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ePoHey house nn•North
street, 'Once had a garden
extending north on land now
occupied by two houses. A
brick • -house of two storeys
and a half. it was built for D.
Fletcher, described in the
deed as a Buffalo wat-
chmaker. Polley bequeathed
the ',property to Charlotte
(Lottie). and her sister Helen
as executor, later disposed of
it to Joseph Lynn. Grace
Polley was married to .a
Goderich man named
McFadyen. who at otie time
conducted a little grocery
store at the eastern corner of
North street ind the Square.
Charlotte conducted the
largest class of its kind in
Canada—the McGillivray
M-ission Band of Knox
Church. The membership of
I I was too great for a single'
group photo: R.R. Sallows
made two. Grace Polley was
,in artist, skilled in painting
on china
Polley acquired the South
street property, for many
vears the centre of his
business Ictiv ides, in 1877,
from Fred and Sam
Seegmiller, "ytYomen, of
tioderich towns:hip.— Con-
.,iclorkition for Lot 171 was
• I.', moo. an. incredibly large
Amount if it ‘vere not ex-
plained bv mention in the
deed of an "exchange of
.ands." Polley evidently had
money. he did not give a
mortgage back.,
Hire of horses and vehicles
as an important business
and an important factor in
aiblic transportation. Sunday
Ind holiday patronage„was
maffected in those days by
radio, television or mmiies.
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requirements of P0111*Oi0.6al.
travellers, and • the special
demands for weddings and
funerals. In. the 187Qs and
1880s. Polley conducted ,a
stage line between Goderich
and Adams as a competitor. '
His bus line to the Grand
Trunk station had ,.many -
-different. drivers. Fare "to
any part of the town' was 25
cents. The bus at times
carried Sunday. School pic-
nickers tb Black's- Point -Or'
ib,Ansford's Grove.,
Thomaerfilt, of the British
Exchange. who had the barn
and bus line in 1896, sold the
hotel and hus line to Edward'
R. Swarts, who in 1905 sold
the south lot to Tom Gundry.
Tom Swarts operated the bus
service later, from premises
on Montreal street.
Polley had sold the livery
business to Tom and Will
Gundry in 191)3. Toni was for
many -years a noted auc-
tioneer. About 1906 he at-
tempted to retire. but could
not resi.si subsequent op-
portunities. Will, who had
served in South Africa and
was adjutant of the 33rd
Huron Regiment, moved to
the Canadian West, The
('undrys sold Lot 219 and the
bus line to Thomas M. Davis,
and the livery building to
Tom Davis and his brother
Alfred. Mrs. T.M. Davis.
West street, recalled that -
Tom was the first automobile
dealer in town. Subsequent
owners of the former livery
stable have been Huron
Motor Sales: Goderich
Motors (Stanley Prevett)and
Glenmark Lumber.
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