Alfred and his brother Cecil sold general merchandise and prospered. In 1951 they built a new building on the site at a cost of $1600 and it is this building which stands today (30). Alfred and Cecil ran the business together until Cecil and his wife Marion took over the business in the fall of 1955. The store was operated in conjunction with the post office. (Alfred continued his trade as a butcher and sold meat door to door throughout the area). The McPhails rented out the store in the early 1970s to Lynn Jay and subsequently John Havenga before it closed in 1973. The post office continues to be run from the building (30). Cecil McPhail 's Store circa 1958 courtesy of Marion and Cecil McPhail BUTCHERS The activity of butchering would have been part of the community from the time of its first settlement, although most of it would have been carried out by the farmer. It is only later that individuals did it as an occupation. In 1903 Thomas McDougall was noted as doing a 'rushing business' in the beef line and slaughtering upwards of 150 cattlein the winter of 1902/03 (60). In the period 1930-1950, Geddie McLeod ran a butchering business which at times hired two or more individuals. The business, which was located on the north side of the main road about 500 yards west of the Arygle Shore road intersection, had a slaughter-house and ice-house. Geddie is remembered as taking meat to the Charlottetown market twice a week (30). Alfred McPhail , who previously worked for Geddie, established himself as a butcher in 1945 and was remembered as delivering meat door to door, as Carl Potts does today (30). •43-