MACNEILL 'S STORE (Claude) The building was originally a grist mill in Glenwood, taken down and built up again at present site by John Henry Coughlin . There was a dance hall upstairs called "Sky Limit". The store was located on the ground floor. In 1947 Wm. P. Meggison , George W. Meggison and Elbert Betts extended the store which was then owned by Claude MacNeill . Claude MacNeill was a leading entrepreneur in O'Leary for many years. In 1933 he purchased a building from John Henry Corcoran and opened a general store which proved to be a lucrative business for over thirty years. The same year, he bought a potato warehouse from Clifford Ellis ; he then bought potatoes from local farmers, had them graded and shipped to various off-Island markets. Claude grew from one to one hundred acres of potatoes himself; and at that time was considered a "big grower". He employed from six to eight men in his warehouse from harvest time until spring planting. Before oil was used as the major fuel, Claude had large shipments of hard coal shipped from Pennsylvania for his customers. He also kept on hand a supply of soft coal and briquets. In 1947, he bought the old public school house, had it hauled beside Strang's garage, and used it as a feed mill for five or six years. Because of failing health, Claude decided to terminate this business and sold the building to the Farmers' Co-op. Shortly after Claude bought the store and warehouse, he entered into an agreement with Shur-Gain Feed Service to distribute their products in the O'Leary area (see attached copy). During Claude's lengthy illness, his wife, Lila, managed the business. After his death she sold the warehouse to C.F. Willis and Sons Produce and the store to Richard Carruthers , whose wife Novella managed a ladies' wear business for a short time. CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP SHUR-GAIN FEED SERVICE This is to certify that an agreement has been entered into between Claude MacNeill operator of a Feed Mill (or Mills) in O'Leary . P.E.I , and the Feed Division of Packers Limited, by reason of which the former party has been given permission to make Shur-Gain Complete Feeds as a member of Shur-Gain Feed Service. Be it known that only Feed Mills of established reputation and worth, and which enjoy the confidence of feeders in their neigh¬ bourhood, are accepted into Shur-Gain Feed Service. Be it known further that the operator of the aforementioned Feed 279