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| Way Offices | Nov 11, 1865 :Way offices are much needed, both on Scotch Ridge and Little Ridge. We understand it is not the fault of the department that there are no Way Offices in these districts, as an office was offered to the inhabitants of each Ridge, but no one could be found to accept the situation of keeper!..Such an instance of self-denial it has seldom been our lot to record. A popular settlement six miles in extent refusing postal communication with the rest of the world is something extraordinary. We might expect it in China or Japan, but certainly not in New Brunswick. It illustrates the fact, however, that Government situations are at a discount in those districts; and if more of the people were of their mind, members of Government would be less troubled than they are with applications of persistent office seekers. | Courtesy of Saint Croix Courier "Journey Through Time" | |
| Baillie | Dec 17, 1874 . . .
Baillie is about to receive additional Postal
accomodations, by having a triweekly mail delivered from
Meadows Station. This improvement is larely due to W.
Somerville April 27 1893 . . . This week the Courier has good news for the people of Baillie and the settlements out that way. For years they have been striving for a tri-weekly mail. The announcement is now made that the postmaster general has authorized the establishment of a tri-weekly mail service between Moore’s Mills station and DeWolfe, Baillie, Lynnfield and Oak Hill post offices. The weekly service will be continued between St.Stephen and Little Ridgeton, Pomeroy Ridge, Scotch Ridge and Basswood Ridge. April 7 1898 . . . The
removal of the post office at Baillie to the upper end of
the district to meet political exigencies is causing
considerable inconvenience to a number of the residents.
Several are having their mail matter sent to DeWolfe and
Meadows. |
January 27, 1910 Baillie Post Office Editor: The miserable mail service recently instituted here is most unsatisfactory and ought to be remedied. Under the former system a letter mailed at Baillie on Monday reached St.Stephen, Oak Hill, Lynnfield or DeWolfe the same day as mailed. Now under the present method, two days are required to reach Lynnfield, three miles distant, and the same is true in respect to DeWolfe, four miles, and Oak Hill, six miles. A letter posted to Baillie post office on Monday and duly mailed did not reach DeWolfe post office, four miles, till Wednesday. Such mail service as this is unbearable and ought not to be tolerated. If Representative Todd and the post office department do not remedy this blunder in adopting the present mail service in place of the perfect service, Mr Todd’s majority in Baillie at the next election will read minority in big letters. /s/A Postmaster. Postmasters - Off-site link |
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| Basswood Ridge | Postmasters - Off-site link | ||
| Beaconsfield/Loon Bay | December 30, 1886... The
settlements beyond Oak Hill- that is Loon Bay and
Beaconsfield- should have some mail accommodation other
than they now have, as the former receives mail at St.
Stephen, a distance of eighteen miles, while the latter
is served by the Oak Hill office at a distance of eight
miles. A post office located at the fork of the Loon Bay
road and served with a weekly mail would be a great favor
to these settlers. Presently we shall have a public road
leading from Oak Hill through Beaconsfield to Vanceboro,
when the fertile lands of the upper St.Croix will become
thickly settled. To effect this end, only two things are
required: a post office established by the Dominion at
the place last above mentioned, and a liberal expenditure
of public money on the road between Beaconsfield and the
Little Falls by the local assembly. Courtesy of Saint Croix Courier "Journey Through Time" |
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| Canoose/Canouse | Postmasters - Off-site link | ||
| DeWolfe | June 17, 1886 . . . As
advocated by the Courier last fall, a post office has
been established with Mr. Alexander Bagley, at
DeWolfe’s Corner, St.James. The office has been much
needed for some time and is established in a very central
and convenient locality. Courtesy of Saint Croix Courier "Journey Through Time" |
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| Gleason Road | Postmasters - Off-site link | ||
| Lawrence Station | Feb 9 1871 . . . A way
office is wanted at Lawrence Station. There are forty or
fifty families who live in that vicinity and have their
center of trade there, who are debarred postal privileges
altogether. Letters and papers have to be entrusted to
private hands or Railway officials, and they are often
thrown off into the snow and lost. The expense of
establising a way office at that station would be very
trifling, as every day: and, we have no doubt, Mr
Harrison Mercer would willingly undertake the duties of
way office keeper. Courtesy of Saint Croix Courier "Journey Through Time" |
June 4, 1874 A Way
Office has recently been opened at Lawrence Station, Mr
John Taylor, Postmaster Postmasters - Off-site link
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| Little Ridge | Oct 11, 1883 . . . A Post
Office on the Little Ridge would be a great convenience
to the people of that thickly settled district. We wonder
why an office has not been established there long before
this. Sept 3, 1885 . . . A new post office has been established at Little Ridge, St.James, with Mr. William Blainey as postmaster. The Courier has for some time past been agitating the establishment of a post office at this place, and we are glad that the Department has at length considered the matter favorably. June 2, 1887 The post
office department has changed the name of Little Ridge to
Little Ridgeton. The change was made because of the
possession of the ambitious name by another settlement in
a different portion of the province, and of the
difficulties arising therefrom. The people of Little
Ridge will therefore no longer pass as Little Ridgers but
as Little Ridgetonites |
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| Little Ridgeton | .Postmasters - Off-site link | ||
| Lynnfield | Postmasters - Off-site link | ||
| Meredith | Postmasters - Off-site link | ||
| Moores Mills |
Karl F. Dick, our father, who was postmaster in
Moore’s Mills from June 1941 until his death in
September, 1965, believed the Post Office was first
established around 1900.We have been unable to find out
who the first Postmasters were but we do know that
Chauncey Pollard held the position and operated it for a
number of years out of his grocery store.Following him,
it was taken over by Arthur Livingston, in the mid-1930s,
and he moved it to a separate building. Upon Arthur's death in May 1941, our father, Karl Dick, became Postmaster. For a number of years prior to this and all during his time as Postmaster, our father also delivered mail on one of the three rural routes that operated out of this office. Our mother, Doris Dick, became Postmistress after his death and continued until her retirement in September 1970. In 1967, a new modern building was erected and opened on August 20th of that year. Bessie and Paul Scott succeeded our mother and are there until the present day. Submitted by Marie Dick Darrach, Eileen McGaw and Clarke Dick. Postmasters - Off-site link |
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| Oak Hill | Postmasters - Off site link | ||
| Pomeroy Ridge | Postmasters - Off-site link | ||
| Scotch Ridge | June 4, 1874 A Way Office has recently been opened at Scotch Ridge, Mr. M.D. Gleason Postmaster. Courtesy of Saint Croix Courier "Journey Through Time" |
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