Postmasters at Tyne Valley were: Allan McLean , Neil McLennan , Hubert Phillips , L. McLean McNevin , Thomas Nisbet , Mrs. Lucy Nisbet , Miss Gertrude McNevin , Nelson Sheen and Mrs. Judith MacDougall . Postmasters at Northam -were: John Colwill , Thomas H. Pope , Henry J. Folland , John E. Yeo , John T Linkletter , Mrs. Agnes Linkletter , Ivan E. Linkletter , Mrs. Greta Grigg . The Northam Post Office was permanently closed on September 30, 1969. Postal service from Northam was then transferred to Tyne Valley . Education The educational system on Prince Edward Island developed gradually over many years. In 1806 there was no public school on Prince Edward Island . In 1825 an Act was passed to provide money for education throughout the Island. By 1829 public schools were increasing in number. Schoolmasters boarded around, living with each family for a time. In 1837 a Superintendent of Schools called a School Visitor was appointed. John McNeill held this position for 10 years. In 1852 a Free Education Act was passed, by which grants of money were given by the Island government to local school sections to pay the teach¬ ers' salaries. Once a year the taxpayers in each local district held a school meeting. At the meeting trustees were elected to look after the school building and hire teachers. Extra taxes could be raised to "supplement" the salaries of teachers and to pay for better schools and equipment. The Act contained a clause stating that not more than 200 school districts should be established, and that schools should be at least three miles apart. In 1856 a Normal School was started to give teachers better training. Reminiscences of the Olden Days in PEI was the title of an account of earlier times, printed in The Pioneer newspaper in three instalments: March 6,13 and 20, 1926. The author's name was not given. The account told that the first schoolhouse in the community of Trout River (later named Tyne Valley ) was a log building built about 1849 on land later owned by William Hanson on the road to . The following school¬ masters were mentioned as having taught there: Thomas Keye ; Dubois Smith, Robert James Downing , a Mr. Beckford , George N. Gordon , a Mr. Taylor , Herbert Bell , and James H. Fitzgerald . About 1862 a second schoolhouse, a frame structure, was built on the 62 Roots & Branches