{"id":29107,"date":"2022-06-08T20:55:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T23:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=29107"},"modified":"2022-06-08T20:55:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T23:55:37","slug":"photos-mcneills-shell-celebrates-60-years-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=29107","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: McNeill&#8217;s Shell celebrates 60 years in business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;161&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> It\u2019s not often a locally owned business gets to celebrate a milestone, but one Elmsdale business did just that on June 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McNeill\u2019s Shell in Elmsdale celebrated it\u2019s 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in business, complete with a cake cutting, a look at its past and where it began, along with a display of an antique car and BBQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were also tours of the business given and many memories shared amongst it\u2019s founders to its current owners Roy and Beth McNeill, and past and present employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald was on hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_7958-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29114\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_7946-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29110\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_7949-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29111\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the looks of the guest book there were many residents who came out to celebrate the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBQ was by donation and raised almost $300 for the East Hants Family Resource Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all it was a good day celebrating 60 years in business for McNeill\u2019s Shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_7951-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29112\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;164&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;161&#8243;] ELMSDALE: It\u2019s not often a locally owned business gets to celebrate a milestone, but one Elmsdale business did just that on June 3. McNeill\u2019s Shell in Elmsdale celebrated it\u2019s 60th anniversary in business, complete with a cake cutting, a look at its past and where it began, along with a display [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965],"tags":[3803,196],"class_list":["post-29107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","tag-60th-anniversary","tag-east-hants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}