Lorning Rayner's warehouse was built in 1955 and is now owned by he Prince Edward Island Bag Factory, Summerside.

A disagreement arose during the construction of the latter warehouse n the location of a pole.

Apparently it was solved by building around the pole on three sides nd this oddity was later featured in Ripleys Believe it or Not.

NEW ANNAN STATION

New Annan Station is situated just inside the Traveller's Rest bound- ry alongside New Annan district. This station played an important part in he development of the community. Mail for New Annan, Wilmont Valley, nd Blue Shank was dropped oft from trains coming from Charlottetown and oing to the boat in Summerside to connect with the mainland. In summer. he mainland connection was between Summerside and Point du Chéne, New Brunswick, but winter crossings were either by ice boat from Cape Traverse to Cape Tormentine or by steamer from Georgetown to Pictou, Nova Scotia. When the ferry service was inaugurated about 1919 and trains from the mainland could come over to the Island, the railroad had to be widened to accommodate the wider locomotive cars.

German prisoners of war laid the rails and it was a familiar sight to see the men escorted by a guard armed with a rifle come to the farm homes for drinking water. The rhythm of the rows of men moving the heavy steel rail and laying it in place was interesting to watch. At that time a two- ended switch was put in and the station became important for shipping out farm produce and bringing in supplies for the store as well as car-loads of fertilizer. feed and even horses from Western Canada.

The Joseph Read Co. 01 Summerside had a warehouse alongside the station for a number of years. Later John C. Pillman, a potato grower of Traveller's Rest built a large warehouse and bought potatoes from the farmers for export.

From here several cars of donated produce and clothing were sup- plied to Western Canada during the drought years.

Adjoining the warehouse is a comfortable dwelling first occupied by Nelson MacKay for a number of years. Later George Chappell lived there and Arthur Arsenault is the present tenant.

The property and warehouse which passed into the hands of 8m- mons and MacFarlane was managed by Walter Simmons for some years. Recently David Walker purchased the warehouse.

New Annan Station was phased out and it was hauled to Schurman's shore where it was used for a summer home by David MacKay until it was destroyed by fire in the winter of 1972.