B.E. Ellis and Paddy Riley around 1910. Fidele Arsenault repaired shoes in the rear of Philip Evans ' harness shop on the present site of the Credit Union. * - Harry Turner i nily L . Roland, Harry, Florence, Lome *r*k About 1915, Philip sold his shop to Jack Burns . In turn he sold to Claude Clow who did some shoe repair in his harness shop. In the 1930's David Inglis , James MacLeod , Lawson MacDonald , and Harry Turner all did shoe repair and/or made shoes. The most recent cobbler Percy Vey , born in London, England , came to Ontario with his family when eight years old. In 1943, he moved to O'Leary and opened " Percy Vey 's Shoe Repair" on . Later he moved the shop to his lot directly behind the Baptist Church. He charged one dollar ($1.00) to sole a pair of shoes, twenty-five cents ($0.25) for a shine and ten cents ($0.10) to sharpen skates. After twenty years in business, he took a full time job with H.B. Willis Inc ., but continued to do shoe repair work in his spare time. In 1964 he returned to Ontario . COOPER SHOP James Adams was O'Leary 's only cooper. Around the turn of the century he carried on his trade of making barrels in a small building behind Pate's store (the original store). In those days when barrels were much in demand for pickling fish and meat and for shipping 37