(below) The brick building on the left is the former Tieman furniture store. When comparing the 1896 and 1904 Chas. E. Goad, Fire Insurance Plan Map of Dashwood, it appears that this building was constructed at some point during that period. Prior to it being acquired by Tieman in 1924, it was formerly utilized by Peter McIsaac to house an undertaking firm and the village’s telephone switchboard and business office.(Rader; pgs. 35 and 37) Goad’s map identifies the building as being the village’s post office in 1904. The grayish brown block structure immediately to the right (east) of the former Tieman furniture store; with the large banner on the front of it, was utilized for decades by the Tieman company for commercial coal storage. Prior to that it was used by Herbert Wein for automobile and agricultural implement repair and gasoline sales.
1912
“A committee was appointed to draft rules, regulations and bylaws for the telephone system. E. Zeller was paid $720 per annum for managing the Zurich Central Telephone System and Peter McIsaac was paid $400 for managing the Dashwood Central. The service was available every day of the week, except Sundays, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. William Hess was appointed manager of the telephone lines at $2.50 per day while on duty. He supervised all the new construction work and installed telephones.”
extracted from “Hay Township Highlights: 150 years of Diversified Progress, 1846 – 1996”, published by the Hay Township Book Committee under the auspices of Hay Township Council, Alice Gibb ed.; pg. 44 ISBN : 0-919939-43-0