worked in this capacity from 1911 to 1933. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy (nee Florence Pate) lived above the store. Kennedy hired Neil MacDonald to build a house - presently Ann Matheson’s home.

William S. Kennedy, Florence Eliza Turpel Pate married lune 25, 1913.

ln1918 William died at the age of thirty-four. Mrs. Kennedy then sold the store to the company formed by William’s three brothers - Samuel Jr., Murdock, and Jack. The business was renamed Kennedy & Kennedy. In 1920 George Sheen,who had just arrived from Saskatoon, was hired as manager. After Mr. Sheen moved to Summerside, Murdock’s son, Ray, was manager until the store burned in 1933.

A few years later H.A. Jelley bought the site.

55