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rt,'jij)j,)ii'iraE'r'sjr PARAMOUM T . V "St y'J()jfsti% Briy: iii}: No one seems to know when or why the name Paramount was bestowed on the south en rCiiii,fvi',ji,',iiN'jiil',' 1 but apparently it was at sometime previous to 1880. On lot 8, con. 1 there was a store Opt 'ili:i'iii,i'i)'(iatki'i'ki . " Ma the Widow Murchison for many years, across the road in Ashfield there is also said, to hm M k tavern, but this has not been definitely confirmed. Going west then, the school , the Gran ijfiQLHN-che Saw Mill, MacBeth's Tailor Shop and the Cheese Factory. The School, Saw Mill ant ",,',i'ii'i)ifli'iatiii' C HEESE Factory are dealt with in separate chapters. There has been quite a colorful oral history (;i'i',',ii,ir'iti(Catii,',1- an about the Saw Mill, which is much more Interesting than the true story, so we will leave I _:':)')))':-),':,--'),)'.':').,":';)',:') HA T . The tailor shop of Mr. Macbeths is also a bit of a problem, as it seems probable that he isl is?" same MacBeth who appears in the Lochalsh history. . hit: The period in time when Paramount was most widely known was during the thirtys at i,l'fiv's)),?ri',ii4llllli,s'iii), wk when the curing room of the then disused cheese factory was turned into a dance hall am 'i,'i'ij-,t,iillliti'ciii,_, dances were held there. "iiiiil'i)i'i'i"j;)'dgEi'it,' . . "flail? Many outstanding citizens went out from the community and many stayed m It. An _,iits(it'ti)idllBiaiiivie', teachers were Robert McIntosh, Graham McNay, Annie McDonald, John Martin an 'r'iik"igliilill'r;'iiir: 5Aitag McAuley. There were also outstanding artisans such as the Murrays, Murdocks, F (_,rttlr% Wc?, , McCharIes and Davis. The Murrays and Murdocks were excellent stone masons. Five exa; _:i)ii"v,)i'iiisesg Blji")iii, " their craft are to be seen along highway 86. Starting from the west, the homes of Art Matt 's'iiati',tiMrb),iji-sam . Harold Elphick, Bev McNay and Harvey Irwin and the former school U.S.S. 14. Parama pk; l Ii')',:;":', claim to have, still standing, the only slaughter house built by the members of a beef rin _iiiiii' 'tiii/s',)) township of Huron, and also Huron Township's only cement tile plant, both on lot 15, can is?» Bi'riil ccmsi.(rttire plant was built and operated by George Page from about 1920 till 1940. Me C I 'ili4 IEE, . , . - " " _... . - kt'e i6rtWtglNie_2t2TNlil6ytgl'; vgpvgt rtagtoyrstsy't,t 5 tiii?) B, i 2"rt% 5' =s@"'"t" aieapc:'y - ' l ' ' 'k'iiig . ' llllE,%llliNiiil" 1ilIliiliiiliiNiM,%'ti'"ie,did v Wi ii PARAMOUNT TILE FACTORY Paramount also had a UnIted Farmer's Club which held regular meetings in the old M08 house and In common with many other such clubs, bought supplies wholesale from a can] warehouse In Toronto. Out of this activity grew the Lucknow Shipping Association and the Luckii District Co-Op, doing a $1,364,385 business in 1974. Paramount, Kalrshea and St. Helena all formed the nucleus of these organlzatlons.