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» i SUMMERSIDE ~ One of the’ many events slated for Cen-

tennial year here will be the

i of the late James Ludlow Hol-i [man, a citizen of Summerside‘ who has been aptly named the “founder of Canadian Tourist" Business." . Mr. Holman erected and open- led the Island Park Motel sit-. rusted on Holman's Island in} 1872 and a newspaper editoriali 64 years later is quoted as say- ing: “The Island Park Hotel l was quite s large structure. It i was up to date in every parti- ,‘cular. indeed more up—todate I in some respects than many ho- . tels today. i “It was s four-storey struc- i i I

ture built in artistic. archi- tectural lines. Besides its num- erous rooms it had two large

barber shop. bowling alleys and

i a refreshment booth." l This cairn will be erected on . a site along Water Street east ‘ a short distance from the rail-1 road tracks where Read's Wharf Z .was once situated and from where. a small steamer travell- ed back and forth between thel town and Holman's Island withl passengers and whatever need-

ed to be transported. It's hoped that the unveiling; v of the cairn will take place dur-; ing lobster carnival week butj these plans are not definite yet; one town official said thati

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A CART FOR' TBBETS HEARf

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Birdie ’I'ebbets. Cleveland and general manager Ga to s new conference The 61- ’

, ~ It ti t m -, Indians manager who Is re~ Paul (centre) at Cleveland year-old manager. who was geﬁguii'as‘ﬁfgeﬂum 53:19‘ covering from a heart attack, Stadium Monday. The elec- stricken in spring training, v time ago from Nova scam “i

tric cart was to save Birdie from walking up steep ramps

poses with acting in a n a get George Strickland frightl

University Students Claim Kept Dangling Over Loans

OTTAWA tCP) -— Spokesmen for 120,000 Canadian university students protested to members of Parliament that they have been kept dangling since last January waiting for federal student loan legislation 0 ' many will base d cisions about the fall college term.

said he expects to be helping Strickland run the club be- . fore the season is over.

has yet to arrive. A native of Saint John, N.B.,“ Mr. Holman arrived in Sum-' merside around 1860 and being a far-seeing citizen and realiz- ing the value of the tourist business. which today is the greatest source of revenue in? Canada. erected the Hotel in' 1872 at a cost of $80000 includ-E ing hotel. ferry and wharves. ‘,

The building contained 125} ooms, equipped in first class style with recreatoin and billiard ‘ ooms. There were also bath- houses for swimmers outside. ‘

At that time Holman‘s Island; situated about a mile from Sum- merside. was known as Indian Island and it was reached byl the small steamship “Frank which made the trip between thei Island and the town every hours. conveying tourists and forth.

"We intend to bury every commodity and service that we can in the region."

Wine sales in the Atlantic provinces last year amounted

'to 1,000,000 gallons of domestic aglamedgnd imported varieties. The Eric Winkler vpc -— Grey Y.“ “many WP“ ‘ ‘ Bruce‘. Conservative party; break even 90"” Of four per 'whip' urged the Students t *cent of that figure, the spokes- help his party get the Liberaljma'T sa'd‘ government to put the legisla- Dlrwml's lndudei Ham“ tion before the Commons. Once GOOdSDeed. Tr-uro; J. A, Mor- there. the Conservatives would ‘ gan'.M0ndoni Drr 3- A- Pen”- give every cooperation in pass” Hamilton and A. W. Cox. E. G. About 50M“. moulde Wm ing it, iHaryts and L. MacInnis all of “try Minister Same. heard of_ But Forestry Minister Sauve. Ham“- ficers of the Canadian Union of TM“??? him-35m“ MtT-d“gn:" 2 Students ress for quick action 9“ ,“' 9, 9r 9 0“”9" 9 a 9 It the cpurrent parliamentary “" ‘menm supply “mm be con’ New TeSt Found session to set up a student loanjCIUded Thurs‘lay-

major political parties each other for the dc]

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two i back}

. C i plan' The interim supply debate For DIG ‘ Six horses with carriage; were, "Students were made aware WES Secondary' remﬂed Mr' 5 maintained to accommodate the1 of the government's osed :w‘m‘k’r' W mans leg‘smll‘m' TGRONTO mp” "The We" auests There were two roads.1 student aid legislation in Feb- coum be d'sposed 0‘ l" ""8 day “ailmal “label” Federallm 3n the‘lsland. one encircling thel

.,, it introduced.

announced here a

ruary. a CUS brief said. i new outside 0mm, wh- r A “Thus. many Canadian stu-‘ Mr' same 3“de “lh‘il‘h” lh“ imam hlmd leslln‘l Pmcess "’1' around thf shore front‘cgnd tilt: dents have been counting on SlUdemS ha"? men Pressmg‘. the detection of diabetes has K .

provincial g o v e r n ments who i have a primary responsibility ini education to participate in the 3proposed federal plan. , Paulne Jewett (L—Northum-' berlandl. chairman of the meet« . . mg. said that after much pmw tional diabetes detection pro. d- 1 no“, appearsi grams now become a possibil~ the loans legislation will he 20- "y' ‘ing through Parliament as soon- ‘ (“’0‘ as possible_ ' EGYPTIAN JET ENGINE l

l CAIRO IAPi—The newspaperi Al Ahram reported Monday that the United Arab Republic has, new jet engine, which will enable its planes to.

