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} 5 l l l Rura’l Mail - Telephone - Jitney Service This decade found this community very well established, served by general stores.‘ Another general store at McDougall P.0., one mile west of Admaston Station P.0., was conducted by Mr. P. Ferguson. hrs. Ferguson continued the business for some years after her husband's death, finally selling the business to hr. J.A. Lafleur, whose son J.J. still operates the business. The Post Offices were now closer together and with the advent of Rural Route 2, Renfrew, the local offices were soon put out of business. In 1910 the South McNaughton Telephone Line was built, also the ‘Admaston Telephone Line. Those were Joint stock companies, the subscribers on each line purchasing stock, in order to finance the building of the line. In 1911 Balsam Hill Telephone 00., was built. Each of those lines was connected w1th the Bell Telephone Co. at Renfrew, but each company main- tained its own line and paid the Bell Co. a yearly flat rate, also paid the Bell Co. for long distance calls made through Bell Co. hookâ€"up. By this time several pupils from this community were attending Renfrew Collegiate. The majority of those pupils journeyed to and from Renfrew by train from Admaston Station on the Grand Trunk line, as it was then known (now C.N.R.). Some years later in 1925 Mr. H.157. Brown began a Jitney Service for the benefit of the Collegiate pupils. ,The "Jitney" was a covered truck with seats along the sides. This service was an improvement over the train service, eliminating a two to three hour wait for the evening train home. When the Jitney Could not operate during winter months the pupils drove to and from school using horse and cutter. The store and Post Office at MoDougall was bought b Mr. Pat Lynch in 1950. The Post office was closed in 1969 and he first group boxes appeared to serve the ten or twelve families close by. ‘ The Rural Telephone line from yRenfrew to Admaston Station as at first proposed. has been extended to lMcDugall post office. '9‘ ‘ Mr. James Reid of 'Adrnaston having resigned the position of postmaster .lof Fergusea, Mr. Thos. lCulhane has been appoint- Iled to that position; Thus. A. Low, M.P., having received a petition with some fifty signatures asking him so to do. The proximity ‘lof Mr. Culhane’s place to the school makes it as eci- ally advantageous to ave the post office at his placeâ€"Mercury. ‘ “m