farmers would hitch up a team of horses, first making a drag suitable for scraping and drive over the roads with this. Margate road was widened in 1931, and it was paved in 1955 at dif¬ ferent times, about a mile at a time. Today all is paved but the side roads The main road to Kensington was used a great deal in the winter time, when the South - West River was a means of communication for the communities of , French River and New London . Today this river is used by snowmobiles only in winter and speed boats in summer. Many horse races were held over the years during the winter on the . POEM "No matter what we say or think Our faults we all have got, They may not all be visible, No matter if they're not, They still are there, so you and I Must very careful be, For if we talk of other folk Our faults they soon will see." "How much more good we all might do, Throughout our own broad land, If we instead of finding fault, Would lend a helping hand. This world would be a better place, Our lives would sweeter grow, We never would have time to look For flaws if this were so." ELECTRICITY One family had a generating plant of their own and used electricity for many years before the coming of the Hydro in 1925 to Margate . The work of farm and home was lightened, such as milking the cows and pumping the water — done with an electric motor today. The women in early days had to work harder to get their chores done. With all the electrical appliances today, the work can be done much easier and in less time. The modern woman has such appliances as: washer, dryer and iron for the clothes; vacuum cleaner and floor polisher for the floors; mixer, blender, toaster, frying pan — and more, for the preparing of food, and a deep freeze which cuts down on the "Canning and Preserving" of meat, vegetables and fruit. 24