a; tained a forge for the fire and bellows to fan it. When the coals b, ame red hot, the iron was heated until it was malleable. It was then nded on the anvil with a heavy hammer and shaped into 'shoes to fit '- horse’s hoof. The nails to fasten the shoe were also made by the

urjh of which are gone, were located on land back of Darrell Foy’s resi— ‘ ce. For many years a blacksmith shop was in operation at the Cove ner. One was operated by Harry MacPhee. It was on property which

. after about 1950 most blacksmith shops had disappeared. STORES

On the lot which Elmer Matheson now owns, stood a store operated

i neth in 1967. A smaller, well-stocked store is operated by Mr. and Bryce Clark. This store was formerly operated by Ray Clark until hl death in 1971.

POST OFFICES

Next door to the store which Was operated by Neil MacFadyen was community post office. Mail was brought from Cape Traverse. Two J ~masters in those pioneer days were Albert Cakes and later Harry l k. For several years in the late eighteen hundreds, Joseph Wadman . 4| ed and delivered mail to every household in the district. As there . 0 post office in the district now, our mail is delivered daily by a rural 3‘ lman. This mail delivery came first from Cape Traverse, before the 1 office was moved from there to Carleton Siding, from whence our '51 came for many years. This year, 1973, the post office in Carleton

permanently closed and now our mail is delivered from the post e in Borden.

Rural mail delivery began, on a daily basis, in 1916. The first rural

courler in this area was Joseph Ahearn, followed by Tom Gardiner,

Elle MacNeill, Kenneth MacNeill, Thomas Keough, Russell Quigley, 1 e Perry and presently Gordon Norring.

CHURCHES

SThere are no churches in Augustine Cove, but our affiliations are eVen Mile Bay, Cape Traverse, Tryon and Crapaud.

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