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| Image from Google Street View 2014 |
The Smith house (former Scotty Mennie house) by Fletch Manning in 2004
Mr. A. E. Smith (Ab)* came with his family to
the Elm Valley district in 1888 to farm. As a young man, he butchered and
provided met to neighbours and friends. In
1899 he opened a small shop in the small settlement of Reston. Later on, he
built a fine two-storey store butcher shop.
In 1905, Mr. Smith bought some land on the
east side of Reston, the south half of 9. He lived above the meat shop before
his marriage and in 1927 had a fine new home built for he and his wife, Ellie.
Mr. Bushby was the carpenter. It was built on the land he had previously
purchased and where it still stands today.
Mr. Smith was noted for his original
advertising in the Reston Recorder. He had a special spot in the paper for his
ad, and each week had a “catchy comment”.
During World War II, the Recorder was passed around overseas to the service men
and many comments of “Let’s see what Mr.
Smith has to say this week” were expressed.
In 1951, after 51 years in the butcher shop
business, Mr. Smith sold his home to Alexander (Scotty) Mennie. The D.V.A. (Department
of Veterans Affairs ) assisted returned veterans with property. Scotty and
Shirley and their two sons lived there until 1972. They sold the home to Ms.
Carrie McAdoo who in 1995 sold it to Mr. Conrad Karpinski. Connie sold the
house to Mr. Cory Martin, the present owner.
*More on A. E. Smith can be found online at this Heritage Manitoba link on page 40
http://heritagemanitoba.ca/images/pdfs/featuredProjects/We_Made_Pipestone_Heritage_MB_complete.pdf
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