-6c™ farm publications, and mail order catalogs from Eaton's, Simpson's, and Holman's. It provided a pleasant, home-like spot where men were welcome to linger for a space, while they chatted of matters of current interest -- community and world-wide. Some of tne older residents used to come here in the evenings for extended discussions of world and local affairs andto set forth their various theories as to what was wrong with the universe in general, and the remedies that should be adopted. Occasionally, a sharply- worded debate would flare up when a pair of ardent political opponents | happened to meet. There was, of coures, not the slightest possibility of their agreeing on any phase of the sub ject; the argument was not in the hope, or with the purpose, of finding common ground; rather, it was to overwhelm the opposition by sheer force of words and reduce him to silence. No one, to the best of my recollection, ever accomplished this objective, — but it was not for want of effort. When politics was the subject at issue, there was absolutely no chance of a meeting of minds. In New Haven, as in most localities, the country stores have fallen

victims to the march of so-called progress. The automobile has brought the country shopper within minutes of the city stores and Super-markets <- poor substitutes for the friendly, personal atmosphere of the old country store as we knew it. We mourn its passing.

Of the four that once served the New Haven community and adjacent areas,

only the store founded by Kobert MacPhail still remains. It is operated by:

his son, Lloyd.

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