I enjoy the old pictures but have no idea about the people or location. Interesting how they seem to be practicing 'social distancing':) Was this 1918? My father lost 2 young brothers in that epidemic. James and David seem to go to Greenville every day. I used to get my haircuts there also (sometimes at Oscar Greenwood's, other times at the Robichaud's, and as a teenager at Thibault's but never walked to Greenville for a haircut. Greenville was a classic self contained town. There was Bourque's IGA and Lizotte's market, Thibault's hardware, a family shoe store, a liquor store, a 5 & 10 run by John Gulian, and later by Joe Duval, a nice library, a post office (Joe Desrosiers as postmaster) drug store (Bill Cleary as pharmacist), railroad depot, Gauvin's Chevy dealer (run by Roland and Marcel), restaurants (Mrs. Newell was the best) , an inn, a public school and a Catholic school and church (Rev. Brodeur as pastor), Mason Village Savings Bank, 2 doctor's offices (Drs. Carr and Cayward), and last but not least, Nelson' Funeral Home which also served as an Emergency Ambulance service. In one emergency my sister was taken to the hospital in a hearse and the following day Mr. Nelson brought her flowers.
I’m almost positive this is our home. The original Appleton Academy at 4 Academy Road.
wow, thanks
I enjoy the old pictures but have no idea about the people or location. Interesting how they seem to be practicing 'social distancing':) Was this 1918? My father lost 2 young brothers in that epidemic. James and David seem to go to Greenville every day. I used to get my haircuts there also (sometimes at Oscar Greenwood's, other times at the Robichaud's, and as a teenager at Thibault's but never walked to Greenville for a haircut. Greenville was a classic self contained town. There was Bourque's IGA and Lizotte's market, Thibault's hardware, a family shoe store, a liquor store, a 5 & 10 run by John Gulian, and later by Joe Duval, a nice library, a post office (Joe Desrosiers as postmaster) drug store (Bill Cleary as pharmacist), railroad depot, Gauvin's Chevy dealer (run by Roland and Marcel), restaurants (Mrs. Newell was the best) , an inn, a public school and a Catholic school and church (Rev. Brodeur as pastor), Mason Village Savings Bank, 2 doctor's offices (Drs. Carr and Cayward), and last but not least, Nelson' Funeral Home which also served as an Emergency Ambulance service. In one emergency my sister was taken to the hospital in a hearse and the following day Mr. Nelson brought her flowers.
Thanks, great information about Greenville, Sad that so little is left from those days.