The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-02-26, Page 9f,.
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opening of '.
THE CHILDREN'S
SHOPPE
this weekend at
Suncoast Mall'
LAILIES' TOPS:
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TH1,1R; DAYt F'EBJWARY 26 1970 -PAGE 31
1 initinuecl filial page 28 .4,,-1 possible.' If a snowstortr
Ltaekr)(7.71-4:17:i,wi;.i (tlri'�ly1 m,ide. the loud tjri'potarlly ,
• *11rives diptii^ts 4: rml) i' 11)1c,'liill turned into
itiiitiittline tibia arrives therl'e r 1:-fzirtirhrrtiSe a11it�-
1:00, depart a•nl., Ben -
weatherman
life until ..the
miller . st?agc, :Wednesdays weatherman. gave;' the :,gel`'
and: Saturdays, arrives' 10 slgn,,,a.l."
A. illy c1e•pa,rt .ul. 9. The, ....:.i'here 'were many .stages '
Hi"nmillcr s.tuge was a •light srr�rrng- other,dist,rict . .in,
•bug';gy .w;ith one horse driven ' n. 1'1 nth clnd M.11 .t lcsi.x.'..;
by , W•allium Moore, 'whose •• One �yenrng in M ri°cla, 19'60, .
£t cn o'r ., •acey.nirrlxrt�kltiori the Huron, .:.Expositor •
W is thus limited., hut he •rcpbrtcd; ,"the horses of .fbe
carried ted the rntti4. and �i gr c at ' Zurich-Hensall• stage - came'
muny. p'areely: . Mr. ,.; Mcore "'.!:??to dun tivithczut their. driver'
llrckcd'unurrTi. and minus' sleigh ` and.
• Rnbert Armstron carried • p`1 ' cngc rs. On the other side
g of the swarrrp the harne;;s•and,
mail between Ggderrch. and. whiff'lefrecs 'brake, leaving.
I)r ngann,on .for more than4Q the v,ch•icle and a large load of
years•: About 191.8 he ,pun- passen;ger•s :sitting dru the
' chased and •remodclle•d the. road,"
former AnB�
tony .ack Hotel, Henry Hoffman, of Dash-
wood,.
7ash-
Uungapnon's .first hotel„ His wood started carrying ex -
widow had. been living in' the press; passengers and mail .
• house when' it bur.ried.i i 1958. over. the• Exeter -Grand 'Bend
• Mrs. Armstrong, 89,:died .tn' pistol as.
•.route in 1901., with a
GodilIj htbspital in•1940 protection from robbers. • In
Williatn McCi?nnell, of ,..;,, he retired his sta e
Dungannon, operated ,:-: tha toa Kt;,. or" ti e cif`' the'fti 2`
Kincardine ,stage ..for many trucks in.the ar,ea..It was not
years. His p'are'nts farmed in until 1„940 that roads were „
ye •
. Ashfield, and Bill as a young snowplowed regularly, and
man farmed at Sheppard.ton many winter trips were made
' for a few years. Then he went . •
into the 'livery business at with horse and 'Sleigh, Mr.`.
. Lucknow.in partnership with Hoffman're.ti,red in 1946
' H.J: Blake, and it.was at that ' In the early years:; mail was
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' time he began operating• the carried. by stage from
•Seafortfi. to Wroxeter, and..
stage. • .there was a 'post office. at
Jamestown. Early 'carriers
.THREE TEAMS? : ' : were William Robb • and
E•dwa'rd Lowry.'
Writing, in4he London Free Establishment of rural
Press.i 1 1870, the late George,. marl 'delivery 'provided' a,
L'. Ellis rel' t1,t mo`r� ' sati farwtory : service,
1VIcConnell s'cote.ach' lefttha''pecially • to res -idents- on
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Kincardine daily at 5 a.m., toads , away from stage
stayed in Goderich two h•o.urs,, routes, but- the. drivers,
and after Picking up mail'and. inherited, the same :wintry •
passengers. returned' ' to •weather.. .Even in Januar,y.,•,.
"'.Kincardidc.. by 10 . pan. An. 1976, it was not ppssible for
extra team of horses was rural mail. carriers t� corn-
po;sted at Amberley and plete their 'tours'" every day. .
