Promotions Paid tiff . . . .

ltti,n.iibi.r the old bt)tl',I, M. i., ti no ti.i.z',i.is iii..,i.'' ;

J” K i;-s lll the (1.) iii ittci H i. dint. i.ir Jail 1; rtt.-tr .ei.il W. .'lll)t'tl liltiter. but Httliiiuiiis aims. to prune they had lttx' ,1 ti.t'l'dll1lS, the store tnstitutetl, .ili;it they called a Bi-tlalla 1) y.' l( r-, - iii-ll a.idiert:ied in ad- antl ilii- results more than .tit-tl the tiiniiiutitn. . 6,-int a normal sail? ht two v)ul . mm of bat; Him a lit). sa lisi mililttttl uii B.'ii;iii'i ILLV U ci"ii-; i,'t'll liiiiii-lies v- or nine (lineal iiiitiii ll. ;

Titii fliIllVtitII'5 put on o'lit-r lxgtx to push viii-s of .i ii ii 1 9 s Lll..lIL".'.& figs and min iiiitnes.

thih (1iii.iil;i's i.-iuinli this clinic an llltlthlxt in lDl'(tiittilIttll mitt mu-i Sillll itiiiii nf litutiiili Illltf lMilitl')I ptmimit lltspfrltli Hl.l!l,.1llltl' L'lti'i ti ilui ii-tir liii l.::7l...ut ltmtl. upi gtiiiio front the ret-ird year ot pix: r hint only it per cent of the hi” nus exported as drt-ssL:d bi.-t,

Typical Sales Day Crowd

Every visitor to Sutiimerside lsi Impressed by the huge tlolnian store which dominates the businessl section of the town. Strangers nev-' or expect to see such a large store in a tovin of only 6.000 population.

The llolman store does tlunlltl-l ate the business dl:lFlt't. lt euv; en a whole block with the ex-i ception (if a small corner which ts occupied by 8 bank

Such was not always the siting ntion, of course. Seine old time residents of Sunimerside can still remember the modest little siorci where the Holman mercantile tinsiw ness hegiml They retiieniber the new lluliiian store which was bttilt In I895 They hate mitt-lit-tl the Holman store expand its depart- ments. They hate seen the site grow larger when land was re claimed near the uliarl.

When the hrirk hll'lll'tllI'P Nth built in I893, the store l)t'l(llt1t' a full depurtiiienl store. It was at three storey building but peeuliurlv enough the second slurry tins not utilized as a selling floor The ground and third flours here the merchandizint: units and the set-. and floor was used as a simkt room. There were no passcntzrri elevators at that time and t-usI4iiii- ers climbed the stairs to the thirtl storey if they viatnted siteh lhlllgh, as fur coats or liirnititrc.

R. T .llolman, the founder, mix, I farsceing man. He knew the profits to be m'-tie by coim: aftrri the West Indies English and Am-i erit-an trade, And he went aft:-rt It. To accnniplisli this purpose he needed sailing Vessels to carry his goods and to bring back iinports.' So he had it number of S('fltt0lt('l'i built right in Summcrside and built up a llV('l)' export and lniport trade around the turn of the ('Clltllf)'.i Prince Edward Island enjoyed iii prosperous commerce throntzh thin; vessels vthieh were built here alltlt trades with many corners of tliel world. However. this roiiiantiei chapter in the history of the pri-i t'IYIt"” lasttul only a few years.

To better at-comndate this lT.'lll('l

while it lasted, R. T. llolman hiillt buying pith 2

a nit-nber of warehouses on his vliurl '10 di this he had to hire, men and equipiiieiit to fill a ho -,u- hule that lay betvteen the store- and the viltarf By thus fltt'li.tll'n-i mg the land. he added to the llol-, mun holdings in that sectttiii uf thet tuiin

An expansion period which fut-it lowed World War I pointed tip tliet need for even more tHll('llUt.l.xL'i spat-ti. A('L't)l'tlInl.!l)' the firm ac- qiitred an oltl puhlie hall knllttni as Ludlow llall. and int-uiptiiiateili it lltl0 the busini The next sci--1 tioii of the biii1dt.,, has llwt'tl liyt the furniture tttt-urtnietit tiliii-ii iiii-1 (itt'iti':'t 8 i-Il"L'( extiaitxitiii 'l'titip fitll iluurs til lurtiiture were Jll ii:.x. pin" L

lluliiumk iilieic )iiu tan l)'"' . mint .tll)IllIllL1 from it tieetlle iii 'ltI :tiii-lit-r. titltled (Hill and Iiitiiii. e lo the 5'i!iiiiit-izsttle operation tiliiiitt th.it illlli'

Stilt-e lll('Il the xltirti ILM xi('dtlllt' ln"t'OitVL'd its itiluiiie til t r a (I :- without iiizikititz IIIut'll pltysiriil Cl'.'I.lL!L' to the iiretiiixex t'liiiiL'i-s ol depiirttiieiils. in so far as ii'are-i nteiit is eunt-ei'ned. iunt tin. Tilt-' was done (or I'I' t'tIlH'PllIt'li('L' iti cit-tniiiei-s l-'tir iiistanee. iii lti.l7 the tiiriiiliire tlt'pai'tiiictit um mined in aiiotlicr set-lion to lll'h way for a :'i and Ill et-tit fl('ll3"lV ment anti lltilniztifs famous old Niekt-I Bar. Shortly 8 ft e r, th:- Youtli Centre. eateriiiu tn the elotliing needs of infants and chil- dreti. uas started .

l)iiriti;: the tleprt-ssioii 3t"rtr& llolman's in L-oniinon with nthir; husiness H r m s in Sunimerside found that business has not 11tltltl.l lloiievt-r. nierrltaiittisp was tiffci-etli at the best price at'ailablt- anti lhl'i store did its best to look after the esseiitizil needs of its rustoni-0 t-rs. l-Expansion proizraiiis were: halted during this pertzid anti ditr-l int: the war 'eai's which L()lltHl't'(lt! Since 1945. owewr, the lltllniflni sttirel iinderzotie a eoinplctei modernization Ilepartiiieiits haiet been resloeated to make it iiiiirei convenient and pleasant for the!

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