Reminiscences (y Doug MacPhail's father, Walter, had the first car in the shore. When people first had cars, they would put them in a building up on blocks for the winter. This was the sensible thing to do as the roads were rarely plowed out. Years later, Doug put his mother Lou in the caboose behind the skidoo for the first time to take her over to visit Aunt Selina at Bert's. When Doug arrived at Bert's, he discovered that his mother wasn't with him. When he looked back, he saw her still sitting in the caboose back at the fence line between Dot MacPhail 's and Dougie's. jpffT Walter, Doug, and Lou MacPhail vvitli the first car in Argyle Shore circa 1930. (j^* Monday would be wash day, you would have to pump the water, haul it in, scrub it on the scrub board, wring things out, and hang them to dry. 8.?