This piece of history took place in 1924. The days of the wooden ships
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But, it was an era that could not be
taken from us. The memories and stories of what our people had accomplished
would go down in the annals of talent, heroism and bravery wherever
brave men and women gathered. When they talked of wooden ships and iron
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On July the first, Canada celebrated
her Diamond Jubilee in 1927. Sixty years as a county and Richibucto
celebrated with the best. A huge parade took place in the morning those
who can remember say the whole town took part. There was a ball game
in the afternoon; this was followed by track and field events. The evening
had a street dance in front of the old post office (and now the town
hall). But, what they all recall with pride is the band that led the
parade. Many of the band members had been with an earlier band before
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The band was organized by Theodore Vautour.
Other members included Alfred S. Beers (then the town historian); Alf
Sheddick who served in the Boer war and WW1 and Louis Robichaud. «picture»
The old Court House was built in 1826
and was destroyed by fire in 1940. The old Post office and Custom House
was built in 1902 this building now serves as the Town Hall. The old
rink which was located in back of the Presbyterian Church. The Kent
County Auto-Dome was located where Home Hardware is today. In the south
end of Richibucto in the 20's had a one lucrative business, The Ice
House. Men cut away the ice; others working by the Mill Pond cut the
ice into small pieces. They loaded this using horses for the majority
of the heavy manual labor. They then delivered it to residential and
businesses. The excess was stored in the ice house for further consumption.
This pond is beside the co-op mall today.
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