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- - v PAG EGET- N~ !AATW Mf'sA A 50wPiaffa .w v w ,ý,C)T A ) H Nestie ton Mail Mai Has Been Deliverin, For Over 40 Year3 (Mr&. Grant Tbiompson) Rural route mail deliverý had its beginning in Canade ini 1908 bringing mail ta the farmn homes, but it xvas not un- til 1915 that rural route ser- vice began in Cartwright. Rob- ert Dickey had been appointec Postmaster at Nestieton Sta- tion on October 15, 1914, which was the opening year of the Great War. At that time there was no rural mail delivery, all mail being called for at the local office which necessitated a muclt larger number of boxes in said office. On January Ist, 1915, the first contracts were ]et for rural mail delivery from Nestieton Station, Walter Brown was the contrac tor on R.R. 1 and Arthur H. Htîl- bert on R.R. 2 Nestieton Station at a salary of $650.00, payable quarterly. The first rural mail box re- corded at the office was that of the late Sam McLaughlin on R.R, 2. Not aIl farmers felt the venture would be a success so did flot purchase boxes at the beginning. Soon almost every- one along the two routes were being served, but strange to say it was flot until 1936 that rural mail delivery reached everyone in the township. For the first five years Mr. Hulbert lived in Ctidmuts anîd drove the mail fromn lhc're, alter- nating two splendid driving horses on the route. life carried mail in a box speciallv madle for the purpose by Isaac \Vhitfield, Who livecd then on the Doug Mackie farm. Later the box Was discarded for sturd v duck mail bags with big pockcts Which could be carricd in large rolîs and unrolled in rotation at each box enroute. In 1920 he moved to the Ileasiip farm, west of Nestieton, fromn which he, his faith fuI wifc and two children carried on through storm, flood and hur- ricane. During World War Il Mr. Hulbert hired two assistants, Adelbert Beacock and later Fred Dayes, ta drive bis routE y he was a guard at Aja a nitians Plant for a per, e three and a baîf years. The original route fc the road between Concess. -and V te the Reachboba d then down said boundary -Purple Hil road. Boxes -i bore in earîy years were: eBailey, Alex McKcnzie, 'V cHuntor, Francis White, 1Crozier, George Màson 1Mir. Howard, caretaker 1Osler praperty, had a box 1soutb end of the farrn ser, R.R. 2, Nestîcton Station. tfarms have sînce beon ab ino other estates, rnost' Wm. Osier property and reforested. Tbe roads, culverts and o s became Iess and less pi for borse and buggy let a car so an alternate roui appraved by tbe Post Offi partment, involving sever traces and extensions of but the distance remair proximateli' the same, 24 with 75 boxes being serve There bas been a dai. change of mail by R.R. caurier between Blackstoc Nestîeton since the rural began. Mr. Hulbert first ered and accepted a mai from Edward Montgomery master in a smyall office cd ta th(, Montgomjcrv nowv clned try lifs. \Vn Camp. Later Charles vcnninjjj appointed BlacXstock Postii and mo%,cd tu the cfruilt D what is iiovthle Wallace 1ow Co. mili and since 19"; office bas been at iLs preSe cation. On bis cari' trips Arthi members passing the site,c present Russell Steel fari the carly Purpie Hill post kept hi' Moses Hambîci'. Barclay carried the mail sack on bis back, walking Blackstock ta Purple Hill back in those days. During the earîv horse 'I POWER MOWERS krm $714a.50 See our larg-e selection of power mowers. We have rotary and reel types in ail popular sizes and prices. SEE US FOR SERVICE ON YOUR MOWER DEALER FOR Case Farm Machinery Firestone Tires DeLaval Milkers and Separators Beatty Bras. Stable Equipment KING ST W. BOWMANVILLE MA 3-5497 cutter days, farinera drove jteams ahead ta break the roads ri and many were the welcome B c n te J b cups of tea and. dishes of maple g syrup proffered by the kind farmers' wives and consumed by 9 a grateful and weary courier. Christmas time saw mail box- es and gate posts pled high with presents for the mailman, bags of oats for the horses, chickens, mitts, socks, etc., and a good ýe while many gifts of folding money as ax Mu- a "thank you" for the favours laod of done through the year. Few days pass that he hasn't ollowed some parcel or message for ions IV someone on the route, groceries .indary, for a distant patron, medicine ta the for a sick pérsan or farmn stock, served a parcel for a neighbour, or James more recently, hydro and 'phone William bis ta pay at the lqcai office. ~ X Wm.