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INSIDE 130 Years For Justice Post Office

this week By HILLARY MILLER

O n October 1st, the Jus-

tice Post Office cel-
ebrated its 130th birthday.
The Post Office has been
located in the hamlet of
Justice since 1909 and be-
fore that, it was located a
few miles northwest of its
$10,000 For current location. Before
moving to where it is now,

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it was in the town of Aik-
enside, a town that existed
from 1887 to 1909, which
eventually became Justice,
giving the post office its
new name.
When the railroad
came through, they picked
up the post office and
moved it closer to the
tracks, and the town need-
ed to be renamed in order
to keep in accordance with
the alphabetical order of
towns that CN had man-
Grocery Grab dated.
It has had many post-

Winner masters over the years.

The first one, in Aikenside,

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was Robert Conn. The first
postmaster in the post of-
fices new location at Jus-
tice was Harry Mitchell.
Rosalie Bieganski, the
current postmaster had
many interesting news
clippings and artefacts
New Rec from the post offices ear-
lier days. One was a card
Photo by Hillary Miller
Rosalie Bieganski has served as Postmistress at the Justice Post Office for
39 years and has no immediate plans to retire just yet.
Bieganski has been the the community hall. There one person even drew her the littlest postmasters,
postmaster for the last 39 were no other postmasters portrait in the form of a she said.
years, and was there for its
100th anniversary in 1987.
who were able to attend,
but the children of previ-
postage stamp.
She recalls having tak-
The post office has a
small general store in it,

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from the post office in- She is now the longest ous postmasters came out en the job when she was where townsfolk can come

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spector praising the Jus-
tice postmasater, you are
a very obedient servent,
which likely would not
be considered much of a
compliment today!
running postmaster at the to celebrate. One of the expecting a child, because and pick up some of their
Justice Post Office. She re- highlights of Bieganskis the hours were more flexi- necessities.
members the communitys career was on her 25th an- ble for her as she raised her
get-together for the 100th niversary as postmaster. children. My kids were Continued on
anniversary, where they The community surprised raised in the post office, Page 7
celebrated with a cake in her with a celebration, and and sometimes they were

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