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4 ay: Mr. Alex Patterson had a harness shop and leather goods shop in the. brick building adjoining the hotel property. He lived on the premises until his death and then it was rented forna time and then sold to mr, Harold Simmons who now owns it ( I957. ) C. Linham has a butcher shop there To connect the hotel and the Simmons property , during the first war years a brick building was built, and used as housing for employees of the local shell factory. Later it was added to the hotel property, and used as a dining room. During the same war years of I9i4 to I8, the property of Wr. Everton Barber was used as a Munitions factory and employed a great number of men. After the war, mr. Barber again resumed the painting and renovating of buggies and automobiles, The hotel stood where it now is. Below the other hotel on the corner, we had a tinsmithing shop run by Mr. Henry MeClellan, wherehthe Black smith shop of the late Mr. ‘m. Storey stood. Next to this is the Undertaking parlour, first owned by a Mr. Harris.’ He sold to the Clarks. On the death of Bob Clark, it was purchased by O. W. Caven and he was there for a number of years. He retired and it was taken over by Mr. George Dods a descendent of the early Dods family, in 1983.. Going east on Wain stree’, from the corner where the hotel stood, there was a hardware store. Mr. James Smith for a time, then lr. Alex | Walker and later Mr. W. Dorrington. Above it, was an apartment where the McKinleys lived. This building was partially destroyed by fire and !r. Dorrington rebuilt, later it was completely demolished and. Mr. Waldo Dorrington rebuilt the present building. Over his store is a fimwe hall used by the local 1.0.0.F. lodge. grocery store next to this. Later he built the fine stone building where he still does business, The small shop was taken over as a barber shop by Mr. Wn. Hilliard, and later Mr. Alex MeCauley, who ran a shop there | until I957, next to voulters store » Mr. John Lovell built the large brick house in which he lived and had a butcher shope On his retiring it was rented to Ifr. uv. Linham, as a butcher shop. He left it and it was sold several times and is now owned by Mr. Drummond. He has made apartments out of the large house and rents the store to Mr. McCauley | as a barber shop and beauty parlour. | Where the home of wr. Russel Jenkins stands there was originally the Hall Bake shop. The present town hall was built as a Congregational efurch and | when partially destroyed by fire, was not used fora long time. It was later taken over by the town and made into a hall. in I9I8, it was burned and repaired and later was partially burned again. it was repaired and has been used as a hall ever since. | Sehind the local stores a fine tin shed was erected for the use of customers in the stores. Of late years it is not used to any | great extent. Near it stood an Orange Hall . A fine science Hall was built opposite the ‘Yard will and used for many years before it was converted into a dwelling. it now belongs to the Stubbs property and is the home of wr. Ralph Stubbs. , Phe ee