and from hotels and country stores in where they picked up orders and returned to a hotel for the night or to board the train for home. Among the early taxi drivers were James Adams , Edgar Matthews and George Palmer - all of whom either drove the agents or rented their horses and carriages (sleighs) to them. Wanting to keep abreast with the times, Ed Matthews purchased an automobile and was the first person to operate an auto taxi ser¬ vice in O'Leary . Avard Jelley was the driver. Reports from seniors tell us Ed drove "locals" to the English "corner" for twenty-five cents return trip. Later taxi drivers were Bloise Ellis, Wendell Turner , Auban Wedge , Marne Wedlock and Herbert Riley - all of whom operated from a taxi stand next door to the present day Youth Center. ALFRED ADAMS - JEWELLER Alfred Adams was born in the Kensington - Margate area. When he came to O'Leary (circa 1910), he bought a building from P.N. Pate next door to Pate's store. One side of the front he rented to the Bank of New Brunswick; in the other, he operated a store where he sold jewellery, candy, and knickknacks. The back part and upstairs provid¬ ed living quarters for the Adams family. After the Bank of New Brunswick amalgamated with the Bank of Nova Scotia, it relocated; the space vacated was then rented to the Post Office. After Alfred's death in 1936, Mrs. Adams and family, Keith and Helen, operated the telephone switchboard in their home for a num¬ ber of years. Following her mother's death, Helen sold the building to Marne Kennedy who rented the space to Elton Gillcash reserving space in front for the town office. This space was later used as a bus terminal for a time. About 1970, Marne had a seventy-seven foot extension built onto the back, and completely renovated inside and out, making spa¬ cious and comfortable living quarters for his family on the second floor level. The first floor contained Al 's Beauty Salon and Marne 's combination grocery and sporting goods store until 1977 when he sold the business to John and Lloydia Wedlock. In 1989 the property was purchased by Donald and Beverley Murphy, renovated and now operates as a convenience store. 15