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Donald Reid, who settled.on Lot 16, Concession 3, named Skipness and was its first postmaster in 1868. The post office was in his home. Later postmasters for Skippess were Thomas Blenkin, 1870-1872; William Hall, 1872-1876; David Morton, 1876-1893; James Davidson, 1893-1902; Richard Webster, 1903-1906; David Morton, 1906-1911; and James Davidson Jr., 1912-1914. In 1914 the post office delivery began. -- I One time, after the depression years of the 1930s, (tttte Hammond was talking to a friend and was 1 .ing him that his son, Louis, had gotten a job at four Mars a day, and quite proudly added,"That's eight Mars in just two days." Some difference from today's 'iites, wouldn't you say? I . When the telephone line was first bililt on theblirid lihorth of Chesley Lake, Mr. James Davidson called neighbour Mr. Saul Huntcwho lived about a mile up road, and asked, "Have you got your shoes off Saul?" In" answer Saul. "l thought so, " said Mr. Davidson, " Irgn smell your feet". 7 . l This little community did not grow from its early lbegihnings. In 1915, the schoolwas burned and replaced; lit remained as a school section area until the Township ,Board built the Central School at Hepworth. I About 1914, rural mail from Allenford came (hrough the area. The telephone came in about 1910 and 'bydro about 1949. For many years a sawmill operated in {the area, and it was particularly busy after the Good {Friday storm of 1913. Gradually its usefulness decreased and disappeared, andthe whole area became a farming icommunity with some interest being shown in summer Azesorts on Gould and Mary Lakes in recent years. II The first telephone line came in from Allenford--the i' mford Telephone Company-to the community as far I he Davidson farm in 1909. In 1910 it went tip the blind between Concessions 2 and 3. In 1911 it/went into the WMcDonald farm on Concession 5, In 1939it came the 15th of Amabel as far as Alvin Blue's farm and on :0 the Skipness Corner, then to the Chambers farm on alcession 5 and on up to the Harvey Beimes farm on (tiitlession 6, , i In early years, the Methodists and Presbyterians lUsed the same. church building. Shortly after Church Union'in 1925, thc church was closed but it was reopened 'by the Presbyterians who used it until it was closed in I934. A Few Stories From The Past skiiiraisjriTWfic7 Skipness TelephonE smPNEss was closed, and rural mail by Archie Blue i The first hydro line was built in 1949 in the Skipness , Iarea and the farmers rejoiced that they finally had electric ' lpower. __----------------------" _,' -----, ' m-----'----- when news of the end of the Boer War was announced. The mill couldn't start up-that day because some of the mill gang were celebrating. They were walking tightropes from one. lumber pile to another. Mrs. Mary Blue remembers wqriing at Reid's Mill The Skipness ladies organized a group durin; War 11 known as the Skipness Red Cross Societ met in the homes of the community. They did and raised money to pack boxes to send oversea: soldiers as well as assisting the Red Cross outreach. Shimsg Hydro Red Cross l/i.--:)..