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vart pepryâ€"ey m THIS CORUNITY sor the mail from South Lerch to Dunrobin and North March. He was succeeded by Uilliam Boucher Milliam Gow, Joseph and Nervyn Smith, George Armstrong, Camie, Earl and Gerald Gow ( the Gow family doing this route for about 40 years). The present driver is hirs.Carl Stacey. n 1879 South Harch and North lierch were the only postâ€"offices in Nerch Tovnshi> and tilmaurs, Featherstone‘s Corners and Dunrobin, the only ones in Torbolton. .Tr.Henry ‘ MoOusatt tells me his mother and her sister ,lirs.Shaw, told him of walking to larch Corners for the mail probably around 1860. Dunrobin postâ€"office was established about 1864. A peeting was called at which the Rev.ilr.May presided. He was a retired clergyman and inspe¢ tor of public schools and possibly an y.P. It was decided to ask the government to estabâ€" lish a postâ€"office under the name of Torbolton. In 1871 the name was changed to Dunrobin. fenry Younghusband, who operated a store ut the same plabe as the present store.was mude t‘t first Postmuster. le was succeeded in 1886 by J.J.Younghusband who remained in the offie« fill his death in 1936 when his daughter became Postmistress. The Featherstones, lills and other people, as far as what is now vioodlawn, came to ti pew postâ€"office at Dunrobin for their peil till the late 70‘s when a postâ€"office was estabâ€" lished ct Fnatherstone'é CGorners (now woodlavn), end & courier from there picked up their mail at Dunrobin. |ir.lcQuatt remembers three different mailâ€"drivers who passed his gate "hen he was a boyâ€"â€"a French Canadian called LeFerrier, the Fitzgeralds und a Mllianm ‘ontgomery. In the 1290‘s their mail system was changed and .«ir.lerbert ‘leatherdon took their outâ€"roing meil to Fitzroy !erbour and received their inâ€"coming mail which came to wwletta by train on the new Srand Trunk Railway built in 1894. n the 1PPO‘s sostâ€"offices were established at LMarchurst, with "Illiam Laivkshew ‘ Fostmaster, at Herwood Plains, with John O‘Tara as Fostmaster and at lalwood at 2.A. l Tenncér‘s. The South llarch courier delivered mail daily to Luarobin and llarwood Plains roin= around by Herchurst and LorthLarch on elternate days. In those days, reople say, I ‘p.Gilas Gulliven used to bring almost all the Torbolton mail across the Creek when he | went over to lightâ€"up the lighthouse. This system continued till the government introâ€" duced rur.l moil routes with deily delivery to each householder at his cailâ€"box. I Bural Route HNo.l was started in 1614 with lin.Thomas kennedy the first couricr. Four years later lr. Sam Sweeney took over for six years to be succeeded by beatty Younghusband I who had the contract for twentyâ€"seven years. The present courier is Irving Younghusband. Route lio.2, Dunrobin, was started in 1915 with J.J.Younghusband courier. Four years later . I it was Frank Rowe and four years after that, Reggie Soucher who drove for two years. (.a. I Fennedy had it till 1944 when the present courier, Roy Azulay, took over . t‘any methods of transportation weré used by these méilmen who had to get out in a11l I kinds of weather, on all kinds of roads, by horseback, cert, bugey, cutter, sleigh, car , I truck or stationâ€"wagon. In the olden days the mail was not too heavy, mostly latters,and