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| . | J ~ -- T | | | | ' - '" Goshen's railway station once se j by Wanda Blimkie V\él sinc; 1940, D}::war tall.keld gays of Goshli:n Corners a log ' about this once thriving little ome in the community, f | Mercury reporter community, its pioneers and owned by David Carswell Sr, ' | eA4IP s IL i p the early days of the institute was the centre of activity as it -- ;'{' | With grateful memories to a 'ts.mem ers, past at her Renfrew residence last housed a small grocery store j 4 and present, as well as much gratitude to a once _ week. and post office called _ ' vi ° 7 Goshen which '"In~ the early 1860's _ 'Carswell' with mail «2 2 0 Y o thr_zvmg forming community af .Oh Goshen Corners consisted of _ delivered once a week. This _ § 2 .€ revolved around a country store with a pOSt Of~ _ --four dwellings, including _ mail had to be put off at the _ Bs oo g & ~ _ fice named Carswell, a Goshen hall serving _ houses, a blacksmith shop _ Mayhew Station on the CPR alB= O. . > church affa,',-s and social demands, a Goshen and a hall which was built by _ Railway and transported by > 3"1, C Frwmp i . s A | CNR 0 ) p the Sons of Temperance, an horse and sleigh in winter | & t\&'; t § ! _ railway station on the Itawa 10 TFarTYV _ active lodge for many _ and horse and buggy in sum-- P "E" A | s Sound, two schools called the Russell School in _ years," Dewar said. mer. | . } aA m o o : j S l in McNab Dewar explained the land '"'The mail was carried by . 8 3 q § en f Hormn ?"ownsth ind Gosken Sehou for the hall was donated by the postmaster when the C '§ 1 +4 Township. John McGregor, who owned _ roads were impassable,"' she © s 9 80 C a farm, but in order to obtain _ said. y C o C g, 423 . .« . is a deed for the property a However, the mail system C'5 E § o . 5 This cairn, constructed on a C.O rher propd L | smal sum of money had to be changed when a well known >, D 8 + 5 E6 donated by Barkley and Maudie Stewart, son qf paid. David Carswell, owrier _ Ottawa lumber king, JR -- 3 3 g:_ M 'g Andrew and Jean Stewart, store owner and in of property across dthg road ll?,ggooth, bhqllt 'abralllw.vayt in ts t Eo s -- f on the east side, paid the sum to his timber limit in n ";3 S % 2 8 D [O,vmg memory of Ruby a.nd '.IOh'? E Milter, of twenty--five cents. Algonquin Park. This line .« | 5& c' m g e ; pivots of much community inspiration and The Goshen Hall became _ was known as the Arnprior _ . 3 5 4 «LCB P .0 uidance from the former store home. the centre for community ac-- _ and Parry Sound Railway . | .g _:-j > 0 g '§ -- * P 4 tivities and was used for When Goshen Station was _ | is a 2P Z2 , . meetings, a Sunday School, built it had two local trains & '§ § "g o (3 i -- Goshen Women's Institute commends our st h9 'E'J' prayer meetings and met all _ stopping each day, one going _ . a w 2 S J ®© :: "é pioneers for this cairn of their citizenry within social . demands. It later _ east and one west, as C\}z«rel{l as . & 4 a d 45 B5 3 .0 rv. * became the heart of institute _ freight trains with a Goshen _ | y sB S hn B be. .e the GOShen pomInuniiy. y activities for many years. ticket agent in the office. ' > insti he '"'In 1914 the Goshen . ; ; hen Women's In-- -- institute not long after t f er ' st?;}&ieGosuinveiled and -- turn of the century. Women's Institute was _ Part of Grand Trunk System _ _ dedicated a plaque on a cairn The dedication ceremony organized. In 1924> these The Arnprior and 'Parry with the above inscription on -- culminated over a year's women bought the famous -- Sound Railway was later . _ Saturday, July 27 as their _ planning and countless hours _ hall for forty dollars and it _linked to he Canada Atlantic _ 5s " dribute to the pioneers who _ of research and work for again became the hub of _ Railway and became pa;t/pf ; settled in Goshen Corners in -- three members of the in-- community life,"' Dewar _ the Grand T.n?'lg/S'fitem in | the 1800's and to com-- -- stitute, Edna Dewar, Mary -- stated. lt# § 1914, which @1932 became . memorate the 70th anniver-- _ Seeley and Amelia Yantha. But that's getting ahead 0 rvali . . sary of the founding of the A member of the Goshen her story. In the very early '////See page B-4 ( Tieh 250. mel c canien on tge l e iGencee e meeeaioaaed fcce ns Bieaibcastong ons ied ces ie ns aconii e en e aere Sn ieataainge wouintitiatnometen in incorictenie tiniriaamtnicremnetstittiniitstmtetinnetatentecmsesnei imaniencaaimiont en aton natiieninianrecatie nentornemmmae § r .,-I. es '}';,7 /' \\ y 5 f o We s ~ " ~------a