too deep in places, they would take down the fences, and shovel through the fields. Now, with paved roads and snow plows, the roads are always plowed and passable. In winter, there was much sleighing on the ice be¬ tween Beach Point and Murray Harbour . How nice it was to hear the sleigh bells ring on a frosty moon lit night! At one time there were twenty vessels owned in Murray Harbour . Now there is but one, owned by Percy White 's son, Royal. He goes to Newfoundland and other distant ports. We had a large fleet of fishing vessels, some had a crew of six men and others only four. They towed their dories to set the lines from two men in each dory. They would set their lines in the evening, and lift them in the next morning, clean the fish and salt them in the vessel. Some time they would be away three days, and if a storm came up, they would have to go to Souris or for shelter. When they came into port, the fish would have to be moved ashore, washed out (after being salted for several days), then dried on "flakes". These flakes were made by driving stakes into the ground, and nailing long boards on the sides and laths nailed on crosswise. After the dew had evaporated in the morn¬ ing, the women would spread the fish in rows across the flakes to dry, and when the sun went down, the fish had to be packed, in the meantime if a shower came up, it was a wild scurry to get the fish packed. I wonder now how we women had the strength and stamina to do all this hard work. Each settler owned a cow, to provide milk and cream for the fam¬ ily, a few hens for our daily fresh eggs, a vegetable garden and always a patch of potatoes. We also bought a little pig in the spring, and fed it all summer, to have pork and bacon for the winter months. How good it seemed to taste. Now, the milkman delivers milk to our door, the bread is purchased at the village store, and with the fridges and deep freezers, all the incentives and desires we worked to achieve are gone forever. Now all we have is pleasant memories. When the fishermen first had engines installed in their boats, a man named Howard or H. P. Cahoon decided to buy spare parts, and re¬ pair engines. Later he sold groceries and other goods, until he had quite a small business. He hired a young man or a girl to assist him in his store which was on his land by the "Lane". Later, when Samuel Prowse moved away, H. P. Cahoon bought his home at Murray Harbour . He lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Cahoon , and started a hardware store in that village, and hired a manager for the Beach Point store. Later he sold his Beach Point store to W. C. Jordan , who moved it over here on the and runs a small store. H. P. Cahoon kept his store at Murray Harbour until his death which occurred two years ago. Today, Beach Point is a prosperous fishing center, the fishermen all have nice up to date homes, cars, trucks and nearly each home has a tele- 24