good man with wheels, metal, and iron. He had very good hands on him." (80)

For over fifty years, Charlie MacNeill ran a barbershop in St. Peters Bay. Charlie’s son Arthur recalled “Haircuts were a quarter and a shave cost fifteen cents, and there were many times that people did not have enough money to even pay for that.” (81) In the earlier years of his career, Charlie had hand-powered clippers, and according to Arthur, “his hands and arms would swell so much from using them, he sometimes had to cut his shirt off. In the later part of his career he had electric clippers." In addition to cutting hair, Charlie was also a shoe and harness maker.

Carl Anderson and Owen MacDonald were two other barbers remembered at the Bay. Carl had a shop on the south side of the Bay, and Owen’s shop was located just west of the Co—op store.

The St. Peters Court house is today referred to as Quigley’s Hall. According to Frank Ledwell:

It held two court-sessions each year, one in the spring, the other in the fall. All pending cases arising out of regional issues were heard during these sessions, cases such as lobster fishermen being hauled in court for cutting each other’s trap lines, afairlg common occurrence in those days. The court house had typical fixtures: judges chambers in the rear, a judges stand, a witness box, a railing enclosing the front of the court, tables for lawyers, and ample room for spectators. {82)

One such spectator, Glendon MacKinnon remembers going to the courthouse to listen to the cases. The judge at this time was referred to as “Wooden Joe,” because according to Glendon, he “was as stiff as a board and as sharp as a razor!” (83). Glendon also recalled that one time When he was watching a court case he had a “chew of gum" in his mouth and Wooden Joe, looking up from the proceedings, yelled at Glendon to “get that chew of gum out of your mouth." (84)

BEARS, WIDOWS2 & A BAYVIEW

The first known establishment of accommodation in the St. Peter’s area was the Black Bear Inn. Run by the MacKenzie family, this Inn is bBlieved to have been established and in business by 1832. It was 1OCated on the north side of the Bay at the base of the Bay Hill.* Another SOurce of accommodation for travelers was located in Midgell. Frank

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“l3 believed that this Inn was located in the green house currently located behind Stuart MacEwen’s ”Sldence, This house has changed over the years, and the Inn at that time would only have comprised a Wall portion of the house as it is today.

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