cc hi Unit Two has approximately sixteen hundred pupils and three lid dred and thirty-five teachers. The Unit Two main board office h, Summerside , as is also the rural schools office. The rural schools ai^ made up of one, two and three room schools; and in 1972-73 consisted* thirty-five schools and fifty-three classrooms and the same number J teachers plus specialists in guidance, reading, singing, etc. Also a pi cipal, Mr. Winston Currie ; vice-principal, Mr. Henry Clark ; physical >i& cation, Mr. Hodge and office people and maintenance men. 18 By 1973-74 the rural schools had been reduced to twenty-six ai j thirty-six classrooms. ^ Also in the 1973-74 year the grade nine students from Augustiide Cove had the option of attending either Kinkora or High Sckco in Summerside , instead of Englewood High School; but grades ten, elev« and twelve were allowed to continue at Englewood where they had begiB their higher education. w] In the school year 1973-74, Augustine Cove is the only rural schono with a grade eight class. The total enrollment is thirty-two from grid so one to eight, and the school building and grounds are among the be an of the remaining traditional rural schools on P.E.I. , which today numb \ fifty-nine. OCCUPATIONS bj Augustine Cove is today strictly an agricultural community tj^ earlier days, however, there were a few other means of livelihood a id j, short account of some of the former occupations follow. ™ hi LOBSTER FACTORIES During the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early pa of the twentieth century, lobster factories were in operation in this d j trict. One was situated at Richard Point , below the home of Earle M*tlj Donald. It was operated by brothers Richard and Wheelock Canei'M during the years 1881-1887 inclusive. Two other factories are know n CI have been in operation along the shoreline of this district; one was )Pfwi ated by John Dobson and one by George MacWilliams (Sr.). These Ms] were in the area where the MacWilliams' families now live. These ftnij tories at the peak of the fishing season would each employ ten to fir'tepd people. Wi W£ MILLS of A grist and saw mill was operated by Benjamin Webster , beft and after the turn of the twentieth century. It was on the site of wh'jj the dam is now located, below the home of Ernest Darby . Ch Bi BLACKSMITH SHOPS Before the age of mechanized machinery, when horses were u> for transporting and farming, the blacksmith shop was a very necessj part of the community. The blacksmith was in great demand to shoe|w| horses as well as repair parts of machinery when broken. The $ 34