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. Audrey Hepburn len McCartney became ,inother again on Mon- :January 17. by arrived for Emmy and 7M sser. His name is Brian ‘ In View of the fact that y weighed four pounds _ gm of the cold January _he decided to stay for a . ittradays in the hospital. received a phone call on ,‘night that my brother ‘Urbshott. Guelph had the rtune to fall and break his l'llle skating. He will have end quite some time in tal. I and. Margaret Urbshott and d Edna Cook enjoyed snowmobiling on Sunday ' called on Elwyn and Joy ardson. Hope Bay and Harv tFy Weir. Mar. ' aturd‘ay evening, Sally to :and Jim Dealtins visit- l‘t Bill and I and we a good game of euchre. n 2 Scotland. Ontario V us. Henri and Cecile . new 4H project called us on Living" is about to for the Purple Valley and g rl5t - 'vers six topics and sounds ' nteresting. The members cable to cover one topic ughly'or learn a little about E: i : raphy. the art of reading. §V_' l . gardening, music and ppreciation. live theatre or interests. ~ leader Mrs. Goodale and rant. Mrs. Elaine Rouse “Ended the training d hope to have their ting Thursday. Febru- _ 7. at Mrs. Goodale's weather permitting. he Groundhog see _ his I’m afraid he wouldn't head above all the snow .' get ready for more ’ now that our little tiriin of Purple Valley once ‘ ost office? it‘s'an ‘ we have f Jill-Si. gridag‘fighnm d numbered in . but only a small i L ‘ usi brought Bill and Fran Dmetriuc. Wilsonville with them to see our Bruce Peninsula. Did I hear you say “not another Bill"? That‘s exactly what 1 said. Anyway it l was nice to meet them and i think they liked our area so well they are going to come up again to do some snowmobiling. :Broomhali. snowmobiling. ski- ing. curling and hockey are all favourite sports of the Purple Valley residents but there is a new game out now called "Shovel Your Roof“. Any num~ ber of people can play and the only tools required are a ladder and a shovel. As this sport requires quite a bit of skill and can be dangerous. it is not recommended if you are getting older or are afraid of heights. The length of the game depends on when we get a mild spell. -Visitors on Sunday with Grcn< ville and Edythe Crawford “ch Lorne and loleen Hepburn. Marie McLean and daughter Lynn were also recent visitors. -Vernon Crawford. Hamilton is reported to be recuperating' nicely after an acute appendicitis ' operation on Saturday morning. I . “he has received news of [hi Chas. Watchorn then became postmaster but gave up his duties to Mrs. Malcolm McMil- lan in “39]. Mrs McMillan also ran a grocery store in the house behind where the present store is situated. Grandma McMillan as she was known to everyone, kept store. supported the church and sorted the mail until WIS. when she retired. Which brings me to the original idea for this article. Lorne Hepbuiâ€"n has in his possession a letter with a Purple fValiey post mark on it. dated October 22. I‘JIJ. This letter was i discovered while doing some i renovations on his house on Lot r 26 Cone. 8 Albemarle. : Mrs. McMillan was Lorne Hepburn's great grandmother l and Would be the post misiress I when this letter was delivered. The penmanship is beautiful and the letter was sent to Wm. C. Hambly. Purple Valley. by his father. William Hambly. who ‘had gone west where money Lseemed more plentiful. Posted in Regina. Saskatche- lwan. October 22. 1913. the letter ‘arrived in Wiarton. Ontario on lOctober 27. L913. thence to lPurple Valley. This would show l that mail delivery was quite 'uch it cost to .n» ‘i stamp is missing so it is_ 'd fesse My Dear "Willie". mention is made of Bill l Mallard. the weather being cold t with some snow. the fact that the writer has been helping build a church near Regina and expects to start a new job at $75 per month at a sash and doo factory for the winter and the birth of a baby girl at Uncli Ernie‘s. It is believed Uncl: Ernie to be Ernie Glendillen loleen Hepburn's uncle. whi was married in Ada Hambl} Signed "from Regina" . 