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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1975-11-27, Page 22, I , • , 1 , 1 1 #*# lap Ilk • VX was Seat t ,get OW incI1ivared rnAili w4 she ' L, 4910k#04 )th,. # fl.'to the morning ,A14, t whfl •flA A A soon as aLL V oeDavidson hinted subttypes We re b int age no longerMr, „.Drchmapn OPeTtO find000t the post dace ttrbaps theyre, of the unitta. could d bettebetter Lucy took the mail home. 4.- dreLws h and tater Over to F. M. tth.e bave t een40 Edwards residence for safety itb and. certatily the when people started en ' will; not hoso wbg4 back to. rl 4$ Witt , ,oete.4 agaAtIVt< those WhnreaU nUt want trtdoan henget daysWork, • Don't think Luey's opposed to unions in general. 'Years O she talked to a Mater Builder who had lawnin tArnational secreta ry of a Won, His picture hangs in the union hall in Toronto. He was a gentle person who stood for fairness betweezn workers and employers; equally uaderstaruling the , economy. It was evident fr om the first that some Unkin leaders would not go alceng with the guide lines set by the golrecument. Pe 'taps they are not adequate, but a start had to be made somewhere and it would appear that a great many union members have been braiema shed with a sense' of greed to follow the leaders who preanisze to have no other purpost than to upset our economy. Some worke CS in various unions have be:en out so long en strike that their source of employment may vanish when works we closed down. it is a sr &d. situation for Canada, wl lere companies here are mit ;ing of locating in the United States, as wages are not as nigh there. And if wages do k eep rising to cope with soarir ig living costs and if somethir tg isn't done to stop it,, our do liar will be worth nothing and we will be reduced ti 3 pay with wompum or sea sit* Ms. How w outd the CUPW llke to advoc-ate a cut of 10 percent in wages :? Let w s go back SO years to the sta rt of inflation, which finally resulted in the stock marke t crash.. Luc73, was connected with the 81 iyfield Post Office for 25 years . She only has the ex- perie ace of this rural post offic4.2. but the workers had to know how to do everything fror4 keeping track of bag lab'tes and reporting missing mr4il or parcels, to sorting. making up letter packets for frsur trains a day at Firucefield, writing money orders. postal notesdoing the usual Post' Office bank deposits and applications for withdrawals, selling stamps and ordering enough for a months supply. We also_had to make up and dispatch surplus cash. when there was no bank here. In such a post Wittehe or she had to know all' the work. not lust be at a general delivery wicket. or a stamp or money order wicket. The postmaster salary was set on the amount of stamps sold and the -small com- mission in mane orders. The inflation had drained the government coffers and so alt postmasters took a 10. percent tut in wages. That reduced Illy father's salary to POO a year and it stayed around. *tit sum until my mother wes,post mistress in - ; War, whore nit ot Red Cots 'tiiottsis,*noitht the to *bout $1,000 per yW� ott. h*4 ror nutaki rnfl removing our Nrniture and ray father, crippled with arthritis was also taken to Edwards, -However, we were Welty, A nine-int' all of wet snow on the roof and willing hands to pump water tor those hi the haymow to put out sparks. and keep, the wooden window sills puked with snow. saved our. buildings. It they had caught fireall the village would have gone. There was n fire protection . not even an organized bucket brigade, The Post Office was open for business as usual next dayin, the Doctor's office. in his residence All the equipment had been saved and -only one newspaper was missing. Lucy had to assume more responsibility. Her salary was $10 a month and her . board. The hours were ! long. Someone had to get up at six o'clock (usually mother) to hand the mail bags out to the driver for Brucefield. Once my father did not, report any missing letters. as he felt sorry for the ,railway mail clerks going sOuth who had to sort all mail from the stationslo make an exchange at Lucari. Such was super- vision in those days that he received a letter • from the Inspector's Office in 'London asking why he had not reported missing letters that week. Beside helping in the Post Office. Lucy looked after her father's two horses. Mother had two cows and raised calves and pigs. Lucy had rabbits and also pure bred white W yandotte fowl. She raised and sold -chickens and had a lane vegetable garden from whlh. vegetables were canned. Mother also preserved quite a bit of fruit. Two years Lucy planted one quarter acre of field corn, and, hoed and harvested it. • And when stooks were dry she borrowed F. H. Edwards light wagon and with the faithini old driver Jackhauled it home and stowed it in the mow for winter feed f9r,,the cows. 6. it was work, taut it never hurt anyone. There was no thought,of wondering what to do with our time. By working together for our livthg. we did not starve and were happy. Canada had a mail service of which to be proud. Christmas was rather a hectic time for rural mail carriers and post office clerks. But we and those who worked for us knew that his Majesty's Mail' must get through, no natter if they were Wiling out mail until one o'clock in the morning afterthe everting mail. At one time the pest office wicket was open, except when Sorting mail from 8 a.m.' to 10p.m., and later than that in the' Gairdeners time, when the late stage came from Seaforth. In those days of yesterday, it was an honour to be a P00 Office worker. 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