3-1 
     
    
   
   
    
     with a cent or two deposit for the bottle. 
     
     One of the local favorites was Seamen’s 
     
     Lime Rickey, while Ginger Ale was the 
     
     beverage of choice in time of illness. 
     
     Fraser’s Pop was another local favorite. 
     
     Walter Fraser from Peter’s Road 
     
     produced this line, and it was bottled in 
     
     his plant in Murray River. His red 
     
     Cream Soda appealed to many, 
     
     particularly if we could afford to buy a 
     
     five-cent package of potato chips to go 
     
     along with it. 
     
    

    
     In early December of each year 
     
     Mr. Hicken made his way to 
     
     Charlottetown and brought in toys, 
     
     Christmas decorations, and small gift 
     
     items. The toys were on display on the 
     
     second counter of the store and well 
     
     protected from grubby little hands by a 
     
     three- or four—foot-high screen of chicken