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WATSON FAM7ILýY '(Part One) In the death of Warren Watson on Oct. 2, Whitby lost another member of one of its oldest pioneer families.ý The Watson family has been closely associa te'd,,wi th the development of Port Whitby for nearly 140 years, and figured prorninently in the busines s and political life of the harbor area in the 19th century.* The f irst member of the family to corne to Wbhitby was John Watson who was.borA in County Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 2Z, 1806. It is believed he settle d at Wbitby Harbor (then called Port .Windsor)_about 1840-and was. a partner with John Welsh, the Good Day! The 'Reliable Unit' of the Brooklin United Cburch are holding a 'Gala Concert' -featuring the "Oshawa Choral Society,' on Fridayý,,Nôvember 3 at 8 pan. in the Christian Education Building. There will be well known music and some t less knowýn music with a sprinkling of entertaining skits. Tickets are available, from UCW mnenbers and at the door. Prices are $2 for adults and $1 for cbildren under 12. With Christmas just around the corner, tbings are starting to hop. The Myrtle United Church will be having their Annual Turkey Dinner on Saturday November 4 at,5:30 p.m. Tickets are $4 each and can be obtained by calling 655-4704 or 655-400W, or any Myrtle UCW member. Avoid the rush! Get your tickets now. Hurry; and mark this date on your calendar! Saturday November 18, Why? Because at the Ashburn Community Centre, there is going to be a Christmas Bazaar. There will be arts and crafts, bake goods and other old pieces. More details ta f oliow! The Brooklin Brancb Library will be holding 'Forgiveness' Lweeks ail of this week and next. If you bave any library books around your home that are long overdue now is your chancae to return them. Tink how good it wili feel to have a clear conscience, and it won't cost you one penny! So start bunting. iOn Tuesday, October 24, Tessie Brant fromn 'The Greenery,' in hibywil e t heliray ro 1p.m. to2 p.mto discuss and answer sorne questions you may have about your own plants. The week of November 18 to 25 is Children's Bo ok Festival jWeek at the ibrary. For every Canadian book your kids read, between now and November 24, you will be given a lucky draw sp to fill out and deposit in the box in the children's department. Winning slips will ýe.drawn on' November 25 at a special celebration. This draw is only open to children. The Brooklin Horticultural Society, at its regular meeting on Wednesday, October 25 w ill presen t a C hris tm as Dec ora tion Workshop. The session will be conducted by Edna Love of the Civic Garden Centre. Members are reminded to gather and bring materials for contrived flowers and wreatbs to sbare witb those wbo may not Cheques at Oshawa armories Untl mail interruptions are over, Unexnployment Insurance cheques will be distributed for Witby area claimnants at the Oshawa Armories on Simcoe Street North. Those. picking up cheques must have their Social Insurance Card, plus other identificaion. People picking up cheques for claimnants on sickness or maternity claims must have an authorization letter signed by the claimant încluding Social Insurance number. Do not mail your report cards; deiver themn to the Oshawa Armories or the Canada Manpower office at Dundas and Byron Streets. Clairnants who require further informnation should WHITBY FREE first merehant to operate a grain shipping business from the harbor., In 1842 Peter Perry and, anumber of other prominent businessmen formed the Windsor Warehouse Comnpany'and bult a warehouse for grain shipment at the harbor. For'seven years, Mr. Watson assumed the various positions of manager, director, secretary and treasurer for the company. In 1849, Mr. Watson became a partner with two, other Irishmen, James Rowe and John Welsh, in Whitby's largest grain exporting company, James Rowe & Co. T1he partners purchased two lots at the barbor and erected a large complex of warehouses on the west side of the slip where the boats tied up. For 30 years, Mr. Watson acted as manager of the company, which virtually controlled shipping from Port Whitby.' In 1850 the government sold the Whitby Harbor and Road (Brock Street) at a public auction and it was purchased by the Whitby, Lake Scugog, Simcoe and Huron Road Company. This company was formed by the partners of James Rowe& Co. Mr. Watson started out as treasurer of the harbor and road Company, and became its president in 1857. He was responsible for the construction of a'new lighthousnt at the harbor, on the west pier in 1857. This lighthouse guided ships into Whitby harbor from as -far away as 15 miles. and have thern. Some materials will be available for sale, such as wreath' frames, tape, wire, etc. . The meeting will be held at the Brooklin United Church Hall at 8 p.ni. A bribe will enter without knocking. Mre6536 Brown's drop-off (before 2 Sat.) Regional council tables Manning Mews housng, An application ta amend Durham Regîon's officiai plan to allow for construction of a, senior citizens' housing .project in Whitbyçwas tabled iast week by. the region's planning committee. The committee asked for further staff reports before Landf III site will reopen Durham Region Council bas given its approval to the re-opening of the Wbitby landfill site adjacent to the Heber Down Conservation Area. The site will re-open in November when Oshawa's Ritson Road landfill site is closed, and will be used for a year by Whitby and Oshawa for the disposal of solid waste materials. Approval for the re-opening bas also been granted by the provincial Ministry of the Environ- ment. DOOR SWEEP DOOR SET DOOR FOAM $1,5 11HRESHOLD giving approval ta the pro-. posai by Manning Mews Corporation ta build a non- profit housing complex on 1.36 acres 'of land on Manning Road adjacent ta Westminster United Church. opposition fromn neigh- bours led, the Whitby town council to deny the appli- cation May 23, but a regional staff* report recommends approvai. Solicitors for Manning Mews Corp, said in Juiy their clientr are prepared to take the, matter to the Ontario Municipal Board. PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18e 1978, PAGE 7. stood for 101 years. it was removed from thie pier in 1958. In 1863 the Harbor and Road Company, wbich was a private company, ran into arrears, and. the government seized. its assets and sold themn again at a public auction. The new purchasers of the Whitby Harbor and Road were Joseph Gould of Uxbridge and'Chester Draper of Whitby.ý In, 1865, Mr. Draper acquired sole ownership of the harbor. and Mr. Gould gained control of the road. One lby one, the partners in James Rowe & Co. died, and Mr. Watson eventuxally gained sole ownership of the company. John Welsh died in 1859 and James Rowe in 1869. In August, 1870, Mr. Watson purchased the warehouses of James Rowe & Co. at a public a uction for $17,500 and carried on the business himself with the assistance of bis son, John Allinghamn Watson. Mr. Watson led an active political life during the 1850's and 1860's when Whitby Harbor was one of the busiest ports on Lake Ontario, and Whitby was the new County Town of Ontario County. Mr. Watson served*as councillor for the South Ward (Port Whitby) from 1855 when the town was incorporated tili 1859, and was Deputy Reeve in 16.2 JohnWatson died lat Port Wbitby on Oct. 7,1879 at the age of 73, His wif e, Isabella, who was born in, Irelan >d in 1817, later moved to Toronto where she died in June 1913 at the age of 97. She came to Canada in 1823 and lived at Montreal and Cobourg before coming to Whitby. She and ber husbaind are buried in St. John's Cemetery, Port Whitby. They had seven children, one of whom, John, carried on the grain business at Port Whitby, and another became the wife of the Dean and Vice-Principal of Upper Canada Colleae. Mr.Watson, even in her oid age was act ively uirrested in polities, and had the speeches f roin the federai and provincial' Parliamnents read to hier. <Next week: The Watson story continues) ,PASSPORTPICTURESWHILE YOUWAIT. "Your TrayeZ is Our Busirezs AIS Lindca RUSSELL TRAVEL 116 BROCK ST. 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