until 1964, at which time it was taken ove1 b Adrian’ 5 daughter, Sylvia, and her husband, Fred Collings The store was sold to K. MacEachern in 1967 and has not been in use since that time.

Alfred J. Grant

B01n in Australia, September 2, 1862, Mr Grant emigrated to Can— ada with his parents as a child After living for some years at Millview, he moved to Mount Stewart where, as is mentioned above, he first operated a saw mill along with carding and dyeing mills. Early in this century, he disposed of the mills and opened a grocery store and ice cream parlour in a building previously owned by Mr. William Vickerson. He used the former Vickerson hot water tannery for a warehouse. Around 1942‘, due to ill health and advancing years, Mr. Grant discontinued business and moved to Charlottetown where he died in his 90th year. The premises were sub- sequently acquired by Bruce Affleck who was joined by his brother, Har- old, in 1948. Affleck Bros. operated a combined grocery and meat business in this and, later, in the former Egan store until 1966. The Grant building was sold to the Federal Government in 1964. It was torn down to make way for the new Post Office.

Charles N ewberry

The Patriot for November 30, 1878 reports Mr. Charles Newberry to be “taking the lead in the village’s dry goods business.” His store, a large three—storey structure, was located at the corner of Main Street and Wharf Road, near the premises of J. R. Bourke. Mr. Newberry died in 1905, and the business passed to Solomon C. Clark. It was operated by Winslow Clark, Solomon’s son, until his untimely death in 1915, and, subsequently by his widow, later Mrs. Howard Glover. A popular feature of the store during these years was the huge penny goods candy counter, liberally stocked with Queen’s Lunches, Buster Browns, Jaw Breakers, Coconut Lunches, Maple Syrup Cakes and other confections calculated to attract the custom of the village’s youth. The clerk on duty, the children found, was often Miss Fanny Newberry, a lady whose quick wit served to make her unanswerable in her dealings with others. On one occasion a high wind was causing pebbles from the store’s roofing material to strike the win- dows of Felix Feehan’s store across the street. Mr. Feehan called on Miss Newberry and complained about the pebbles. “What”, Miss Newberry de- manded, “do you expect me to do, get up on the roof and hold them on?”

After Mrs. Glover moved to Roxbury, Mass, in 1928, the business was acquired by Cornelius J. MacInnis of French Village. He closed down some time during the late 30’s, and the building, except for a small por- tion retained as a fire hall, was subsequently demolished. The fire hall, re- placed by a new structure in 1957, fell victim to the wrecker’s axe in 1973.

William H. Pigot

Around 1894, Mr. Pigot, originally a Savage Harbour fisherman, bought a store in Lot 40 in partnership with Ross McEwen. The partner— ship was dissolved three years later, at which time William rented the old Bourke outlet in Mount Stewart. He shortly built his own store and operated it, together with the telephone office, which was located on the premises, until 1925. The business was then acquired by the Clark fam- ily and, as mentioned above, the building was destroyed by fire in the spring of 1974.

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