A very important motion was passed at the Annual meeting held at the Stanley Bridge Hall on February 12, 1907, when Mr. George R. MacNeill proposed the following resolution be sent to I the proper Government officials. This would change the face of the landscape forever. That whereas a large portion of the milk manufactured at the Stanley Bridge Cheese Factory is drawn from Cavendish and whereas the road at present is hilly and circuitous, causing considerable unnecessary expense for drawing therefore, the shareholders and patrons of the Stanley Bridge Dairying Company, do give their hearty approval to the opening of a Road from Bay view direct to Stanley Bridge - across Clark's Point and Anderson's Creek - thereby escaping two steep hills and shortening the road one and one-quarter miles. This motion was seconded by Charles F. Simpson and carried unanimously (Signed) James E. Fleming , Secretary What excitement must have encompassed the people at that meeting because no opposition is recorded by any of the landowners. There might be a different reaction to a resolution like this if it were proposed today. However, this road was not completed until late in the season of 1909 because the tenders for milk drawers for that year called for hauling via the old road, and the new road when completed. It would appear that these men were responsible for the idea which later resulted in the construction of the present #6 Highway. Serious consideration was given to the President's suggestions as placed before the patrons and shareholders at the Annual Meeting held February 15, 1942, which asked "for an expression of those present as to what they wanted the Directors to do" - regarding the cheese industry. The opinion of those present appeared to be shifting from cheese to manufacturing butter on a year- round basis. From this meeting, the quote is as follows. if we continued on at butter, there was a chance of selling the two vats that Mr. Champion had loan of. Mr Alfred Fyfe outlined briefly what we would be up against if we were to make cheese, such as wood, cheese hoops, whey tank, and it would be an extra strain on the boiler which is now getting old. Mr. Fred W. Clark expressed himself in favor of butter on account of (the) extra expense in fitting up for cheese and in view of the fact that the Directors have to give personal note for some expenses, therefore he would move that regarding vats or any other equipment which Mr. Champion or anyone else would buy, to sell to same. 75