RURAL MAIL DELIVERIES In 1960 Stewart Sherren succeeded Howard Parker as Mail Courier on R.R. 1. Howard had driven this route from 1947-1960. Victoria R.R . started working out of Crapaud Post Office on Aug. I, 1970. This route is known as Crapaud, R.R. 2. Mrs. Avis Stordy is Mail Courier. SENIOR CITIZEN'S HOME In November, 1964 the Crapaud Women 's Institute purchased land from LeRoy Howatt , and gave it to the Village Commissioners for the pur¬ pose of erecting a home for Senior Citizens. The first block of four dou¬ ble units was built in 1965 and soon occupied. In 1966 another block, consisting of two double units and four single ones was built. Present occupants are:— Mrs. Walter Trowsdale , Mr. and Mrs. George Villett , Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Waddell , Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot MacDonald , Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dawson , Mr. and Mrs. Hector MacNevin , Mr. William Pye , Mr. Goodwill MacPhail, Mrs. Georgia MacNevin and Mrs. Mark MacVittie . POLITICS In 1966 the Liberal voters in the First District of Queen's estab¬ lished a precedent by nominating a woman to contest the Riding in the forth-coming Provincial Election. Mrs. Jean Canfield , Crapaud , was the chosen candidate. She was defeated, but in the next election, held on May II, 1970. She was successful, and she has the honor of being the first woman in the Province to be elected as a representative of the people in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island . Mrs. Jean Canfield 17