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w. dun'l mllu hon many pup!- null- I llvlnu ulllnl Mr Cod-1‘ Thu hallm- nulior .91- “III fmn all th- girla, arho an golng to flllkl her man buutlful: Aim, 5- h Country. Inutv Coun- u etc, at well n mlny aeagi. ulllng product: lor th- horn Amway, Full-r, Yunnn I! u, Mlllnl, ll well I: Rul- hl Ind Walklnl. Thtll than . tho magaalno and book nlumun. 0n. hu lo lurn whoa to any "no." Th. worhlnl lune lull cl I lram minty rho. lruclu. ihc 'lrlgn III 0 lool lruclu i: Ins, Ind lhl lunch truck Iri- rlvu daily or most unrk alas. as. All thin deal not Inclvdl "II lieu-II o! ulnmcn Ind goodrwlll ample, who rnllu - living iron. calling on buri- Inn and pruhuimul pwplm Probably lhu houuwlh at vurl ago turd thu urn. thing thn our town will young, a link , driving a tan- lilru hot“ illuwn vlhlclo wnuld ply thl town rind Ivr~ roundlnl «arms, soiling pol! and pun and In ondlun urny ul hall nld I ml. Thu pliant nindlclna mln didn't call at haunt, but would I" up a small stand lay lho old post ofllu garner: uni! an" winning his nrorucllvn em- tmn up utlllt ,3 Illoul. would urnmlnen to all Ill murmur oi furl-I'll: hnlrh nlu. Inn- lul m-dlcln's Ind Illxln, Ind I‘ mulls (or both man Ind hull. 0' coin“, many u in can rlmlmb-r wh-n tho Indian luuawl from chlppun or Cl. Cralur would appear ch xummor with lh 'r belu- llful hundwuvm bnkoh Ind swoaigrau :onlnlnln. And their man would com- soiling In ran iurnlturn. Then peo- pl- In'mld «than "cunt mid G'Mllllll lll Mlurn hr “Illr araru. Until tiny yum ago, a rag Ind hone man would drlv. Ill.- und wagon Irounl‘l Down 1 "Rut and banal Rut lhfl bnneil” P-riodically a nun would arrlvo on the Ilroel with a larul grinding whnl lo llnrpln miiadrr kniru and Icislori. Satnu :ulnrnnr dun. "ll lu crum mun wnuld com. by an hll blcy=le and llde Hr, ringing hla lltllo hoii Somo tlmn a popcorn veiler male hn Iner with his alum whla. Uh. All this VII: lmldaa tho waakly ull lrom a mh truck [all fish on It.) and iho daily calls by tho rnllkmln. brind- man uni! lh- lac-nut. Two Stores 0n Jackson Street ETHEL MAV'E Bufure lho turn of lh. cen- ‘tury, Walkerlan had a livery slable operaied by John Mly‘ ln I906, Wilkurlnn's flrsl ur Rude ll: uppur-nu. Perhaps John lull lhls proâ€" phesled the and uf the livery slables, buausc, about 19W ll. changed business and ooaned a grocery store an Jackson Sireei in a small building, now gone. and on tho prasanl site of Mac» Du" Mnlors, thra- daon nulth cf the Queen‘s Hotel. After John May dlad, hll daughter, Elhel, carried an lhl businoss. By lad-Y5 standards ll w“ - rmlill operation hul was complemented by Aficofl’: handler shop clou ‘bv (luler Spirliugs). She did a stoady husinosi. Ethel also had a large candy :nunkr that "trusted a good flaw oi kids spending their pennies If lllr Flue. Sh. op eralad the business until 173‘, whun she closed shop. Liver ill. married John Fuller, who was employed for mlny years by the Walkerton Eioclric Company [Idler P.U.C,). GODDE AND MacKAY'S Just a short diilince north of May‘s store was another larger and busier grocery store, â€" Guodo B. MacKay's. This store, In busincss before lhu turn of th. century, was operaled by Bob Geode and "Win" Mu:- Kay. They had a more modern operation and also provided de- livery service, "Wig" MacKay was a iovlal man whu didn't believe in par- ronrring barber shops. His long hair earned him his nick- name, His partner, Ruherl Gande, was the bookkcenur Ind had a keen business head. Bob Gondo’a tnmlly lived at Maple Hill and ran the MIJpIQ l-llll post alllce from lhei‘r big red hrlck hams in the law's. His dad, Jnhn Gooclc, al’au oper- aled a slcre lhoru at one time. Bub wurked hard fur Walker- ton over the year's, truth on council and various. committees. He lived with his molher in the large house lusi west ol tha Baptist Church (new owan by Ross and Ruth Hobleyl, Wlfi was a blcllelnr and "v- at! an Juksan Slrue‘l, when the Min Lulhei’ln Church was rocontly built. Good. 8 MacKay was one at tho last stores in town to hair. opon barrels at various bulk grocery atoms from which shop- gora could purchase. The store was later modarnized by unis Mania", who operated stares In Mildmay and Walkadon. Lalo Junk Schnurr. hrs bror ther-ln-lasr, took otter tha atom. Gradually tho merchandiso changed to clothing and gen eral marchlndlse and lam srill, Earl and irone McCullough haught the business. Wlun the Bank of Mumrsil decided '9 build I new and llrwr hank about mo. the store was demolished. Th: parklng lot bnhind the new bank um the lot when Bab Gum aria Wig MacKay splnl most of their lives. FOOTNOTE: The following was submitted by Bert Disch In answer In Richard Skibl's onquiry. A story lbaul effects Ill. zold winter of I934 had ll lhn Dairy wlll follow later. This taxes my memary piling b-dl 50 years, lillll I will try is inswar his enqulry as best i can. I Price uf Milk Milk was sold in anL and quart glass bottles and i her have the price was 5c 3 pint, 9c yen quarl. Buttermilk was sold in quarts only Iur 5c. 1 think butter sold [or about 200 1b., cream was sold in ha} pints and plnis for 7c and 12c, and whipping sold lur 10¢ a half pint Tlulrcls sold tools the place of cash. II Number of Hames Servicod I think I would be quite con~ servallve in saying, he route I seerced emailed abuul two hundred calls or thereabaulj, cucumpassing the east. soul): and must side at the lawn. I|l winter Delivery 'llhe wheels would he remov- ed {mm the sulrlmer \l'aguu and replaced \\lU.1 from and back tunnels which were ilialulled by bluclsnnih Non Smith. The horse would be shod \lllh :pe- Clail rubber ll‘llllel' shuts “Ilth pruvcnlt‘d slipplllu and pluvid-