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Unfortunately January 4, 1912 according to the Daily Journal of Basil MacNeill the store of Louis Rennie burned and the Agriculturist re- ported that the store burned with the greater portion of its contents. It is believed that this store was situated on the Western Road at the Elmsdale intersection. A new store was built on the opposite corner of the Elmsdale inter- section, beside the home of present owners Charles, Olive and Mina Dunn. Louis Rennie retired at an advanced age, as his eyesight was deteriorating and his son Arthur L. Rennie took over the store business. Louis went to live in Alma with his son Fred who also ran a store, and he continued to keep interested in busi— ness as well as world affairs. In 1932 he passed away at the age of 91 years. BettyRennieColl. Arthur L. Rennie

A.L. Rennie - When Arthur L. Rennie took

over his father’s business he continued to keep a well—stocked store and he also carried wallpaper and paint. An article found in the

November 29, 1924 Island Farmer stated:

. . .the sight on the 24th gave us a brilliant sky illuminating off to the westward and it was later learned that the warehouse of AL. Rennie merchant at Elmsdale was burning. Fortunately the night was calm; also the fact that recent rains had saturated everything afforded relief from danger of the fire spread- ing. The blaze was confined to the single building, which with its contents was destroyed. The ware- house was used for general purposes and at the time contained a large quantity of general hardware

The loss 1s partially covered by Insurance. The origin of the fire 1s unknown, the loss considerable

An article found in the Island Farmer June 26, 1929 stated:

...on the night of June 12th 1929 Mr. Rennie’s store and warehouse were destroyed by fire of un— known origin. It is now thought the loss amounted to over $10,000 and that the fire was caused by an