business to F. Hasslefield. The following year this
was purchased by Lindsay Allingham. The same
year Harry Thompson bought another livery.

In 1913, Mr. Allingham’s add in the Holland
Observer read,

“Good horses — good rigs.

Prompt service. Dray in connection

Auto for hire. Rates moderate.

Terms # Cash.”

In 1923 Gordon Budd who had been employed
by Wm. Turner in the implement business, bought
Mr. Allingham’s business, consisting of livery, dray
and feed as well as his home on Patrick Street.
Keeping up with changing times, in 1926, Mr. Budd
purchased his first truck and continued trucking
until 1942. He then sold part of his business to Paul
Patyn. In 1927 Gordon Budd took over the Imperial
Oil agency from Alf Smith, continuing with it until
1949, selling to Mr. Alex Sundell.

During his years in Holland, Mr. Budd was
active on the Town Board, was councillor and
Bailiff for the County Court or Holland for a num-
ber of years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Budd were church
workers and Mrs. Budd was a member of “Ideal”
Rebekah Lodge. Their children are Clayton, now
Superintendent for London Life Insurance Co. in
Saskatoon, and Iris, now Mrs. Ken Collis of Fort
Garry. Clayton has four children and Iris has three
children.

During and after the 1940’s there was a waning

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need for the services of a livery stable. Even in win—
ter the roads were almost always ploughed quickly
and very few horses were seen in town. Paul Patyn
had the livery business for a few years, having
excellent driving horses for hire. Later Steve Stuss
and then Mr. Polliet saw the end of that type of busi—
ness in Holland.

LUMBER YARD

In 1893, Frank H. Dagg established a lumber
yard on what are now lots 108 and l 10 Barr Street.
There, he provided materials for the many new
buildings, which were being built in the town and
throughout the district.

In 1902, J. H. Millard and Son assumed man—
agement. It was they who in 1906 built a large stor-
age shed, part of which was expanded throughout
the many years of operation of the lumber yard. In
1909, the Rat Portage Lumber Company bought the
yard. It operated under that ownership until 1937
when it came under the ownership of Monarch
Lumber. It operated as such until 1963. From that
time until it’s closing, it was run as Revelstoke
Building Supplies.

Some of the managers in charge have been:
Ernest Banville, Jack MacDonald, Omer Banville
and James Murray. The last agent was Alfred Yeo,
who, after leaving Holland, spent several years in
the north and eventually returned to Holland where
he retired in the Victoria Manor.

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