day made a vewy tasty porridge out of a mixture of all four products from the rolling mill. Island wheat had been ground on the old granite stone wheels prior to the installation of the steel rolling mill. Everett Ives recalled that some people continued to want their wheat ground the old fashioned way on the granite stones, so Ives kept both of thgm in operationfor a time. The rolling mill continued 1n use until 1938.2

Charles Ives, when he retired, sold the land and mill property to Charles Llewellyn. Charles Llewellyn and his wife, Wanda, sold the mill property to George E. Ives on November 21, 1945. Wanda and Charles Llewellyn went on to establish the Wandlyn chain of motor inns throughout eastern Canada. A deed conveyed the grist mill and land from George E. and Frances Ives to Everett D. and Molly Ives In 1951. 28

Everett D., son of George Ives, lived in Sydney, Cape Breton, for a number of years and while there worked at the Chappell Lumber Co.. He returned to North Tryon with his wife Molly, son George, and daughter Frances, on October 30,1932 and took over the operation of the saw mill. 29 Sheldon and Florence Dixon’s house, when built In 1946, was one of the last houses built entirely with wood from the mill. Sheldon purchased a one half acre woodlot from George Mayhew, cut the trees and hauled them to the mill where they were piled to dry. When they were sawn, Sheldon hauled the planks and boards to the house site where they were again piled to dry some more. The kiln dried floor and finish boards were brought up from the mill as they were needed.3 oWyman Waddell recalls helping Everett Ives run the water powered saw for several summers. Wyman’ s main job was to take the sawn lumber away from the saw as it was cut. When more power was required to run the saw, he would have to go down below and remove a plank or two from the head gate to allow more water to flow over the water wheel.3 1Everett installed a diesel engine in 1951 to provide power for the saw milling operations and the wood fired boiler was shut down. That year all activities at the finish and sash mills ended. The sawing of rough lumber continued until 1962 when the property was flooded by a spring freshet and the diesel engine was damaged. It was not economi- cally feasible to repair or replace the engine and the saw mill was permanently shut down after almost a century of operation. The saw mill remained idle until 1977 when it was torn down and burned during a community clean up.32

Everett D. Ives, when he took over the grist mill from his father in 1951, associated his business with Canada Packers in the distribution of Shur Gain Feeds. Everett’s daughter Frances, and her husband, Charles Chuck Roberts moved from Ottawa the same year, and Chuck went into partnership with Everett. Chuck continued to operate the Shur Gain Feed mill, known as E. D. Ives 8c Company, after the death of Everett in 1961. The mill closed In October, 1985, when Chuck retired. North Tryon honoured Chuck in September, 1986. 33 The following citation was read:

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