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PAGE 10 THE GUARDIAN-THE EVENI NG PATRIOT, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1959,

Meat Preparation

Fascinates Viewers

ALL MEAT IS PREPARED AND PACKAGED WITHIN VIEW OF SHOPPERS

Whole Operation Is Visible

Ais Huge Variety Featured

as close as is possible to provid- ing 100 per cent self service for patrons, with cuts of meat of all kinds displayed and packaged in the refrigerated counters. How- ever, in any case in which a spec- ial cut is desired, butchers are

It is a far cry from the year 1857 and the era of the small gen- eral store to the’ great depart-

» |mental stores anc’) supermarkets s of today.

In the province of Prince Edward Island the firm

MODERN AS TOMORROW

Youthful Vigor Shown By Firm Born In 1857

which engulfed 8 whole now carted the Holman beaser to

world, And the founder of* this! great mercantile business built on solid foundations. How well he laid the groundwork can be

Some three hundred souls

new heights.

The firm flourished under their

(MRS, ROY CLARK

letter reached its destination thanks to the ingenuity common in members of the postal ser-

Not many years after jaunch- fina of RT. Holmen, wick

EVEN CHANGE-MAKING IS AUTOMATIO —

writer of which was apparently , eration. Its progress has

increased population as its

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pace with that of the provines. | is doing the same adequate today serving the town’s

er did when there were only inhabitants. But it serves mo

dent

judged today. have was

In

The whole operation ef provid-jalong conveyer tracks which ee oo a a =o - ing the largest assortment of|carry it overhead to a huge walk-|.0-ia1 service counter The opening of the“new Holman} oicide when young Holman| rs converted a i fresh meats on Prince Edward|in refrigerator. The department features a full| Shoppers at Holman’ss new Foodland at Belvedere Corner on hung out his shingle over the| house belonging to the store and |lottetown. It was only a smail |erica. Island is conducted in full view of} jt is from this refrigerator that|range of fresh and frozen fish,|*00dland will be asssured of the one-room, wooden building on| adjacent to it i . i the public in the mammoth, spot-|the meat is taken, at the peak of| along with fresh poultry and froz.|Ut™ost quality and value in the|Sry up to date—makes it &S) Waser sireet which was the fore-| This builds less meat department at the new) condition, to the preparation Imeat department, whether in the |™odera as tomorrow, runner of the store which tocay|@0d was the Holman’s Foodland. room, where it arrives in quart-|°" Poultry, in addition to meat. | cif serve or personal service sec-| Through Foodland the Holman |i, the Jeading retail firm in the| ment from the oneoom store of |niture dealers, became available|chandise which

The meat preparation room is/ers. After packaging and prepar- In every feature of its opera-jtions. Mr. Pius Hughes, Ohar-|Company marks yet another|proyince and one of the largest| 1857 to a full department store. | soon after, the finm of R. T. Hol-|serve the wants @ scene of bustling activity, and/ation are complete, the meatsjtion, the department offers in-|lottetown, who has had overjstep forward anc ushers in &/in the Maritimes. The tradition| It occupied almost a whole block man everyone is free to watch it, for|/are placed in the refrigerated|ducements to “Shop Holman’s for |°iS™ years experience in all |new era for the firm in this part | of service which characterizes the|in the heart of Summerside’s | and te ; ce the room is glass enclosed, 80/ display. counters merely by open-|ine | ‘ of fresh |PDases of the meat business, and of the Island. Holman’s of today was establish-| businesss district. It was no overnight jump to|old guarantee of service and s customers may see the full pro-|ing the sliding windows. _— ag aga Teshlis well known in the city an@| Over one hundred years ago, |ed by the founder. It was during the regime of Har- | the positi i cess of cutting, weighing and! pins Hughes, with some eight! ™°*!s ™ P-©-1 province,—is_the-manager of this | 192 to be exact, this proud Is-} ‘The one-room store flourished|"y T. and LeRoy Holman that | firm

department. Today's nutrition-!jand firm was founded in Sum-|because of the business princip-|the firm undertook what might |growth was steady, but sure and

packaging of choice meats as the years experience in the meat 1 cuts are made ready to go °8\ business in Charlottetown, is im Robert Tinson Holman who was | conscious mothers and home-'merside by Robert Tinson Hol-|jes carried out by the founder. |have been considered a bold ven-jcame about by rental and final display. charge of Foodland’s mest de- destined to establish what is iow |makers, who are aware of the) man The grandsons of the found- Business expanded rapidly and in|‘ure by a small town

Gleaming white is the prevail-|partment. He is confident that| ‘¢ World’s largest smail town |importance of getting only_ the jer are beguilding the destiny of| 1995 Mr. Holman built a new and | Started Canada’s fieet 2 mail order |business premises, Today the ing color in the meat prepara-|the extremely wide variety of was in Saint John, |best quality- meat no matter) the firm today and keeping pace erate coalitar oak : . tion room, which is maintainéd in top quality meat and poultry on March 13, 1833. He was the |what price cut they are buying,|with the times. conditions and . , spotless condition. display, as well as the way in son of James Holman, 8 | will appreciate what thiss wealth | methods of carrying on business. | EXPANSION At every stage im meat hand-|which meat preparation is hand- of Plymouth Rock, Eng: |of experience means to them i@/ 4 century ago conditions were| When he died in 1906 at the | throughout the Maritimes. through the entire block ling, attention is concentrated|led in full view of the public, will|/24- Who came to Canada at the |terms of health and economy. MF | much different than they are to-|age of 73, he had two sons train iret i in 1909. age of twenty-one and built up| Hughes has a family of two chil- day. It was a day when the rug-|ed and ready to take over the|.t brought a flood of mail orders OLDER THAN CANADA

on keeping it in perfect condition| attrack crowds of interested shop- : .

@ lat Foodland, meat is moved Mr. Hughes explained. to come Saint John. | fishing. on the tide of free enterprise! the leadership of the founder | settlement in New Brunswick, thelis ten years older than Confed- ‘grass roots” approach.

cessfully spanned those years.| sue up the tation of Sum-

PIUS HUGHES

For Prince Edward Island

HOLMAN’S FOODLAND

== Another Modern Service

MARKET

“The Most Modern Supermarket In The Maritimes

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Buildings come and buildings go... we've seen quite a few of them over the years. One thing we know though . . . you'll enjoy shopping at Holman's Foodland. No expense has been spared to make it a veritable shoppers dream. Just look at the many features that have been incorporated to help make a your shopping a pleasure . . . automatic change computers, wide self serve shelves that hold over 5000 food items . . soft music . . spacious parking lot for 500 cars, free delivery . . . phone orders . . . In short it Cismie “ie seep dansk anata” that will ease your shopping burden and save you money. We are indeed proud

te have been general contractors for this, the mostmodern supermarket in the Maritimes.

M. F. SCHURMAN CO. LTD.

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Chorlottetown

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