The business closed in 1976 when Dan retired but the building continued to be a storage site for Brenton's crops until 1980 when it

was demolished.

RESTAURANTS

Over the years O’Leary has had many fine restaurants. According to the 1880 Atlas, Robert Ellis had a store and restaurant at the southwest junction of the railway and the O’Leary road. Prior to 1928, Mrs. Josephine Gallant opened a restaurant in the same gener- al area. Her lunches were made and taken by horse and sleigh to the rink. About fifty years ago, Ella Jelley ran a restaurant located just east of where the Co-op Garage is today.

In 1943 Joseph R. Gallant bought a building from Robert Arsenault of Howlan and moved it to where the Pioneer Restaurant was later located. He ran a restaurant there until 1947 when Art Gallant took over. From that time until Wanda Arbing rented it in 1950, Joseph M. Gallant operated the business. The building was then hauled to Art Gallant’s front yard where his wife, Yvonne, served as cook and manager. For the next few months Evan Jelley rented the building and operated the business. In 1955, Avard Jelley and his wife Dolly bought the building and moved it to their front yard on Willow Avenue.

Dolly did all her own cooking and always served well-prepared meals. When she began her business, a full-course meal sold for $1.50 and a bowl of soup for 35 cents. Among those employed as waitresses were Eva MacMillan, Olga MacMillan, Gracie MacEachem, Marjorie Milligan, Carol and Lillas MacGregor. Dolly operated it until 1976. The building has since been hauled away and burned.

Art Gallant and his wife Yvonne also had a canteen situated in their front yard in the early 1950’s. They sold hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries, pop and ice cream. They had a trailer which could be transported to the local picnics and ploughing matches.

Lillian Wedge ran two restaurants over the years. One was locat- ed two houses south of the fire hall and the other nearby.

In 1947 Rod MacNevin built a restaurant where the Co-op store stands today. He named it the Dingle after a restaurant in Cape Breton which he often patronized. Edisel Dumville recalls driving his brother Stan’s 1947 Chevrolet flat-bottom to Summerside to pick up the lumber from Holman’s and the leather-topped stools and the booths from Chan’s. He was accompanied by Leonard MacKinnon. Tamar MacNevin was employed as cook. After a year or two, Rod sold the restaurant to Albert and Eva Noonan. Rod then operated a restau-

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