rant with a counter in the shape of a horseshoe. The building was located on the site of the present Clover Farm store. He sold the busi- ness to the Sutherlands who also operated a meat shop.

The Noonans mentioned above, served full-course meals which attracted people from all over the Island and elsewhere to taste their fine cuisine. Among those employed were Bessie Shaw, Loretta Arsenault, Evelyn (Gay) Hardy, Annie Harris, Marjorie MacDonald, Wanda Arbing, Cyrus and Gertrude Wedge. Mrs. Noonan managed the restaurant until 1953 when she and her husband moved to Alberton. They sold it to Wendell (Red) Turner who in turn sold it to Melvin Harris. After a short period of time, Lloyd Shaw bought the restaurant and later sold it back to Wendell (Red) Turner who moved it to its present location. Ivan Gaudet then operated the restaurant which he called the Ivan-Ho. Then it became the Pioneer Restaurant and was operated by Margaret and Ferdie Gallant.

Perhaps no other building in O’Leary was owned by so many dif- ferent individuals and soon it was to have new owners again. Early in 1985, Harvey and Alma MacEachem named it the Copper Cup and continued to operate the restaurant for the next three years. The food was excellent - delicious, full-course meals, tasty fish and chips, ‘ and luscious home-made pies.

Although the building was used mainly as a restaurant through- out the years, it had been used as a pool hall around 1977. Since its closure as a restaurant in 1988, it was used as a knitting shop operat- ed by Alma MacLean and it was then operated as Rayner's Fish Mart. In 1992 it was purchased by the Community of O’Leary for a youth center.

Winnie Gosbie owned and operated a restaurant on Main Street next to Texaco Service Station. A few years prior to 1979 the building was bought by Texaco Canada. It was demolished and the land became part of the parking lot at the garage. In 1979, James Baglole purchased the garage and land from Texaco Canada.

Jackie Arsenault ran a restaurant where Hyndman and Company Insurance is located today. He bought the land from Hanson Oliver and a building that was formerly used as a garage from George Carruthers. It was bought in 1958 and remodelled. The cooking was done by Nellie Adams, Jackie Arsenault, Alan Arsenault and Eva Arsenault. Those employed in other capacities were Barbara Gay Coughlin, Betty Ann Biggar, Frank Smallman, Betty Costello and George Green. The business was sold to Hugh Ryan in 1968.

The cold storage building which was located next to the Verdon Theatre had been closed to business, and it was then used by

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