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Diiugai stand seeondly''to,Porter's-Hill. ,.
initially ,from • Goderich, and later .,from
Holmesville... At first the carrier" made oae
trip per week, later this was increased' to
two trips per week, then three and finally, in
1913, daily, service was provided. In 1885; fif-
ty families received their mail at. Porter's
Hill. Porter's Hill continued as a post office
.until December 3t, 1915 when it wasclosed
due to the introduction of rural inaii
delivery. In 1917 all rural mail came
through the Bayfield post office.
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in,March l: ,.the ir� $� . 4
William Hole I stee Ctosl
,. 1857 butj1a,s r pened
to finallycloseeMay27,:929
The service wak.I10was always considered
satisfactory, as can seen from this 1879
report -from the inton;News Record.
. An. effort is heitig made to; ;get a -daily
mail here, which ill be an rovement.
Some.c iange�sh be Made withreference
to Porter's Hill, as letters for there .have to•
go back to• Clinton before they can be fot -
warded."
Courtice's store yes located„on Con. M,
Lot 83 and Mr. coOrtfie ran the postoffice in
his store (a b the_railway ticket office). Ac-
cording to Gord Stock's memories, be went
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Apostoffice;kriownaeGarfield, l tedd
on Lot 41, Con. 10 was establie oa De-
tober 1, 1880 .• with 'John Mid eton • as
postmaster Initially, another Site had been
proposed aceordin -to this reportin the Clin-
ton NewsRecord (September 1879):
"A petition lo the postmaster, general is.
being circulated and signed in Goderieb
Township asking that .'a post office be
'established at Lofft'a Corners. This request
was not granted. Lofft's Corners is situated
on the north-west. corner of Lot 41, Con. 12."
According to Mrs: Fred Middleton, the
Post Office Information Service, Ottawa,
noted that John Middleton was also the con-
tractor for the Clinton to Garfield mail ser -
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- tinuous rural mail service driver - in this.
area. He began carrying mail on.the R.R.,2,
Bayfield route in 1937 and continued' until his
death in 1982.
Township notes
Charlie Pearc.e travelled
for nearly 50 years
CHARLIE PEARCE
- KING OF THE HOBOES
The twenties and the thirties were the time
of the hoboes. Charlie Pearce was born
about a mile west of Holmesville, but at an
early age he left home to see the world and
didn't return for nearly 50 years. His entire
wardrobe was what he had ou. According to
Gord Stock's memory, one item was a vest
on which there were pins of a great variety.
These pins were given him by officials of
cities and towns he had visited, quite often
by the Chief of Police, for it was the custom
in those days to give the hobo a supper, keep
him in jail for the night and escort him to the
city limits - and tell him to keep walking !
1925 - Elva Janabe Orr was the first baby
born in the new Goderich Hospital on Feb.
24th, 1925. Proud parents were Mr. and Mrs.
J.B. Orr of the 3rd Con. They were
presented with an engraved silver mug,
which Elva has in her possession.
1910 - Womens' Institute Secretary's Report
At the home of Miss Belle McDonald, atten-
dance was 24. Minutes of the last meeting
were read by Miss Millie Robb. Mrs. McIver
read a paper on salads, giving some splen-
did recipes. A paper was also read by Mrs.
McKenzie giving a report of what she saw
at the Model Farm at Guelph. Musical selec-
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Annie McDonald. Collection 13 cents. Closed
by singing, Good Save the King. Note atten-
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