Captain Harry Anderson Celebrates 100th Birthday!

St. Edward teacher Daniel Cavoli, with the Captain's sister-in-law Angie Chappell, and Captain Harry Anderson, at his 100th birthday party.

On October 4th, former Cleveland Cliffs Captain and Lakewood resident, "Heavy Weather" Harry Anderson, celebrated his 100th birthday at a gala bash private party at the Inland Seas Maritime Museum in Vermilion, Ohio. On hand were many well-wishers, as well as the extended Anderson family.

Captain Harry had many years of service on the Great Lakes, as well as having sailed around the world to many ports-of-call. The Captain is still spry and cheerful, and even danced to a hornpipe tune, played by my 89 year-old father, Robert Rice, on his fiddle!

Known as "Heavy Weather Harry," due to his ability to bring ships through raging seas, this famous Lakewood Captain continues to sail on and on...and on!

One of the Captain's best known jobs was to command the William G. Mather; now a floating museum affiliated with the Great Lakes Science Center. He continues to visit the Mather periodically, and to regale visitors with tales of his times on the Lakes.

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Volume 5, Issue 22, Posted 8:44 AM, 11.04.2009