- But when snowblocked or deep- and a iy mired roads force him to of the shovel or dig to get golng again, c at the and the folk along the way as- ved by sist him with shovel, horses or These tractor he feels fuiiy repaid fori: sorbed any favours or extras he may tly the have done for his patrons on the d been route. The advent of highways and îJ 1ditch- later, snowploughs, brought stili ýssable another difficulty for the mail- lone a men. Leàving the office with a e was cutter he scratcbed along bare ce De- highway or took the ditch and ' rai re- snowbanks until reaching coun- route, try roads where a cutter was ns ap- easy-going. miles,T d. bhen when most of the roads required a buggy there were Ily ex- stili roads like Purple Hill, Na. 2 Egypt or the Crozier line piled k and high with snow and a cutter was 1route the only answer. At times he deliv- and Percy left wîth two vehicles, il bag a cutter and a buggy. later a post- car, eacb covering a part of the ttach - route, thus serving ail patrons. home. And the mail boxes buried under Conditions in the business section on Kini, StrQct . Van mnountains of snow each time the got back to normal again last wec'k with the rtunof snowplough passed! . F. J. (Jack) Cole to his barber shop after eight \veeks' was Most farniers kept them clear- enforced absence. Jack's charmed life, as far as health iaster cd but oft times the caurier bad art of to leave bis vebicle (wbicb is was concerned, xvas broken xvhcn an infecteci thumb M rar- flot rcquired of birn by the post required medical and hospital treatment and convalesýce!1ce 38 lhi Office Department), wallow at home. In the 46 years Jack lias been in business lihis nt lo- through the deep snow ta leave it is the firs't tme sickness had demanded a liay-oif in or pick up mail, arriving -back"1 Lr re-I at the post office cold and wet wielding the scissors, clippers and razors. Those who on the througb, hours later. know this popular tonsorial artist with his habituai 'M' of D office Crosring World War I the Red systematic scbedule through the years, can imagine how Wm. iCatis was a very active organ- restless Jack must have been during the past two months in a izton in the township and as a temporary "unêmployed". However, the above photo from many overseas parcels were 1and despatched at the office. Mrs. shows him back at the old stand, happy and contented, John Byers was a convener of as h'e cuts the hair of Sammy Piper. eand sewing and knitting materials and large bales of yard goods A littie reminiscing with Jack revealed the fact MMM and wool were sent ta her by he first bung out his shingle, or to be more accurate mail. Mr. Hulbert was flot for- bis striped barber polo, in 1909, just across fromn The gotten'by the graciaus lady for Statesman Block in the shop now occupiod by Huyck's al bis extras and he neyer went cold for want of a good warmn Beauty Parlor. In those days a hair cut was 15c and a pair of handknitted socks! shave 10ç, or a ticket of 12 shaves for $1.00. Many - At three different times Mr. 