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One of the oldest Conception Bay business firms is that of George Kennedy, Avondale,
which carries a full line of general merchandise, including provisions, groceries, dry goods,
boots and shoes, and hardware. Established in 1868 by John McGee, grandfather of the
present owner and manager, the business was taken over in 1877 by Edward Kennedy,
whose Ion George has carried on since 1915. The business will some day pass to his
son, who will make the fourth generation to direct the firm. A bill of lale in Mr. Kennedy'»
possession, dated 1876, and made out to a man evidently fortilyinq himself for the Labrador
fishery, contains the two items then considered essential to the welfare of a fishermanone
t!uart of rum and one pound of 'baccy'.
Coming up Collier's Ridge, we took this shot of Whelan's sawmill. This is the only
one of its kind to be seen along the Hiqhway. It is an infallible attraction for tourists, who
like to stop and take snapshots of the old mill, with its water wheel. the relic of nineteenth
century industrialization. The sawmill uses gasoline casks as a "flume" but power is
obtained by the use of water from the dam across the road.