Text from the book "125e anniversaire 1853 paroisse Ste-Cécile de Masham 1978"

In 1883 Mr Duclos, a Protestant minister, ask for a post office for the parish, he has succeeded and located it where Ms Godfroid Cloutier resides. I guess it was in the old shed which was demolished five years ago. In the old barn, also demolished, we found initials engraved "Mr Duclos 1886". Mr Duclos was born in St-Hyacinthe.

School: The first school was located at the corner of Duclos and Lac des Loups roads. The first teacher was Mr Duhamel and according to Mr Francis Cloutier jr. he was extreme severe. Then they built a small school in front of Club Richelieu, it was replaced by one that was demolished in 1949. There was two schools in Duclos.

The first teachers: In the school newspaper the first name is Miss Anna Cléroux, then Miss Lefebvre which, according to Mr Georges Fleury, taught during ten years, then it was Misses Larrivière, Richer, Rondeau, Beaulieu, Lalonde, (Ms Godfroid Bélisle) Legault, St-Jean, etc.

The first industries: A small dairy was installed on the farm of Mr Arthur Proulx in 1900. In 1915 a sawmill owned by Mr. Jules Legros was built in face of  Mrs Albert Gingras.

Stores: The first store dates back to 1883 along with Mr Duclos post office. Mr. Pilon then opened a store and a post office was built in the same place.

In 1915, several parishioners separated from the Catholic church  because of the site where they were to build the new church. These are the families: Giroux, Millejours, Monroe, Gingras, etc.. The first ministers were Mr. Maheux, M. Duclos. Guatignol who were great mess among Catholics.

The Protestant church and rectory were built of white wood. There was a school where children of these people could be educated. The church and rectory were demolished around 1955 and the wood used to build a house in Ottawa.