HARRY B. BARRETT, Born May 29, 1922 - Passed January 26, 2017
Raised on family farm, Port Dover, Woodhouse Twp - Resided 21 Bridge St., Port Dover, Ont
Schooling: S.S.#12, Woodhouse, Port Dover Continuation, Simcoe District H. S., & Ont Ag. College.
B.S.A., F.A.I.C., P Ag. (Professional Agrologist, Fellow Agricultural Institute of Canada)
1939-41 VOLUNTEER Canadian Norfolk Militia, 42nd Battery R.C.A. (radar & gunnery)
1941-45 R.C.N.V.R. (Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve), serving on H.M.C.S.
Pathfinder, Assiniboine & Royalmount, As an Ordinary Seaman, Watch Keeping Mate,
to Leading Seaman, to Sub-Lieutenant (Respectively)
1942 - December 12 - Harry Bemister Barrett - a “Naval War Story” Narration
http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/1048:harry-bemister-the-foo-barrett/
1950-2015 MEMBER, Hugh Allan Branch 158, Royal Canadian Legion
1943-93 MARRIED to Hellen Mary Bowlby Browne (1922-1993)
FIVE CHILDREN - Toby, Jennifer, Barbara, Elizabeth & Hugh Massey
1994-2015 MARRIED June 29, 1994 to Joan Caroline (nee Sherk) Wamsley (1925-2015)
1952-61 BOARD MEMBER at Simcoe & District High School
1953-90 DIRECTOR & PAST PRESIDENT, Norfolk Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
1959-61 TEACHER Ag. & Science, Hagersville H.S. & Leader in Port Dover Sea Scouts & Queen Scouts
1961-68 TEACHER HEAD of Agriculture Simcoe Composite School
1962-69 HAIL ADJUSTER, America Fore Group, Ont., Que., Ohio
1969-80 COORDINATOR, Norfolk School of Agriculture Fanshawe College
1976-82 PROVINCIAL APPOINTEE, Long Point Region Conservation Authority.
1980-82 COUNCILLOR, City of Nanticoke.
1982-87 UNDERWRITER/ADJUSTER. Ontario Crop Ins. Commission
MEMBERSHIPS:
1950-98 Norfolk Historical Society EXECUTIVE. 1970-71 PRESIDENT, 1982 HON. LIFE MEMBER
1968-98 MEMBER Ontario Historical Society. DIRECTOR & COR. SECRETARY 1980-86
1976-98 CHARTER PRESIDENT Dover Mills Heritage Association.
1975-95 MEMBER, L.A.C.A.C., City of Nanticoke CHAIRMAN. 1976-90
1977-88 CURATOR, Port Dover Harbour Museum.
1979-90 CHAIRMAN, Town Hall Theatre Management Committee.
1980-84 DIRECTOR, Lighthouse Festival Theatre.
1987-94 CHAIRMAN, Pt. Dover Harbour Museum Building Committee.
1962-98 CHARTER PRESIDENT Norfolk Field Naturalists. '86 HON. DIRECTOR.
1958-98 DIRECTOR Federation of Ont. Nat. Director 63-70. HON. MEMBER.
1962-96 DIRECTOR Long Point Bird Observ., 63-70, LIFE MEMBER.
1969-98 MEMBER Ont. Institute of Agrologists, Pr. Hamilton Br.'70.
1983-98 CHARTER PRESIDENT & FOUNDING CHAIR, Long Point Foundation & Consevation &
BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBER for Backus Education Centre & Waterfowling Gallery.
1986-92 DIRECTOR, Ontario Heritage Foundation, CHAIRMAN. Niagara Escarpment Committee
Backus Woods Fund & VICE CHAIR, Carolinian Canada Committee & Natural Heritage Committee
1990 CO-FOUNDER, Long Point World Biosphere Reserve. & DIRECTOR 1992-94
1987-98 HON. CHAIRMAN, Lynn Valley Trail Association.
AWARDS:
1972 - Distinguished Service Award, Ontario Mutual Insurance Association
1974 - Honourary Director, Norfolk Field Naturalists
1976 - Melvin Jones Fellow, Simcoe Lions Club
1987 - Citizen of the Year, Simcoe Chamber of Commerce
1992 - Melvin Jones Fellow, Lions Int. Simcoe Lions Club
1993 - Fellow, Agricultural Institute of Canada.
1994 - Citizen of the Year, Port Dover Board of Trade.
2000 - A.D.Latornell Conservation Award, Conservation Canada
2004 - Honourary Companion of University of Guelph, Senate U. of G.
2004 - Certificate of Lifetime Achievement, Ontario Heritage Foundation
2005 - Dedication of Barrett-Sanderson Tract land transfer to LPRCA
2008 - Dogwood Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, Norfolk County Council
2010 - Lifetime Achievement Award, Carolinian Canada Conservation
2012 - Paul Harris Fellow, Simcoe Rotary Club
2013 - Queen's Jubilee Medal
2014 - Speaker's Book Award Medal 2013, Ont. Gov. *Port Dover Nursing Sisters of W.W.1
2016 - Inducted into Norfolk Agricultural Hall of Fame
WRITINGS:
1962-68 Editor, Bulletin, Agr. & Sc. Teachers of Ontario
1962-85 Editor, Lotus, Norfolk Field Naturalists.
1970-78 - Wrote & Taught "Norfolklore" Fanshawe College.
1975-93 *Naturelore "Henry Bemister" Illustrations Elizabeth Barrett Milner
1973 *Lake Lore - Co-Author - History on Lake Erie Fishing Vessels
1976 *The 19th Century Journals & Paintings of William Pope
1977 *The Pioneer Hamlet
1977 *Lore & Legends of Long Point. Burning of Dover
1979 * Minutes and Memories, History of Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company
1999 *Murray & Me
2000 *The Burning of Dover Mills
2003 *The Navy & Me
2004 *Clarence’s Album
2005 *Wese’s Art
2006 *The Parish of St. Pauls
2008 *They Had A Dream
2010 *Alligators of the North
2010 *The Nature of Norfolk
2010 *Erie Lodge #149 by Harry B. Barrett
2010 *Clarence's Calendar
2011 *Port Dover - Co-Author - published by Port Dover Harbour Museum
2013 *Flying Officer Ike Hewitt
2013 *Port Dover’s Nursing Sisters of World War 1
2014 *The Pioneer Hamlet (Update)
