The Guardian Friday, October 2:. 1954

Write Alberton 55-5)

In HEATED

COTTAGES with COMPLETE

EQUIPMENT

til 2 miles west of Alberton

No. 1 Highway)

” FERNLEE COTTAGES (or Phone Alberton

T0 RESERVE COMFORTABLE

Accommodation

HOUSEKEEPING Ideally Situated

t GORDON'S POND

NICHOLSON'S PHARMACY

SUCCESSOR TO

I. W. WAUGH

PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS ALBERTON

WATCH FOR OUR FALL

REXALL

ONE - CENT SALE

NOVEMBER I7 - I8 - I9 - 20

HTURKEYS7

OF THE HIGHEST

QUALITY

O FRESH KILLED OR

FRESH FROZEN 0

AVAILABLE IN LARGE OR SMALL

OUANTITIES

MATTHEWS TURKEY FARM

PHONE I8 - ALBERTON

H. D. CORBEIT HEBERT MA'l'I'I-IEWS EARLE ATKINSON BURKE

TODAY

THE TOWN OF ALBERTON

LOOKS TO ITS PAST WITH PRIDE AND TO ITS FUTURE WITH F I R M CONFIDENCE.

Alberton takes great pride in its growth and prosperity over the years and we know it will continue to expand and prosper through the efforts of our many progres- sive business men and loyal citizens.

H. E. BARBOUR

MAYOR COUNCILLORS . D. a. mcnonsou

J. C. PROFIT

(Continiietl from page 13)

man (and in which James Murphy Iwas a clerk about this time) com- :pieted the block. This store was Ilate,r purchased by M. M. Fnlry.

iricki: general store. Clerkx ah jforty years ago would lie. '1' IBCH. manager. Idnreasedi. ICahill fnow in Western Canarlar. -1?”-yd white (deceased), Avl -Gaudet fdercasedi. Ethel (now Mrs. Jesse Mattlicw.-'1. anna Mountain (now Mrs. Gcoi,, McBeth), and Lo Leavitt (later Mrs. E. A. McRae and now dc- tzeasedi. The bookkeeper was John

Wisner (deceaserli. . .

Looking at the east aide of the street we nee first the building Lin which was located the town's first telephone exchange, opt-nod

century with Miss l.:u'iuui Mu ptart as the first agent. Pilot" 1 :this the only telephone in town ;was in Myrick'a store and its

store In Tignish. Miss Muttart

ithews, better known to his mn-

Fred Hardy she is again on the

.afttr this picture tins takr-n the telephone office was niovmi to a new location on Churrh Sir:-ct.

Next door to the telrgphone ot- fico George Lcard had a Jewellry store. He also sold and repaired clocks and watches. This store

lea Woodman who sold font-3 work. candy and school supplies. At some time after this picture wu taken, but prior to 1920 this

side of the former telephone of- fice,

. . .

High on the facade of linger"

Store Appears the date 1889 which

marked the building of new prom-

been in existence for some yen:-.- Siock rarricd included linrduiiw China, groceries. dry goods, rcntly -to-wear clothing, shoes nod millin- pory. There has hr-en considerable difficulty in ascertaining names at

Rogers at this limr. So for as loan he learned they xti-rr proh-

ter. Fred llaidy. Matti: Miller nnvl Marion McDonald. Sometime after ?the main store was erected an addition was built on the south -aide. The rear of this annex was used to house the shoe rinpart- ment and the front part was renlrd to the Bank of Nova Scotia which opened it hrnncn there In 191.1 when the, "fox boom"was at its height. The firat manager, Ralph Fielding. was aur- pceeded by William McLean. .l. R.

-Cameron. ; Across the right of way was ythe Gordon Building where, A. C. .Green had his tailor shop. Up- Ialairs were the law office of George Tweedy and the dcntai ioffice of Dr. A. l.. Purdy.

In 1897 or 1898 Th:-, Merchants Rank opened a branch in Ather- ;t.on. It was next to the Gordon lBullding. Cecil Stewart was the manager and his clerk was Ralph Fielding who left school at. the age. of fifteen to accept. this po-

IMerrhants Bank hy the Canadian

Bank of Commerce Mr. Fielding nought other empioymcnt for n time, but later returned to bank- ing and, an already stated, came back to his home town in 191.1 to open a branch of the Bank of lblova Scotia. In 1906 The Canadian ..Bank of Commerce bought. out the

op left-Alberton High School; top right-Alberton Post Office; lower left -- Western Hospital; lower right --

i T

IR. C. M. P. Headquarters, Alhcrton. I

I

ALBERTON PAST VPVRESENT

Across Popular Slrcct was M)-

p, Fielding (rlc-ceascdi and his office, assistant was Iiiiss Slarinl

a few years after the turn of thug

lonly connection was with the-try Twas succeeded by Alcxantior .Vl.ii-I

tempories as ”Sand,v". With him- jAnnie Forsylhe gained hcr firstl Iexperience as an operator. As Mrsw

switch-board today. A few years I

was later orrupieri by Mrs. t'har- A

building was moved to the north T

lises for a business which limit

the clerka who worked with Mr. ,

ably Gordon Bnkrr. .1. ll. (7. liun- -

Baird. H. H. Burton and Clnrv kl

sition. tit is inierestinx to note. Ithat following purchase of they

Top Alberton Harbour; top centre, lobster traps piled Church Street In 1923. For a nod ' f; lower centre, Matthews Turkey Farm: ”"'V "W "W 9"" I-'""'v "-