First Nova Scotia Winery TO outmatch the most advanced, estern supersonic jet fighters. E

TRURO lCPi—Start of eon- ufacture cider, the spokesman It said the engine had a thrust- struction on Nova Scotia's first said. i of 11,000 pounds and is capablei commercial winery here early Indirectly. the. winery wouldlof powering the Egyptian Alka-

July will bring s new kind bring benefit to other bust-thira-300 at 21/: times the speedi of sparkle to the province‘s nesses in the area. ‘0 ou :

been developed.

. The federation said in a state- ! ment preliminary reports on the process indicate it is so “re-‘ liable and simple" that na- ,

these measures ever since that. time. Now, ' ascertaining or they will be able to finance an- other' year of study and they are anxious to know what finan- cial aid, will be given in Sep? tember."

through the interior. '

SPECIAL STAGE .‘

A special stage was erected: at, the east side of the Island,i for bathers and the front portion. of the Island. near the hotel.l had a cleared space among the; trees where swings and ham-l mocks were installed and mo! queg and other games were play-|

BLAME EACH OTHER Representatives of the

ed.

During the first summer it: was visited by members of the: Vanderbilt and Armou-r fam-l ilies. who were so pleased with? the place and its possi-bilitiesi that they returned several times 1 during following years. ‘

e Canadian Press held its annual meeting there in 1877. the year that Mr. Holman pass-l ed away. The motto over the

1 New Cairn Will Honor Tourism

. unveiling of a cairn in memory]

halls and was equipped with a' _‘ « " i

. closed. As one newspaper storyi

other. an inner road. which ran. th

iis overgrown with bushes and

JAMES L. HOLMAN dining room tables on that oc~] casion was “The pen is mightier i than the sword." ,

Not content with simply oper- ating a hotel. Mr. Holman .

.erected Ludlow hall along the

waterfront in town and a story which appeared in a Summer- side paper in 1936 said it was the most up-to-date hall in the town‘s history, containing three eys. The main hall was beautifully laid otlf with stage and s at the opposite ends of the hall while the second floor. consisted of large commodious‘ committee rooms for entertainw ment and social purposes and‘ provision was made on the; ground floor for bowling alleys‘

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‘ and billiard tables. l

The building was officially; opened Friday. June 16th. 1876 with a grand recital and the best , talent available was secured. 1

For years, all large and im- port meetings were held in this. hall and many of Canada's lead- Ing statesmen addressed large‘ meetings. Also world renownedl lecturers such as Rev. T. De-} Witt Talmage, D.D., Gen. Neil

. Dow. DeBanks MacKenzie. held:

their audiences spell—bound .

here. I

WORK ABANDONED Following Mr. Holman's death 5

on October 9. 1877 tourist work] Isabel Fraser. The scrolls were

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was abandoned and the hotcll mentioned many years later “aft ter being closed for tourist work. i apparently no one had sufficient i courage or vision to resume the tourist work in connection with the hotel."

On December 4th. 1904. a dis- astrous fire destroyed this his- toric land mark. It is believed1 . at the fire caught either. (rum a defective flue or‘ from an overheated stove in the caretaker's quarters. 1

Today possibly if you visit the Island. now owned . . J. Clark of Summerside. you will find landmarks where the hotel stood but little else to show that it was one of the greatest tour- ist resorts in Canada. The land

unoccupie .

And just imagine how poptt-. Iar a resort such as this would be for tourists in this day and} age. eSpeciallv at the prices of, that day —- $2.50 per diem." g

VARIED FISH There are more than 1.200 vs- rieties of salt water fish found

1* m cm WW m M m 1”" BANKRUP'I' we aunts FACES LONG PAYMENTS

By EDDY GLMORE DON (APi—The bank- rupt butler of Britain's dial- cellor of the exic-liequer said

here he plans to pay off his £4,500 (313.5(1)) in debts at £1 ($3) a k

we .

"I‘ll have to cut down my expenses." e xplained Ian Henderson Class. one of the Britain's most unusual gentle- man's gentleman. “One way I‘ll do it is to drink less beer."

Class is 61. By paying his debtors £1 a week. he would complete payments in about 86% years ‘

A retired officer in the Brit- ish Royal Navy. Butler Class also is a former company di- rector and one-time president of the Hull Fish Merchants Protection Association.

In bankruptcy court he told Examiner A. A. Walter his bankruptcy occurred because he neglected his duties as company director for those of president of the fish merch- ants association.

