The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-29, Page 30Best. Wishes
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-17.1E HURON EXPpSITOR, JUNE 29, 1978
(by Stafford Johnston in the Stratford
Beacon Herald in the 1960's.)
Dublin. Ontario, is not the only Dublin,
as most people know, but the namesake
town , of the 3,000-year-old 'capital of
Ireland. What we djd' not know until
recently is that the. Dublin at thettree-way
boundary of Hibbert. Logan and McKillop
tonwships is not the only,pliblin" in Ontario.
Our source of new' knowledge is Joe
Looby of Dublin. The Loobys of Dublin are
restless men, who go around. the province
with bulldozers and serttpers,-,tearing 'up
the landscape to .make new roads,• and
•pushing rivers. sideways to run in new
channels. Joe Looby was up. along-,-the
north. shore of Lake Superior, ripping the
scenery apart to make a section of the
Shipping centre:
and Stratford, one Dublin around 7:00 a.m
and the other' around 3:00 p.m. Between
Stratford, and. Goderich there were three
trains, one leaving Dublin around 1,1:00
am.; th.e next shortly Wow. 6:00 p.m and,
the third before ,10:00 p.m. Besides
litssenger trains there were frieght trains
at all times of the day and night. The
waiting room ofi the station was always
open and always warm and was a great
githcring plaee for the youth of the village
as the awaited the arrival and departure of
htc numberous trains.
Post Office
In my earlier days the Post Office was
located in the home of Jim Jordon where
the Friends now 'live. Mr. Jordan, a
patriarchical lOokin.g man with a white
heard, was the postmaster. When Mr.
Jordan retired the post office was moved
next- &or to the Gerry Holland's building
and Dave McConnell • became the. Post
Master..In 1935 a new Post Office was built
and the present Post Master is Don
MacRae. No on ecalt forcgt the rgularity of
Frank Burns who had -the contract to
transportthe out coming and the incoming
mail—between the Poist"'Offkr6 ant to
Station. Through rain and shine, Mr, .
Burns never missed a train.
In my earliest memories of Dublin there
(Continued on Page 36)
Since that time Dublin has had .to depend
• for medical service in •Seaforth or Mitchell.
• Before the advent of the, truck, Dublin
. was• an acknowledged ,shipping Cehtre• of
some renown. Almost every day of . the
week cattle and pigs were loaded at the
CINIR stockyards destined for Stratford;
Kitchener or Toronto.' Dublin and diStrict
had many -cattle drovers but the out.,
standing ones in these days were Jim
aonin, Jim Shea and George Holland.
These were outstanding men who .pro-
spered in their work and,made many
contributions to 'the community. Jim
Cronin is the .grairdfatherofJoe, Frank and
Bobbie Cronin. who established the Cronin.
Transport in 'Dublin and Jim Shea is
thefathes_of one of '.Dublin's grandladies,
Angela Klin.khammer.
, • - • - "- For Horses-.
During. the, period DOblin was shipping
'centre for horses. The local-horse buyer
was Jack McGrath who was famous for his
Sir Wilfred Laurier resemblititce arid his
twilit cigar. Mr. McGrath prUchasedhorses
to be used in the lumber Camps of Quebec.
' Too, . among • My . • most Cherished .
memories was the railww_station The
C.N.R. in those days was a going concern. .•
Passenger service -between Stratford and
Goderich was reliable and numerous.
-Were • two - trains a •day between .Goderich •
Yes, there's yet
another Dublin
Trans-Canada Highway, when he saw a
truck with its owner's name painted on the
side, and the address "Dublin, Ontario."
There was something -queer about this,
Joe Looby thought to himself. In the Dublin
of the Queen's Bush, there arc about 300
people, and if Joe Looby doesn't know
every one of them by face and name he
certainly knows every one who owns a
truck. He didn't know this truck, and he
cidn't recognize the man,. and quite
naturally, he spoke to the truck driver, and
said, "Who are you?"
There is, he 'learned, a small settlement
_caned Dublin up north of Lake Stiperior,
It'-s' too small to be•a• post office, and too
small to be on the map, but it's not too
small to have a truck and a truck-driver.
Famous for drives
PUBLIC SCHOOL The village's public school, Union, No. 2,
McKillop, Logan and. Hibbert, a frame schoolhouse, was built one
block south of Ihe Huron Road and a shortdistance east of the
Centre Road. The - school was used until 1949, when it was
incorporated into School Area No. 1. Some of the school's early
teachers included Mr. McCarty, Ann. Kennedy and Mrs. Thomas or
"Maw" Flynn.