call placed over the new microwave link. Since then all the business covering is handled from the Summerside telephone office. The Island Telephone Company keeps updating the system as improvements are discovered providing Prince Edward Island with very satisfactory service. In 1992 there are cellular telephones, fax machines that send a facsimile of pictures etc. from the machine through the telephone system, and Vista 200 (the most modern tele¬ phone system in use on P.E.I , today). EARLY MOTOR VEHICLES According to recollections of two senior citizens in the community, the first cars to be seen on the streets of O'Leary around 1918 were owned by Ed Matthews and Doctor Champion . It is noted that Ed Matthews drove a Model T Ford and Dr. Champion , a Dodge. At that time the price for each car was approximately five hundred dollars. Gas could be purchased for $0.25 per gallon. The first lady on P.E.I , to own a driver's license was Florence (Bernard) Kennedy. The first truck to travel in and around O'Leary was owned by Kennedy's Company. This truck was an International purchased around 1918. / 930 Ford Convertible owned by Stan Dumville. 1929 Model A owned by Stan Dumville. IX