Wilson J Shea , Robert Keough , William Pederson , Edith Eldershaw and Gerald Keough , Rink Manager . The turning of sod for the closed in arena took place in 1964. A building committee made up of, Kenneth McRae , Russell Perry , MLA, Rev. Clair MacDonald , Alcide Boudreault, Phillip Harper , Earl O'Rourke , Franklin Perry and Terry Gavin supported local carpenter, Henry Arsenault . With little to work with, volunteers cleared the nine acres of land that was purchased from Vida Carter for $9,000. Fisheries donated a pump, Leslie Mailette , kindly gave his car repair show to work out of and Leo Fennessey donated his boat engine. The project took three difficult years to complete, due mostly to a shortage of money, to pay for the steel for the building. A membership drive was set up and brought great success. Rev. Michael Rooney a great sports promoter for the youth led the way as the first life member. With the support of the Community and businesses in the area, the big day finally arrived in February of 1966. Eight hundred people gathered to see little Jeannie Keough , assisted by Hon. Henry Wedge , cut the ribbon and declared the "Centennial Community Sports Arena" opened. Minor Hockey , Aces Hockey , Community Hockey , High School Hockey and Inter-Mural Hockey were played that winter. This gave Manager and Sports Director, Keough, many long nights at the Arena. It was a successful season of hockey, as volunteers gave of there time to carry out the programs, without counting the cost. Gordon Grady , village policeman coached a peewee team, and they became Prince and Kings County Champions. In the winter of 1969 the Arena was extensively damaged by 177