0" Ammo" wha lding of Alberton Exhibition. u;I,'"'' ”" "'”" ”' "W ”"' '”

bottom, Main Bu Ioid Merchant: Bank and Wliliami

UP TO DATE IN ALL

MODERN BEAUTY CULTURE

SCISSORS SI-IARPENED wrru WAHL ELECTRIC SHEAR SHARPENER

3' MODERN BEAUTY SALON ' T Earle N. Atkinson -3 Alberton

SQFT DRINKS I -

HILLSIDE TOURIST HOME

HOME COOKED MEALS BANQUETS CONFECTIONS

CABINS AND RESTAURANT ALIERTON

MATTHEW"S MEAT MARKET

MEATS OF ALL KINDS VEGETABLES - FISH "

ALBERTON

Photos by Wotton.

R. McKie. who had wcceeded Mr. Stewart. continued on u first manager of Alberton branch at

COM PLIMENTS or YOUR

GENERAL MERCHANT

"Our Prices Are Matched By Quality"

FOLEY'S STORE

ALBERTON

I I the Canadian Bank of Cr LG. I The following year. 1907, he was i succeeded by W. C. Lawson who continued in this position until his retirement in 1929.

Just south of the bank was the drug' store where .1. W. Waugh, assisted by Miss Maud Dyer, dia- pensed medicines with accuracy and rare. and on the corner was the harness shop where John T. ' Profit and his son: manufactured the famous Profit collars and other harness requirements of a large area.

Thus stood the business section of Alberton forty years ago.

. . .

an

3:1,

HARDY'S MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR AND TIP. TOP TAILORS

. .0 FALL SALE

m OFF SUITS

l A V 1 UNTIL NOV. 1s'r

WESLEY HARDY - ALBERTON

At 3 a.m. on March 1st. 1919. it was discovered that a disaster- oua fire was burning in this very area. At that time the town's fire fighting equipment was pitifully inadequate and the blaze, which had its origin in the E. A. Mcllae building spread rapidly to ad- . joining buildings. Angry fla cs

leaped hungrlly across the styqet to gain a lodging at the highest peak of the tall Gordon Building By noon all that remained of the buildings south of Roger:'-Storr on the east side of the street ind William Wella' residence on the west side was a unoulderlng, de- solute ruin. Rogers' had been saved by means of many blankets from the store's atock being kept saturated with water. and Mr. We,lla' house. a low-roofed. atruc- tlgft, waa kept thoroughly drench- e .

In August, 1927. another fire found the town with facilities still inadequate and buildings which had escaped the 1919 dis- aster wera raze,d. This time the fire originated in a garage behind the store which had for many years borne the name of Rogers but had recently been purchased by Morris and Bernard. The store including the Bank of Nova Scotia

SALES AGENT

I . use THE BEST 7OUbEALt4sai67AHEAD

W01!

IMPERIAL

SERVICE

r BARBOUR'S SERVICE STATION

PHONE 45 ALBERTON

annex, was totally destroyed as were the building occupied by J. E E. C. Hunter (men's clothing) and ; Roy Barbour (barber), and Mn. Charles Woodman's store, part of which was occupied by Angul Me. Kenzie, Jeweller. It will be rem- cmbercd that on the second floor , Mr. Gordon Bernard had a ban 4, ber ahop and Mr. Paul Gaudiu I I shoe repair shop. The flame: also extended to St. Prterit Anglican Church which had ItoodRnn the corner of Main and Church Streets for more than forty years, and that night. as the aplra bl- gnn to burn, it: bell tolled (ha knell of this beautiful little sanc- tuary. x. O I O

In time the town recovered from there 'mainr din ten and again the main ureet pruenta an attractive and prosperous appur- anre. The town has aim acquired adequate fire fighting fatllitle.-I no that never again should Iuch de- atructlon take place.

A new St. Peter's Church atandl at the town's busiest intersection. rernlndtng the populace that life does not consist of temporal things alone. It is north of the area photographed as Is. Myrlok'a new store which stands oppoaltu None of the clerka who served In the old store forty years ago are, there today. In the. office one finds James Myrick and Min Helen Hardy. Other members of the staff are Haber Hardy, Clay- ton Travers. John Rochford, Han- aon Smith. Roy Hardy. Mrs. John Rochford and Mrs. Hanson Smith

Just. south of Myrlck'a is the first atore to be non on the wolf tide of the street in the new picture. it was moved here from .

Photos by Wotion.l ' (continued on

rs. Learn, tin mid fruit. candy. Page in

i. A. NOONAN'

ALBERTON - 44- P. E. I. orrsas YOU THE FOLLOWING AT

RIGHT PRICES

. ' iv eaocemss e MEATSA - any GOODS . -LADIES'-GENTS'--CHILDREN'S READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING aoors - suoas RUBBER FOOTWEAR mm AND WALLPAPER