South Hill Street, Thunder Bay
The Hill Street South neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario is a neighbourhood in Port Arthur, running north-south along Hill Street South from Red River Road in the north to the Canada Day Complex in the south.
Michael Currie delivered papers from Red River Road to Bay Street. The houses were in five postal codes, from north to south:
P7B 1H2: South Side of Red River Road between Rupert and Hill
- 565 Red River Road: The building containing Carmen's Barber Shop and Thumbusters
- 563 Red River Road: J. MacKinnon? A 20-something drinking house
- 561 Red River Road: M.J. Kusznier?
- 559 Red River Road: Grant Walsh and A.I. Walsh. A house with a big unlocked front porch. A 40-something woman paid me.
- 555 Red River Road: D. Dacey. Caitlin Dacey's grandmother and grandfather (who died between 1994 and 1996)
P7B 3T5: West Side of Red River-Beresford block
- 12: J. Biggs (husband died in snowmobiling accident in about 1995)
- 16: C. Bruni
- 18: Ian Dennis
- 22: ? piano teacher home
- 26: Tony Colistro
- 28: Gerry White and L. Palermo-White
- 34: Joanne Foster: I babysat her dogs
- 36: Patrick Bocking
- 40: Pentti (1924 - 2007) [1] and Dolores Rintala. Yapping tiny dog with vocal cords cut
- 44: A. Roy. No papers, but saw her at halloween once. Big trees
P7B 3T6: East Side of Red River-Beresford block
- 13: M. Grottenberg (house built between 1994 and 1995?)
- 15: M.A. Arthur
- 17: Rob E. Colquhoun
- 19: M. Page
- 23: D.W. Houston (chain-smoking man who couldn't keep his neck up)
- 27: S. Robinson (Kathy Guisewite-like woman and her husband)
- 29: D. Cevero ?
- 35: A house
- 39: James B. McLeod and wife - complimented my early deliveries in my first year
- 45: Donald W.A. Watson (the house with the columns)
P7B 3T8: West Side of Beresford-Bay block
- 50: B. G. Burke
- 54: Alan Thomas Sumner (7 January 1923 - 7 January 2004) [2] and Barbara
- 58: David G. Frood (1924 - 8 March 2001) [3] and wife Sheelagh (Dr. Frood smoked a pipe I think, and had an accent?)
- 6?: Mark Simic, wife, and daughter Jennifer Simic. Mark immigrated from Croatia at age 6 and was a little league baseball champion [4]
- 66: Lyon, L.M. daughter Marielle "Mar" and son (police officer)
- 72: Bill Bissonnette
- 76: Malcolm, A.L. (Divorced mother?)
- 80: Don Johnstone and wife
- 84: Elizabeth "Liz" Shanks and husband and daughter Whittney?
- 86: A house (maybe no subscription?)
- 90: R. F. Colquhoun (old lady)
- 94: Harris, D.
- 96: J.L. Siddall (older couple with big living room)
P7B 3T7: East Side of Beresford-Bay block
- 49: Gordon Kyle
- 53: E.C. Miller and family
- 61: Virgidis, R
- 63?: Harper and his wife
- 67: Nancy and Donald Hood and their children
- 71: Ron Currie and family
- 75: Doug Steele and family
- 79: Wayne Davidson
- 81: J. Rudd
- 85: Mrs. Pudas (until about 2004)
- 89: Willson B. Moody, Junior
- 97: A young family (not subscribers)