The "new" Co-op store in 1949 with a 6-years old Ernie Walsh.  By 1946, Co-op number three had become too small and at a board meeting in October 1946, they decided to build this larger store. John J Ennis and James Connors accepted the job of lead hands and were to be paid the grand sum of thirty-five cents an hour, helpers were to be paid a princely thirty cents an hour. At a board meeting in March 1947, a motion was passed that Co-op number three be closed April 4 and April 5 to facilitate the movement of inventory to the new building. The Co-op store opened for it's first day of business on April 7,1947. To the left are the remains of the old parish hall down stairs and school up-stairs, shown by the old vertical sticks and the sloped roof.