Also, at the beginning of the century, about fifteen people were able to benefit from a telephone service thanks to him since he was able to master and apply a European invention to produce the necessary electricity: the Volta-Leclanché battery.
In this article, it is written that when the parish and village were divided, School No. 9 was built on part of his land. It was built facing the new cemetery. (If you visit it, you'll be able to see along the road, the tombstone of Philias Rivard and Marguerite Léveillé. This tombstone, which he acquired from the old cemetery, was carved by him during this spare moments. It was placed at the end of his garden, under a tree and he would carve, by hand, with stone scissors. You'll be able to see how rudimentary is the writing.)
This article also mentions Narcisse Léveillé, Marguerite's uncle (and related to you) who had added his name to the dissident School Commission around 1907-1908.
"This man, an entrepeneur and skilled machinist, upon his own initiative and personal resources, carried out his work to final completion. From this date on, the village is blessed with this utility that has become a necessity. The first of April 1925, the village corporation purchased the aqueduct of Mr. Rivard-Dufresne". Extract from Histoire de la seigneurie Massue et de la Paroisse St-Aimé, Ovide-M. Hector Lapalice, 1930.