Robert C. Auld standingybte Post Office in [115 store.

The Lower Freetown post office was also located in the homes of its various postmasters who lived southwest of the intersections of the Freetown and Old Malpeque Roads.

With the arrival of railroad delivery in 1875, mail hauling contractors were needed to haul the mail from the Freetown Railroad Station to the Freetown and Lower Freetown post offices. A partial list of these contractors has been compiled:

Date Freetown to L. Freetown RR Stn - Freetown Freetown to Johnston’s 1875 - 1877 CC. Maxfield (2.5 mi) D. Auld (.5 mi) 1875 — 1876

1878 — 1879 J. Baker D. Auld A. Johnston (32.5m) 1880 - 1881 T. Taylor D. Auld —

1884 - 1899 T. Taylor R.B. Auld —

1908 - 1909 S. Burns R.B. Auld ——

1912 - 1913 I. Lidstone R.B. Auld —

1913 - 1915 — R.C. Auld(110yds)

1916 - 1917 — H. Lewis

Rural mail delivery began in Freetown in 1913. For a period of years residents from Ross’s corner to Burn’s corner and via the old Malpeque Road to the Blue Shank Road received their mail from Wilmot Valley Post Office delivered by Edgar Sobey. This was due to a Post Office regulation that did not allow retracking by mail drivers. Originally there were two routes. Rural Route #1 was mainly Lower Freetown and replaced the Lower Freetown post office. Rural Route #2 served Upper and South Freetown. The rural routes were combined in 1975. A partial list of rural route mail carriers is given:

RRl RR2

Jonah Lewis Felix Murphy

Willard Stetson H. John Campbell

John Jardine Albert Campbell (for a few months) Cliff Francis Darrach Moase

Clarence Reeves Fred Moase

Allison Reeves Alfred Curley

Lorne & Alberta Reeves Waldon Moase

Adolphus Gallant Garnet Warren

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