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Father Desaulniers, ca. 1895.

• A very grainey old photo of the controversial church.
• Two women standing in front of Lionel Vallières' cheese factory around 1920.Courtesy: Denise Philippe
• Young Yvette Martin, daughter of stationmaster Georges Martin, in 1929.Courtesy: Denise Philippe
• Fernande Bertrand, Raymond Vallières and Aline Parcher standing in front of the railway station in 1945.Courtesy: Denise Philippe
• Denise Philippe, at age 16, was the youngest postmistress. She was responsible for 50 postal boxes.©Copyright: Denise Philippe
• Denise Philippe, at age 16, was the youngest postmistress. She was responsible for 50 postal boxes.©Copyright: Denise Philippe
• Euclide Trepanier (on top) and Wilfred Philippe with a new load of feed bags just unloaded from the boxcar.The feed was stored in a storage shed located behind the store. ca. 1949©Copyright: Denise Philippe
• Horace Trepanier after unloading a truckload of pulp into the boxcar. ca. 1949.©Copyright: Denise Philippe
• Aline Leduc and her friend Georges behind the store. To the right is the storage shed with the feed bags. To the left are horse stalls that were used in the 1920s. ca. 1940s.Courtesy: Denise Philippe
• John Larcher's house that Elpheda and Clarisse Trepanier rented for four years. Courtesy: Denise Philippe
• Claude Gauthier, Elpheda Trepanier and Lionel Vallières. ca. 1947. Courtesy: Denise Philippe
• Mr. Larcher's home is on the extreme right, next to Mrs. Ulric Quenneville's home. The new gas pumps for the store are on the left. ca. 1947. Courtesy: Denise Philippe
• Denise and Wilfred Philippe's first home along with a side view of the store. The house across from the store was owned by Lionel Vallières in the 1920s. Harold Mohan was the owner when this photo was taken. The house in the background on the left belonged to Wilfred Quenneville. ca. 1947. Courtesy: Denise Philippe

A special thanks to Denise and Wilfred Philippe for sharing their photos and memories. NOTE: These photos are from Denise Philippe's personal collection and are not to be used without her permission.