'custorners bad their own shaving cup, brush and razor. Hulbert haci ta reiy on friends Those were the days, too, before safety or electric razors, and neighbours ta carry on for birn. During the flu epidernic of when, Mr. Cole said, they shaved more men in a day 191.8 Louis Fallis and several oth- than they do now in a week. Many regular customners e rs drove the route wbiie the have come and gone in tbe past 46 years, but hie mentioned wboîe Hulbert family wa two otgnrians, in tho esn;o letE ela stricken. Then in the late 20's otgna ,pros fAbr Eela he was off six weeks with pneu- and Thos. Heighton, wbo are stili regular customers. mania. At that time bis feilow- Tosn aefloe nterfte' ottp mem bers of Nestleton FarestersTosnhaefloeintirahr' osep Lodge under the leadership of as barbers, ex-Alderman Fred Cole who bias been bis Geordie Wilson, then station father's chief assistant for 25 years, and Walter wbo agent at Nestieton, kept mails operates bis own shop at, Simcoe St. Souvh in Oshawa. running smoothly. And in193M.adMs oesol agtrMr ( s P ri) when he suffered a weak 193M.ad r.Cl'soleagteMr Mr.Pri) the postmistress and Mrs. o- also inborited some of ber parent's flare and ability in the thy Lee (daughter of Walter bairdressing profession as she operates ber own beauty Brown, first courier on R.R. No. parlor on King Street East. 1)) carried on for a week. -ht yCro tdo otHp In 40 years Arthur bas had -ht yCro tdo atHp three bolidays, a weekend in Niagara Falls wben Louis Failis ing the muddy season - even TTTIi drove two days. July îst, 1935, now R.R. No. 1 is lengthened by ENNIS .f.JLLEIN h e and bis wife went ta Mont- some 10 miles with Cedardale reai witb friends for the week- swamp flooded in February! Service Club met at Mrs. H. end (Mrs. Hulhert passed away With the advent of the motor Mills with 12 present. Rum- in May 1936>. Then last faîl, car the cost of mail route opera- mage sale was held during the 1954, be accompanied bis sister'tion was much increased. Sulit- evcning. Lunch was servcd by and husband ta Flint, Michigan, 1ablîe vehicles for the job - gas- Mrs. T. Wilson, Mrs. R. Virtue, ta visit a niece when bis son alime, license, insurance, tires, Mrs. J. Siemon and the bostess. Percy drove the mail two days. etc.,ail brought about a change Next meeting at the home of Mr. Hulbert drove bis first in salaries xvhich were gradually Mrs. W. Howells on May' 3. car. a 1915 Ford, on the route inluppd ta artialli' caver this Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vanstone, 1918 - cars were jacked up on extrýpa expoense. Wbitby, with Mr. and Mrs. R. blocks during the winter in Aft er 40 years of service. on McNeil. those days - but for several aur1,15,AH.Hlet M.nd rsFo thk years now bath routes have Jaur'1 95 .H Ilet M.adMs îyd Pehc been driven entireli' by mator. again signed a contract for R.R. and Robin, Toronto' with Mr. The problem of Spring raads is12, Nestîcton Station, the only and Mrs. S. R. Pethic1k. anceflot yct overcome, many be- courier an said route since its Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Yeo anri 3 ing impassable at tirnes- inception. Ho bas served under famili' with Mr. and Mrs. D. service is interrupted, witbonly two Postmasters during Yeo, Oshawa. cauriers back-tracking and go- that time. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dalton, ing long distances out of their Dickey, from January 1, 1915, Bob, Verna and Lee, aEast- regulation route. often walking ta May 3, 1938, who bad served Templeton, Quebec, are visiting some distance ta boxes sre in that capaciti' for almost 25 witiM.ad rsO.CAbon IM ias mani' patrons as possibl e dr-eyears. Since May 3. 1938, Mr. thCMG.and. will0ho C.eld on ri and Mrs. Grant Thompson have 3th in tbe basement of the; served the cornmunity in tbree ciiurcii. HAMPTON Don Lee, Oshiawa.i Mrs. Verden MeMulien and: Dr. E. C. Reynolds and Mr. Allen, Bo\vmanville: Mr. Charlie; itel teynso, Toontvs--Stainton, Oshawa, \vitl Mr. and Russoîl eynldsiýe, MTosonto, Mrs. M. Stainton. Roi'-. Mr. and Mcs. EarI Treviî nolds held a faInilv gathering outrn- Miss Maude Pcrkiis 'Visited day of Mr. and Mî's. Roi' Tc in Toronto and is now xtih in, Mimico; Mr. and MIrs. Ahn relatives at maarefield. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mr. W. G, Giffler, Sunder- Trcwin, Lloyd and Earle, Black- land, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. stock, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tom,_ M. Mountjoy. Enniskillen: Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kerscy, Horn, Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs. Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Mol Mc- Lloyd Slemon, Haydon. Cune, Cheryl and Cathie, at S. Mr. Glen Hodgson, Bowman- Kersey*s ville; Miss Nanci' Love, Oshawa, MissBerha irmor, eg.with Mr. anîd Mrs. Lortie Lamb. MissLoBdrtasAe'mauhe eg. Mi- *and Mrs. John 01w and end, Londonmentth e-Randi', Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mnd a hoe. ,OsawOke and Gary, Oshawa, witb vstM. ad Lack Ceodl oawaMr and Mrs. Walter Oke. wositdi. adMr.CciIoc- M. and Mrs. Jolin E. Griffin wood.and familv were calIers at Mr. Mr. and Mrs. M. Mountjoy and Mr-.-Jack Herod*s, anîd at attended the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Marwood McKee Weston. and Mr. and Mrs. George Black Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilson a Cadmus. and Kerr., visited bis paîrents, Mr-. S. Kersey, Mrs. Jack Mi-. and Mrs. George Wilson. Lyo n. Jobonie an-d Judy, visit- eci Mvrs. Moi MeCune aînd Mrs. IKen Poaor, Oshawa. IThe hamne-baking sale and afternoon tea sponsamed by the IWomnen's Institute held Fridav afternoon was a successful event. Congratu]at ions fo Carat" Clianit wu-va ong thie 1-i fGirl Guides who recei%,eci l thir Gold Cru-tificates at a sîiecial cerernony in Convocation Hall, University of Toronto. Thc îGold Cord is the highest award Ithat a Girl Guide can earn. At the Sundav morn ng church :ervce thore m-ill bc a speaker from A]bPrt CoIleg-. Belleville., On Mother's Day a, baptismali service will be held,'1 If You're TIRED ALL THE lIME- Everybody gets a bit run-down noie and thlen, tited-out, heavy-headed, and mayke botliered by backaches. Perhaps nothing nenously wrong, iust a tesnporary toXue, condition caused by excea.a acicis and waates. Tbat's the ta. to, take Doda Kidney Pfil. Dodd'asatimulate the. kidneys, and so help restore their normal action of remov.gexeà acidsanmd wastes. Then youe7 le.Iktter, sleep hetter. work ketter. Cet [)odds Kidney Pilla now. Look for the blue box with the red band at Al druw ata.Yucmo dep.ad ona U.dd as MAPLE GROVE The anîîual W.M.S. Sundai' service xvas held on Sundai' with a good tomanut. The speaker, Rev. Merrili Fergoson, Angola, Africa, wba is home on furlough, gave a ver' in- teresting talk on bis wark in Angola. The music was furnisb- cd by the Evening Auxiliari' and offering was taken bi' two members of C.G.I.T. group. Sympatby of, this commun- iti' is extended ta Mrs. Samn Snowden and bis family, hi-o- thers and other relatives in the loss of busband, fatber and brother in the passing of the late Mr. Sam Snowden. Obitu- an' appears in this issue. Mrs. Alhert Brown, Harnil- ton, Miss Marlon Snowden, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Snowden, Toronto, were bore on Saturdav ta attend the foneral of theirI uncle, Mr. Sarn Snowden, also visited their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Carr and famili', Hampton, were Sundai' visitors with hier moth- ci-, Mrs. A. Beech. Onl' nine minutes of wark is required by a manufacturing wvorkcr in Canada todai' ta boy a quart of nîilk as compared A. Mandel, C.A. with 15.6 minutes in 1939. ____________________________________ J M h Toronto. Mrs. Rose Butson, Mrs. Ken Butson, Donnie and Danny, with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ferguson. Mr and Mrs CarenceWood- fCoilacutt, Bowrnanville; Mr.and Mrs. Gordon Yeo attended the 25th anniversary reception of .Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smnith, Osha- wva. on Saturday evening. The Junior Chapter of the O.L.C. of Alumni held their jApril meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Werry on Wednesday evening. A Saturday evening tea party for Miss M. White, bride-to-be, twas heid at the borne of Mrs. Al- ian Werry.. Those attending were ber mother, Mrs. White, Mrs. Davies and Marilyn, Mrs. Tom Sobil, Misses Lillian and Hielen Colo, Mrs. Ross Lee and iMrs. E. A. Werry. During the evening, kitchen sbower gifts *were unwrapped. AIl enjoyed a happy evening with the bride- to-be. Miss Helen Cale, Bowrnan- ville, with Mr-. and Mrs. Allan Werry. Mrs. Fred Smith and Samn, Eowrnanville, were recent call- crs at Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Petb- ick's. tMr-. and Mrs. Earl Trewin at- tended the 25th wedding an- niversarv reception of Mr. and ~'Irs. Rai' W. Smith, Oshawa, on Saturday evoning. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ormiston vere Sunday dinner guosts of -Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown and oea guests of Mr-. and Mrs. Ed. MVilîson, Orono. ville, with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Výerri'. Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Seymour \vere recent. tea ,ucests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Oke. M r. andî Mrs. C. M. Fockler and children, Toronto, wore at Mr. and Mrs. FI. Gruhbs. Mr. and Mrs. i-erb Rogers, IEûwrnanville, visitcd Mr. and Mlrs. W. H. Moore. Miss Betty Knox, Toronto, vis- itcd Mr. and Mlrs. Johin Sleman. Mi-. and Mrs. Carl Bradley, Lyn, Dwight and Mary, Hamp- ton; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Page and famili', Newvcastle; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bradley, Morris and1 Beverley, Bowmanville, witb jMr. and Mrs. Leonard Bradley.1 Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Baker and family, Cookstown, Mrs. Hazel Rutton, Hampton, wîth Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brad- ley and family, Bowmanvilie,I Mr. and Mrs. Harold Murphy and Margo, Haydon, Mr. Stan.- ley Fletcher, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fletcher, withý Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sim. Master Murray McLaggan is in Sick Children's Hospital, To- ronto, for a major operation on his foot which was broken three years ago. Murray will have ta wear a brace for three months and his many friends and school chums hope he wiil soon be home again. Once again farmers have started spring seeding and tree plantIng is in full swing. Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Partner. Mr. Partner saw three wolves in his forth field on Monday. Corne on hunters, get busy! Sorry to report Sandra Gib- son is suffering from a bad dose of poison sumach. Teddy Miison returned home ta Orillia having spent thel "*We Help Make Houses - Homes" Delivery Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holmes and faniily spent Sunday in Cobourg with Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. L. Laverty,ý Oshawa, spent Sunday evening, with Mr. and Mrs. Bey. Jaynos. The Lake Shore Ladies K. S. and C. Club met at the home of Mrs. Bill Lake. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Bill Jaynes. Congratulations ta Mr. and Mrs. Chai-les Bedwin on the occasion of their 44th wedding anniversary which they cele- brated on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bed- win, their son and daughter- in-aw. With them ta help celobrato were Mr. and Mrs. Stan Taylor, and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Taylor and farily, Cour- tice; Mr. D. Olmstead, Oshawa; Mr-. and Mrs. Earl Gilbank and famîly, Lotus, and Mr. Frank Parker, Brown's. Mr. and Mrs. Bedwin were taken compietely by surprise by this celebration. Mr. -and Mrs. George Skeld- ing and Lynda, Newcastle, spent Sunday with Mr. and; Mrs. George Skeiding, Si-. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Aveny and famili', Eowmanville, were Friday evening visitars with Mr. and Mrs. C. Avery. Mr. and Mrs. W. Adams spent Saturday in Toronto. M. and Mrs. Bob Ruther- fard, Orona, wore vîsitors on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. Adams. The sympathy of the com- munity is exended a b iss.I Lizzie Argal nd Mrs. G. Mc- Taggart, Oshawa, on the doath of Mr. E. Argaîl. 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