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cars became more plentiful. Today almost every family has a car or truck and, in some cases, both.

A bus service to Elmira was introduced in 1932 and the first operator was Art Lewis. In 1936 the bus company was pur— chased by I.M.T. and operated by Sterns Webster until 1939. The bus was tlzn driven by Ray Steel until 1941. He was followed by James Lund until 1951. From 1951 to 1954 Harold Birch drove and from 1954 to the present day Henry O'Brien is the driver. The length of time Henry has been operating the bus in this area goes to show that he is cautious, dependable and, as the people of the community say, "He is a wonderful driver and he knows everybody."

Early Mainland Traffic

Early traffic to and from the mainland was by Packet in summer. The passengers were taken ashore by dory.

During the winter months, travelling was by iceboats. These boats were fitted with runners like sleigh runners. The male passengers helped the crew navigate the boats. The men were all attached to the boats by means of straps and ropes. This was to help in pulling the boats and was also used as means of safety should any of the men go through the ice.

Road Building and Maintenance

At the present time and for some years past a great program of building and maintenance has been going on in connection with

our highways. This calls for the most up—to-date equipment both summer and winter.

About fifty years ago the only means the Government had for ditching and scraping was called a road machine, built much along the lines of the present maintainer. The motive power was horses. Each spring or early summer four residents of each district were supposed to take a team of horses each and work with the machine for a day. One team was hitched on the pole, then two teams abreast ahead of the pole team and the fourth in the front. The only man having a seat was the driver of the pole team and there was great rivalry for this position. Some men who were aways late for other work would appear first, hoping to be the chosen one but the operator of the machine usually reserved this seat for the oldest man or one who might be lame.

The driver of one of the centre teams, the one on the ditch side, had a rough time dodging along the rail fences, over stones and trees. This was found to be so arduous that, later, the teams were all hitched tandem. There was usually great confusion in the morning getting four strange teams to pull in unison.

The problem of keeping the roads open in the winter entailed a lot of work for both man and beast. After each snow storm every