1n 19H 3 rural mail deliver} service was begun and did away with the Purple Vallm post : office and the on: at tho Mclvni settlement. just three miles ‘ north. This rural route “as knov‘n as ‘number four, Wiarton. and ‘ remains so to this day. The man appointed ll) dclivcr the mail daily to approximately ‘ sixty mail boxes on RR #4 Wianon. was Mr. Herbert Bull. With only the years between l918 â€" l930 off, Mr. Bull still brings us our mail. This adds up ‘ to fifty years of travelling over the same road. winter and summer. rain or shine. In part of the period bciuecn NIB-1930 Mr. Gladstone look the mail contract and his driver was Charlie Davis. a deaf mute. Tom McGarvey was the next contractor and his son Billie McGarvcy drove the mail route. Mr. Bull recalls thai he used a ‘horse and buggy for ihe first isurnmcr but after that he had a car. Of course he had a horse and cutter for the winter as the .roads weren't ploughed like they Rare now. I recall the little house he had built on his slcigh mm a stove to keep warm. I often wonder if anyone ever iimli a ipiciure of his travelling van. A great number of changes {have occurred since NH. The cost of a stamp has gum: up from 2 cents to IO ccnis. The number of mail boxes has lincreased from on (n 80. plus (hC ‘summer people. Additional miles have been added inio Berford Lake. down sidcroads l0 Hursts land Crawfords. When asked if many people used to rcccive a daily paper. I Mr. Bull could only recall two on lhis route who did. Mr. George ‘Voght used to get the Globe and i Howe the ‘Mail and George [onan Free Press. l 0thr popular weekly papers were the Family Herald. ihe lFarmer'a Guide and the Cana- idian Countryman. i old copies of the Canadian ' Countryman which were deliver- ed to Robert Hepburn in Bill and l have a number of “ill-1925. The cost of this paper Compare this for com and the , number of daily and weekly ‘ papers you can subscribe to 1 today. A great number of lfllcl'c‘illng things happened in Mr Bull while hi: dclixoreri the mail Ht: remembers meeting :i hit: :rurk “‘llll tarpaulim flapping rim-r or the Mar road. His l'liil‘SL‘ \‘1i»l>-» used In motors and siitli prompili ran and} and l the shafts and frightened Mr Bull's mic vil'icri the liiirsi amt: homo uiihuui its dritcr :rid the buggy The year ihui v cold and the frost smppwl .ill Ihc hardwood ire-es Mr Bull was walking behind lllx turttr in keep “arm. \ihirli hr: ol'icii dzd heinccn L‘rbshoii's .ind F-wbc'» and his horse being sliiirish did w k: \ as m not like the sound of lllC irt-w. going off llhl uiiii slum w :l on». dllti’lllLl iiir. .l -.. spill all ilir: [lliill \l' l (amt- in lIIK lLKru’k ml th- horse and liL‘lF‘Lll pot or- w leiicn. He did iini tell on it ii CHEF had any nruhlrymr i...L a liri \‘Ill 'l‘ .il till lllll imw 'ln HLi.lll\K llll rt-iiii lilhsi -l itiiliuiii \li Uilt‘ \‘-lllli.‘l \llli,'ll Illl. My“. '4iv 'Si) bud llL' uiiilil iiiil mi iwiii pilvnln Vrillm In Mtlznr l..r mi- in Ii.“- lilclll Ll-.i \lii > :i l'i_‘\\dllll‘tl \\li-i rls- .uiilil ‘ii \Illl Hldliips, pus! mm l‘l'i“ HUI .i llll‘lll\ unlit .Il‘tl wail i on its \\.ii and weigh {‘JLVl and \l‘ilp illL'nl out? ttll.|liiQ|I\' \li Hull was lll. ll-‘ . llill “All .|\ iii.iii'. [uiiulx in ilL'll\t‘|' .IIHIIUIIL i [all I'CI’llL‘lll lii'i llli linen. iniiui» in. llli'llltl’ gut Ill th’ lull min \\.irni undcriirar and stockings in ll _â€".â€"â€"â€"“ Lind tinnll'lL‘l' .‘ll ('lirisimiis I'iill i>| surprises. BCsidt’s delivering lllL‘ fllJll. Mr. Bull formed and um. secretary treasurer for Albu- marlc school area and is 5iiil secretary-treasurer fnr Alhe~ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" marle township. All llllS he Clllt.‘‘with onl) one llLillLl. A rcnmrt able man. if it wasn't for Mr. Bull mu wouldn't cven get [0 read the news about Purple Valley in ihe Echo. â€"â€"_ was SLSO per year and is full of interesting M . ‘advertisi ”' bdii’i’filid ‘ ‘ L rig and