"Had I served myself as well as I served others.‘ he said, “I would not be here today." LOST INTEREST

Friends said Class lost inter- est in his business when ' wife died unexpectedly last year. Ask about this. he re- plied:

Art Society l Plans Move To Gallery

Miss Eleanor Lowe. president of the PE. I. Art Society. has extended special thanks to Dr. Frank MacKinnon and Prince of Wales College for the gener- ous donation of space over the past few years for Art Society meetings and workshops. MIL-b. Lowe was speaking during her annual report on the Art Society at a meeting last week.

The society has acquired the Studio Workshop in the Confed

eration Art Gallery and Will holding all future meetings there. Miss Lowe’s tribute was made at the last meeting being; held at .

Honorary life membership scrolls to the society were pre- sented to Mrs. Frieda Creelman Mrs. George DeBlois and Mrs.

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Abbey Wines Ltd. intends to use. Nova Scotia fruit and ber- ries .and probably California grapes for its first wines which are expected to p'mtr from the plant. It will have s working flonr space of 13.000 square

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Making th e announcement st week. President Andrew Pellet of Andres Wines Ltd. in Port Moody. BC. said there is no reason why grapes grown in Nova Scotia‘s Annapolis Valley

be used eventually

eott'ld not . for some of the new company's 12 to 14 varieties of wines.

He said he saw the new plant as a valuable addition to th diversification of the province's agriculture industry.

Mr. Pellet also will be prest- dent and principal shareholder in Abbey Wines Ltd. His British Columbia winery commands 14 per cent of that province's wine Volume.

A company ofﬁcial said Mon- day the bulk of the shares sl- resdy have been subscribed and it was a t one third of the remaining capital will be taken up by people in the re- lOII- .

A budget of 8350.000 has been let to cover cost of erecting the building. purchase of Ind nd wine making equipment as well as operating costs for the ﬁrst

year.

About 14 persons would be employed at the outset with ad- ditional working If depend- ent on _market expansion and addition of other product .

The spokesman said the com- pany hopes Annapolis Valley farmers will be encouraged to "give some of their acreage to

In Summerside

JULY 1st

This is a day that everyone will remember, "Can

vineytds.’ The company would-offer these farmers long term codinctl It premum prices.

- Conditions for grape growing altered In mﬁanepolis Valley compared ("manly with those

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in Summerside. There will be fun for all, contests, parades, harness racing, so why don’t you plan to attend!

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“I was despmtely and desperately lonely”. Talking to repute“. be said

atoneoftihelowpointeothis life he saw an advertise for a butler at u Street. Advertising was Regi- nald Maudling, diancellor of the exchequer. As t head of the British treasury Msudltng lives next door to Prime Min- ister Sir Alex Douglas-Home. “I wanted to get away com- pleter from my troubles,” said Class. “and a as a

with wise I don't think I'd have got

City Soldier Dies In Ont.

A Charlottetown native. W02 of

Com. home in Monday. Mr. Lartet. so. was the son of Mrs. Charles Latter and the late Mr. Letter 0! 217 Sydney Stree

t. He was educated at Queen

Oakville. . Ont. early

square Schod and was s and. uate of Prince pt Wales col.

lege. He joinedthbvstgnsl C before was aud'ee lathe Second World War Europc

Besides his mom . he is sur-

vived by his wife. form Winnifred Campbell 9! Not-EN: ney. NS : two (Intranet-s. Allison and Shelley; three broth ers. L'toyd, Charlottetown. Chu- les. Toronto and James. Begin» three sisters. Mr. Florence Mes- ton, Charlottetown. Mrs. David White. Port-aux-Basques. Nfld. and Mrs. Joseph Hertz. Char- lottetown. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but the sec vice will be held in Olkville.

nouns roa‘ later

A Swedish company is s plying Egypt with $10,000,000 worth of telephone components, tools and itgttruments.

the job. They pay him £6 ($24) a

wee . “I couldn’t have go nicer people," he said. the gov’nor and his wife. They have been wonderful to me." Ask whether the butler

be to “than

would be remaining in his em- ploy, Maudllng replied: “Oh yes, he keep-

As a man who formerly em- ployed butlers. Class said he had an understanding of s but- ler’s uties,

The court is to inform the butler later of its reaction to his £1 - a - week pay-off play.

designed by David MacNevln, director of exhibitions, who was given a special vote of thanks for his mounting the three major shows this past year.

A discussion hollowed as mem- bers made plans for their move into the new quarters. exten- sive program combining lectures projects and art elssse is un- der consideration.

During the summer the so- ciety will mount a small exhib- ition of posters In the concourse around the sculpture court in the Confederation Centre where they will be part of the gallery tour offered to visitors.

The posters were received dur- ing the past year through "the courtesy of Harold Hutcheson. publicity officer for the London

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JULY 1

. Harness Racing, afternoon and

. The Official Opening of the Centennial Fountain.

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Cameron Appliances take pleasure in wishing Som- merside every success with their Centennial Cele- brations July lst. We welcome everyone to come and, join in the fun and festivities.

' Band Concert

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Matthew Tire welcomes everyone to come and enjoy Centennial Day in

Summerside

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