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a8 tribune october 14 1987 harry harper of goodwood mail carrier for 43 years by jim thomas goodwood the mail must go through true to this ageold adage is harry harper a courier on rr 1 goodwood for the past 43 years while the route is basically the same everything else is changed to mail recipients today these changes are re markable harry was introduced to his prttime profession at age fif teen by special permit he accompanied his father ho ward harper on a 196 mile journey that took between 2 vz and 3 hours a day there were 62 drops harry and his dad could call each customer by name now the route is 24 miles long it takes less than two hours and most of the pat rons are strangers stories from byegone days border on the unbelievable back in the 40s the horse and cutter were king during much of the winter there was no other way of getting around often travel was treacherous harry remembers going out one morning at 32 degrees be low zero i once froze both my hands he recalls on another occasion the harness was frozen to the horse and snow the pitchholes would shake you to pieces he says one time when the road was blocked for three weeks he delivered the mail on skis he still retains his old coon skin coat an item of memor abilia from out of the past sure it was a tough life but healthy he says one time someone dumped a load of grain on the 4th con- 1 1 i m v v s f- harry harper has been delivering mail on the rr 1 goodwood route 43 years starting out with fits father howard harper at age 15 back in the 40s a horse and cutter was a common conveyance when this failed harry would take to skis the daily service is still appreciated by his many coun try customers jim thomas cession the pile was covered with snow and the horse broke through harry could go no further but the mail did he borrowed a horse from good friend charlie symes took the animal back the next day and retrieved his own harry transported more than mail often he took along groceries and coaloil to coun try folk who couldnt get out to town mail was important to peo ple back then harry says for many it was there only means of communication some had no radios and a few no hydro service was excellent har ry remembers usually same- day delivery letters were sorted on the morning train and delivered to the post office in goodwood the location was jessie todds at the four corners and later charlie watsons it cost three cents to send a letter and one cent to send a post card harrys salary was 60 a month in spite of many problems harry seldom missed a day recently however he was off two months for major surgery including 16 days spent in hos pital but you cant keep a good man down harry and his hel per candy brown are back in business again times have changed ev erythings less personal still harry harper and his halfton chevy are as welcome today as yesterday his absence was missed his return appreci ated ififellpayyou canadas largest window covering specialists on all blindsand shades or 5 off 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