IMPERIAL STREET

Photo: Hugh Cummings collection

Same location, 2016, photo by Jayson Stewart

"The building after the post office was the town hall, and the jail. My great grandfather Narcisse Dorion was the police officer during the Depression, and he used to let people passing through Massey sleep at the jail.  Crest hardware is still the hardware store (Home Hardware). The abandoned building (torn down in 2015) to the south of the hardware store was the grocery store. The post office is torn down, and the Dragonfly (Restaurant) is where the town hall used to be." -Bonnie Brash
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"This was my Great Grandfather Charlie Shiels Garage - that is now the Home Hardware. See the gas pumps out side for the Model T's? He discovered gravity feed by sinking the gas tanks under the ground." -Brenda Skibinsky

 St. Denis Clover Farm store turned into Cazabon IGA
​and Crest Hardware turned to Rippins

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My first job was for Calvin and Cathy Rippin when they expanded and that side was a 5 & 10 type store called Mersco.

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My dad was police chief back in the early 1960s. We knew the jail well. I think where you see the bell tower was where the siren sounded for fires and at 9pm to say kids had to be off the streets.

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The Dragonfly (Restaurant) is the old restaurant. Back in the late 40's early 50's it was owned by Ernie Schroeder Senior. They rented rooms upstairs and had the restaurant on the main floor. Where the parking lot for the Dragonfly is was the old fire hall and jail.

-Christopher Lachance

-Jackie Pilon

-Susan Joyce Sonnenberg

-Brian Sonnenberg