A History of Elmsdale, Elmsdale West, and Brockton, Prince Edward Island

year themselves. . .The board of directors as now constituted, James

MacNeill, president; Thomas Doyle, secretary—treasurer; Lawrence Doyle, James MacKendrick, Robert Horne, Rev. A.E. Burke and

Michael Doyle.

The Islander January 18, 1905 reported: “The annual meeting of the Campbellton Dairying Association will be held at the Campbellton School on Saturday, January 28th at one o’clock pm. All shareholders and patrons are re- quested to attend. John McCarthy, Secretary, Brockton.”

On April 8, 1906 the Campbellton Notes reported:

Our cheese factory and equipment were sold at public auction on this day the 24th April 1906 at twelve o’clock. A company of Lawrence Doyle, James Corcoran, James MacKendrick, Thomas Butler, James O’Brien and Thomas Doyle bought it and it is expected to run this

season and likely will be moved to Bloomfield Station. It did not bring J’mM ”thy C0”

1n the amount that the corporations are liable for and much to their John McCarthy,

credit the shareholders prepare to come to the relief of those enrolled. secrefar?’ 0f came811t0“ Darrymg Assoc1ation

In 1907 James Corcoran bought the Campbellton Cheese Factory, and planned to run it to full capacity the next summer. It is believed that Mr. Corcoran was the last cheese maker. The factory burned about 1907 or 1908. Today, the only trace of this factory is an old well site visible on the Donald Doyle property at Campbellton.

THE SAW PIT

East of a house built for Roland Burke, where Joshua Smallman now lives on the Dock Road, was a saw pit, where large logs were sawed. The log was placed hori- zontally on a cradle over the pit with two men in the pit and one man above sawing the log with a rip saw. Sawdust had to be cleared out by hand. An indentation could still be seen up until 1939. This property was known as the “Government Grounds” and 1S leased today to the potato warehouse owners.

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