june 20, 1940

1 lb. Coconut .23 1 tin Milk .22 1 Swan Flour .29 1 B. Powder .30 2 Flavoring .40 1 Short .15 3 pkg. Icing Sugar .30 8 1/2 lbs. W. Sugar .64

2 lbs. Seeded Raisins .36 1 lbs. Seedless Raisins .16

1 lbs. Currant .15 1 pkg. Peel .18 1/2 lbs. Citron .18 1 lbs. Dates .15 2 pkg. Cherries .30 1 pkg. Chocolate 2,5 $4.26 PAID

The community honoured Sheldon at a gathering in the Presbyte- rian Church Hall when he retired as Storekeeper in 1986. The following citation was read:

Sheldon Dixon will always remember August 1940. Two events happened that month that were to shape the rest of his lie. The ﬁrst event— Sheldon married Florence Leard, and the second event— he purchased the Dawson Village Store. When Sheldon and Florence returned from their brief honeymoon, they moved into the house now known to the Dixon family as Gramma ’s house. Sheldon continued with his fox ranch, but not for long. Within several months, they made a decision to purchase the village store. They sold their house to Sheldon ’s parents, and Florence and Sheldon moved into the dwelling part of the store. Sheldon and Florence moved again in 1946; this time into their new house which they built on land purchased from Lloyd Inman. They had four children to move with them: Adele, joyce, Donna, and Gerald. A ﬁfth child, Kay, completed the family.

Sheldon has had many helpers since he purchased the store from Crilly Lea in 1940. To quote Sheldon; “Marion Waddell MacDonald came with the store, and forty-six years later, Mary Dawson Howatt goes with the store. ”

1946 was a memorable year for the Dixons and the community. It was the year of the polio epidemic. A community quarantine was put in place, and the store had to be closed for a month during the summer. This was the only time the store was closed in the entire 46 years of operation, except for Sundays,

funerals, and Christmas day. On other holidays, such as New Years and Thanksgiving the store was open in the morning, and in the aﬁernoon Sheldon was always around home and didn ’t mind opening up.

Sheldon ’5 store has been more than a grocery store for our community. His store has provided a dry goods department, an egggradingstation, a post oﬁice,

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