"The building after the post office was the town hall, and the jail. My great grandfather Narcisse Dorion was the police officer during the Depression, and he used to let people passing through Massey sleep at the jail. Crest hardware is still the hardware store (Home Hardware). The abandoned building (torn down in 2015) to the south of the hardware store was the grocery store. The post office is torn down, and the Dragonfly (Restaurant) is where the town hall used to be." -Bonnie Brash
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Brenda Skibinsky
4/20/2016 01:01:03 pm
Roz at Home Hardware told me that was the reason they cannot build on the property between them and the Dragonfly -My great grandfather contaminated the soil with sinking the gas tanks back in the early 1900's - It was an early invention/discovery - He was an inventor - just like the first skidoo - He had to make two - The doctor needed one to get to the outskirts of town - They had to use the logging trails because the skidoos scared the horses - I am proud to say he was one of Massey's great inventors
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J. R. Bruce Cassie
3/8/2018 06:57:30 pm
One Hallowe'en, a friend and I soaped the front windows of St. Denis' Grocery Store. My parents made me return the next day and wash the windows which I did as quickly as possible without ever meeting anyone who might have wondered what on earth I was doing there.
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