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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-12-04, Page 2'Page 2 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 4, 1996 Holyrood post office in business for 140 years by Pat Livingston One hundred and forty years of postal service at the hamlet of Holyrood was marked last week. Many changes have taken place over those years, but when one steps into the little corner of the Holyrood General Store that houses the post office, it is like stepping back in time. As dignitaries and pre- sent and former rural mail contractors reminisced with present postmaster Lucy Miller, stories of the past were. shared; some from past Sentinel articles and some from the current contractor Gerald Murray, whose late father, Alphonse Murray, started off the family's associa- tion with 'mail' back in 1947. The Holyrood post office was first established on Aug. 1, 1856, with Murdoch MacKenzie as the postmaster. It is inter- esting to note, from Sentinel archives, that the Holyrood office was first served from Kinloss, and originally was a weekly service each Saturday. Thomas Hodgins was the first contractor to deliver the mail between these two points. His four-year contract specified he could deliver by either horse- back, wagon, cutter or sleigh. Gerald Murray remem- bered as a youngster in the '40s when his dad had the RR. 2 delivery. He'd strike off with the horse and cut- ter in the morning, drop Gerald off at school. and pick him up on his return trip. There is no doubt that as usage of the automobile became more common, the rural contractor's job was made a little easier. Holyrood, until 1992, had three contractors Holyrood Postmasters Murdoch MacKenzie John Anderson Office closed Nov. 1, 1964 William Elliott ,1•• Andrew T. Camphell Mrs. Andrew Camphell John Purvis Susan Purvis Peter Johnston (acting) Ruth Colwell George Percy Morley Hobbs Samuel Farmer John Frook John and Loretta Maxwell Donald & Dorothy Murray Win & Karen Allen Lucy Miller 1856-1857 1857-1864 Apr. 1, 1868 • July 1868 1868-1888 1888-1897 1897-1917 1917-1940 1940-1941 1941-1946 1946-1953 1953-1954 1954-1967 1967-1971 1971-1973 1973-1977 1977-1986 1986 - BARRY W. REID B.A. •CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT P.O. BOX 300 • WINGHAM, ONT. NOG 2W0 WINGHAM KINCARDINE 306 Josephine St. 357-1522 • 357-1551 (Fax) 1-396-7977 • Auditing - Accounting • Tax Services RUSS TAYLOR C.A. KEITH RAYMOND C.G.A. BARRY REID, C.A. delivering mail - RR 1, 2 and 3. In 1992, the routes were combined into one contract and Imelda Murray was the first to have this. She had been the contractor on RR 1 for five years before that. Imelda retired in March 1996, and Gerald took over the contract. He too had previous experience having delivered on RR 2 from 1977 to 1992. Today, the three rural routes served from the Holyrood post office cov- ered 103 km, with 186 dropoffs. It covers nearly all of Kinloss township. and juts into Greenock and Culross townships. Lucy Miller (centre) , the Holyrood postmaster, was presented with a cer- tificate of merit from the government of Canada, by Paul Steckle, Huron - Bruce MP, last week, when the Millers held open house to mark the 140th anniversary of the post office. Dave Bourne, postal retail rep, Gerald Murray, rural route contractor and Reeve Jim Boyle were also on hand for the occasion. (Livingston photo) BDO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Offering a full range of services: auditing, accounting, business planning, income tax WARD MALLETTE planning, personal financial planning, computer and management services. HANOVER WALKERTON MOUNT FOREST PORT ELGIN W.J. Aldersley, FCA B.F.Thomson, FCA K.L Dner, CA M.S. 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Turnberry (partial), West Wawanosh, 2006: Blyth, Hullett, Turnberry (partial), 2008; Howick, 2010; Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, Bayfield, Colborne Twp., Goderich Twp., Tuckersmith, 2011: Usborne, 2014; Hay, Zurich, 2015; Ashfield, 2017; Stanley, 2020: Hensall, 2022: East Wawanosh, 2030; Exeter, 2056; and Morris. Brussels, 2688.