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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.
This viow of North River, taken from the Highway, is a familiar one to motorists. The picture shows our narrow guoge railway track, and North River is only one of the many pretty places the railway passes. In the foreground is the Catholic Church. There's iron in them there hills, the Snow's Pond deposit being probably a part of the same deposit mined at world·lamous Bell Island. On these hills hazelnuts helve been picked, and in this connection, we are reminded of the carefully written instructions to John Guy from the a ••ociates of hill company, which actually include a project to make oil out of the wild hazelnut. found in nearby Southern River.
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