houses have propane delivered from Summerside . A representative from Maritime Electric reads the electric meter, a job done for many years by Sterling Lord . Frank McKenna from Albany, with a box on the back of his wagon, came with codfish. Mr. McKenna had a stub arm and it was with a feeling of awe that children watched him hook the scales to a band on this stub and skillfully balance the spring scale to determine the weight of the cod fish. There have been a number offish men through the years; Otto Curtis , Albany, until he went to the second war; John Fell , Tryon ; Claude Howatt , Cape Traverse , with the first catch of herring in the spring; Mr. Cousins from Hunter River ; and recently Alvin Gallant, Rustico , who has been coming once a week during the summer months. Reuben Rogerson , Newton Mayhew and his son, Lloyd, from North Tryon , Hedley Miller and Donald MacLeod , Victoria, and Albert Ram ¬ say, Lady Fane , all supplied fresh meat door to door. They used horse drawn vehicles and later trucks to cover their territory. The choice of cut was prepared and hung by a hook to be weighed on the spot. Billy Anderson helped to provide the housewife with some ready cash. He called with his horse and wagon, then his Graham Paige car, to pick up eggs which he took to Charlottetown to be graded. Billy would return the next week to pay for the eggs and to pick up another supply. In 1942 Sheldon Dixon opened an egg grading station in part of his store where the housewife could take her eggs and receive money immediately. Alban Keough , after taking a course in egg grading, worked for Sheldon in the egg grading station from 1942 until it closed. Jessie Lord also graded eggs at the station. John T. Dawson woke many in the community when he called from farm to farm early in the morning to pick up the cream which he delivered to the North Tryon Butter Factory . Burpee Carr , with his congenial disposition and happy smile, took over the job from Mr. Dawson . He was succeeded by Stanley Thomson . Sidney Dawson was the last resident to pick up cream at the farm gate. He delivered to ADL in Summerside . Since 1960 the milk man has been delivering instead of receiving product. Gordon Stordy from Dairies in Summerside ; Kent Nicholson from Health Dairy, , and Pat Mclnnis from , make calls twice a week to their customers. One would see Rex Dawson on the rounds picking up hides, horse hair, and scrap iron. Max Cope , Albany, came to the district to collect scrap iron as well as any household item that the housewife wanted to convert to cash. He also exchanged hooked mats for thin linoleum squares. Mr. Cope had Mrs. Harry Quigley repair these mats, but it is not known what he did with them. The Raleigh men, David Murphy and later Sheldon Cameron, both from Kensington , offered everything from baking spices and soothing salves to conditioning powders for animals. Watkin's salesmen Robert 66