Robert :Armstrong's stage .carried the mail between,
(r nderich and Dungannon for more than 40 -years. •
another. in,G'oderich. Single When: back roads ate •ing,: •
distance.. 'on the back.
card'}ne."was: $1, round euen srwwplo s they tem spapers are a factor..
poraraly bar the marl drivers
"Bi established a
fare from Goderich. to Kin- passable to school buses and N• ewspapers
trip. w ,
fare$
.50. (,OI�FRICH ROUTES
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"g• They cannot emulate Jock _
reputation,. for bringingAdams,'' for,; the ' mailbags The first rural mail route in :
nowada s are too heav to be','
through his stage coach:ora_. y'Y O• ntario wane into, operation.
ti tt• .wps'..humanly.,'. c arried 'six .miles, or any between Ham t ton and..
Ancaster on October 10,t1908,
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putat.a
rough
'time
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;+'Vacuum' Cleaners''
+ Washer-Spi/n Dryers .
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available on
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and when' :the °50th ' an-
niversar.y was celebrated the
Signal -Stare reported ' that • a
long, list of men h'ad faithfully
se'tved•.rural families in the'
• • Goderich area. . '
it• listed. the drivers on
routes out -4),f Goderich • as
• follows: -1, J.'Johnston; 2,
.George .J: Glenn; .3,. Harvey
M. Johnst-On Alden Allen:
5, . Cha"i•lcs' E. Mitchell:. 6,
Prank'' •O.. Gerin Longest
route was that. of : Harvey
Johnston, 54 mile's; with 163
'calls-
I'he
.present Ifsf. includes
three fem ale drivers.'•RR 2
(Goderich '.township) .Mrs..
Lillisrn . Fe•agan: '3.
(Amherley) Harvey John-
'ston: ' 4 (Benm.iller)., `Lois
IR:ov c:. '.fi (to near ,Auburn).: Liking 'the, turn', at Market
Ma;itic. Mitchell; •. fi., Squa.rc, alt .fourThniriials: of
(Pungiinnon.), John Brodie.. Messrs.. Hobson and Davies
The ,aar•licst'Stage'coach.cs t'umhlcd With dreadful force •
in this > iu i werc what we upai•n the top of tach other into
would now describe •as in- the trench of sewer thag.
' tcrurhanl They ran between . surround:s.theSquare.
Goderich and Hamilton; with In• in article written in 1938 .
' iverni'ght stop at Galt or by they 1 Ite_Nathciniel'Bae-r, he
Preston: As early as •184:i, recalls :that ''Jacob Willson ' `.
Godorich received mail four it t5 known by many people"
.times a week. The 'passenger )'notal ,Hiirn.il.ton, Galt,
fart. to ;Galt. Week:
$4. In the . l' . ton,. up through.. . the' .
13:i0s `there""was. iiiail "friini ..district to Goderich having,:`"
London twice• a week, con- cir•ivcn pione% ' stage- and
•veyed by'cisach or horseback . brought ..in supplies to 'early
rider, • : settlers.''
r nachi•.s4verc h'aule•d(J,ra.._ih._11.amittDn•Codlrtch_-
'..by •four horses, necessitated run, hrii•ses were 'changed 'at'
by the same primitive road Haysyille. according to the
condition} thiit caused Jacob Wilmot township history.
Scegiia.illtir 11)'. attach" four 11obson's ',table •, h ad. ac- '
hoist's . to his, big" w agi>ns commodation for 1';5,horses':••
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JELL L2L ��
bringing. pprkir , flour and'
whiskey from Waterloo
-county to trade -in Goderich".
for hides, salt, fish,and
The • Hamilton stages
evidently' came' into Goderich: `
along • the: ...Huron ,and
Britannia roads,- calling at •
Wilitim
Reed's hotel •on'-`
Hibernia". Terrace, now
•v'Finished down the'lak.e bank:
Reed k,epta" mailhag,for "the
public:'ilnd front tirne to time
carried.' it himself before
other facilities were 'set up.
First official• postmaster was
Ed�iin Griffin, with his office'
." in'E;.C-T"aylor's.storeonWest
street.i• •.
('RASH ON Td -IE SQUARE
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Rid:ll ' fou •horse . stage.
Acoaches usually carne : up..
Lighthr>us,•e street to the.,
"Market •Sduare" • at . full
# allol5, ''right abreast," the
Signal said, of one decas"ion,'.
"while whips and horns in,
for'm'ed 'our citizens that. it
race and nc:r share: On
g.
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