÈMmËl / ' WÊmmm %Ê$0ÈlmÊk u'y/4; //\ %' ■',//// mmmm. wmm " m ' ■ WmM jmm wmm&,IA wmw:$m wmmm. J The Tyrone Mill is hosting an Open House celebration October 5th to mark its 150th Anniversary. Bob Shafer, who owns and operates the historic mill, welcomes everyone out this Saturday between and 10 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to see how water power is still being used today to run a thriving sawmill and -- for the first time in over 100 years -- a flourmill. Touring the mill, it's easy to step into a time warp and imagine what the world was like back in 1846 when John Gray and his son-in-law, James McFeeters, began building the flour mill on the creek. It was an era of nationbuilding, nationbuilding, steam locomotives and gold rushes. "There was a lot going on; it was not a primitive society," society," says Shafer. In fact, Tyrone in the 1840's was bursting with the industry of its early English and Irish immigrants. "By the 1870's the community community was probably twice the size we are today," says Shafer. The main street of this farming village would have been lined with the shops of wagonmakers, shoemakers, barrelmakers merchants and taverners. At the centre of it all was the mill. "Inside, talk would have been about the town's affairs and who was getting what for wheat," says Shafer. In its heydey, the mill would produce about 50 barrels barrels of flour daily. The original millstones were taken out of the Tyrone Mill in 1890. But, this year the flour-, making operation was rebuilt to coincide with the anniversary anniversary celebration, pine for furniture* floors and moulding. And in 1981, Bob Shafer introduced the popular apple cider press. The cider making demonstrations demonstrations will be in full-swing during the October 5th Anniversary Anniversary Celebration. Shafer says the working mill provides a continuing. story in business survival -- adaptability being the key. Successive millers have been able to change with the times. When the flour trade dried up toward the end of the 19th century, the Vanstone family converted the building to a mill for livestock feed. In the 1950's, under the ownership of John Thorn- beck, the feed mill operation was phased out and a sawmill was added. It is still in operation. operation. Today, the Tyrone Mill specializes in sawing and planing cedar for decks, fences, fences, and panelling as well as Durham Farmers 1 County Co-Op Consumer Goods Feed and Crop Products Everyone is invited to shop "For Value Added Service" Horse-drawn Wagons Transported the Flour and Grain LOOKING BACK -- The oldest known photograph of During its heydey as a flour mill, the water-powered mill the 150-year-old Tyrone Mill dates back to the 1860's or would produce about 50 barrels of flour daily. Horse- 1870's when the mill was run by the Vanstone family, drawn wagons bearing flour and grain are seen at left. DURHAM FARMERS' COUNTY CO-OP GRAFTON - Hwy. #2 (905) 349-2411 ORONO - Hwy. 115 and Taunton Rd. (905) 983-9134 ©J.P. I jt 1 " Congratulations, Bob i 3 in "Happy 150th On Tyrone Mill's Anniversary 150th Anniversary! " from Brian Doddridge of Medicine Chest Pharmacy "Your Personal Prescription Service" 98 King St. W., Bowmanville Telephone 697-3784 to Tyrone Mill!" ... one of Clarington's Historic Treasures, from all of us at Morris Funeral Chapel Serving Durham Region Since 1841 4 Division St. S., Bowmanville Telephone 623-5480 i= -- --------- f D