Thomas Turner and Mrs. Turner . Thomas Turner 's son, Harry, worked in Charlottetown and learned to be a harness maker at Hardy's Shop . After working at the Great Company in Calgary, Alberta, for some years, he returned to O'Leary in 1929 and set up a harness shop. It was located where Auto Parts is today. The shop was hauled in from Fortune Cove . Harry ordered his leather in four-foot long rolls from Sackville, New Brunswick . He made harness and horse collars which he stuffed by hand. One of the pieces of equipment he used was a large wooden bench which was called a horse. The holes in the leather were made with an awl and the thread was waxed so it would slip through the holes more easily. The thread was sewn with a blunt needle and Mr. Turner did all his own work. He did not make shoes but he repaired them. He plied his trade until shortly before his death in 1946. TAXI SERVICE In the 1920's when O'Leary was considered the centre of activity in and business was booming, a few men supplemented their regular income by taxiing. Most of their customers were com¬ mercial travellers, who came by train and needed transportation to ti