Archie Thomson. Ethel Thomson Collection.

became the owner of the home farm,Campsie, when his father died 21 June 1948. He carried on a mixed farming operation and specialized in the rais- ing of pure bred holsteins, poultry, and pigs on gov— ernment test. Archie and Ethel renovated the farm house in 1949,making a deeper storage cellar for potatoes and adding a sun porch, a washroom, and an entrance. Bruce Gamble was the carpenter.

Poor health forced Ar- chie to leave the fann in

1957. He accepted a posi- tion as accountant with Eric

Robinson Inc. in Albany af- ter convalescing from tu- berculosis. He was also an insurance agent for George Peake and AR. McInnis Ltd. of Charlottetown for many years. Archie was a

member of True Brother’s Masonic Lodge AF 8c AM where he was a 33rd. degree Mason. The farm land was sold in 1974 to Ingleside Farms.

Ethel and Archie Thomson. Ethel Thomson Collection.

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