Signed Sealed and Delivered with Tom New — Ray Paquette

As a young boy living on Rochester Street in the late 40’s, our neighbour, Tom New, provided rural mail service for RR #1, to the west of Carleton Place with the route ending at the general store in Innisville. He used a Model A two door Ford and on occasion I was invited to accompany him on his route.

We would leave the main street post office shortly after 8:00 and be at Innisville about noon, eating our lunch along the way. I sat in the back because the front passenger seat was taken by a cardboard box in which the mail was carried, sorted in order of the delivery sequence to the mail boxes at the end of the lanes. It was quite an adventure for a young boy and a pleasant summer memory of my childhood.

Come and visit the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page– what’s there? Cool old photos–and lots of things interesting to read.

Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in The Townships Sun and Screamin’ Mamas (USA)

The Carleton Place Post Office was designed by Thomas Fuller, architect of the Parliament Hill Peace Tower and completed in 1892. It served the community until the new Canada Post building was constructed across the street in 1970.–Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum