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NEW BANK OF MONTRISAL WAS VALUED AT $204;0(I0
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Ch'tow ‘iconstruction climbs to recoil (1 $7,000,000 high
With liiiililing permits amount-‘
lng to $T.306.T0tl being issued, I963 was the "biggest year of construction in Charlottetown's hisloigx” says City F. n g i n eer Norman F. Stewart.
A rise in the value of permits Issued of $4.3tl0.ttt)tl o\'er that of a year previous was attributed chiefly to the construction of the Fathers of Confederation .\'Ieni- orial Building. value of which is $3.09$l,tltltl,
some other major buildings and the ialue of their permits are: Hol_v Redeemer C h u r ch t$Jit)0.o0tli: Rank of M o n ireal. t$204.0t‘.oi, and the Roman (‘ath- olic Elpisi-opal t‘.orporat'ion Bis- hnti'.< resirleiice i$l00_tl00).
Nearly all types of building reiiovatioii and coiistruction were tip over 1962. There were 2! sin- gle residential permits issued while in 1962 there were only 24
1. Nine duplex. compared with four in 1962, four apartm e n t 3 compared with one. and seven new commercial compared with two a year ago.
New commercial construction
remained the same as a year
previous at seven while residen- tial and commercial alteration were down: residential was 4 this year. down one from last. Commercial alteration was down two from 1962 at 17 in '63.
Mr. Stewart says that if the present government plans for the
North River Drive-In thrives during summer
The F (S. Spciicer c o in pan)‘ has been in operation in Prince Edwarrl Island since 1929 when they opened a theatre. when the movie industry was in its in- InIK'_\'. 'l‘hc comipany Iias ox- panded into three theaters. one of which. the Priiice Iildward riwis lost in a fire a iiumlier of years ago. They now operate the (‘apitol Theatre in (,‘harlottetown and the \'orth River l)i*i\'e-In at ..\’orth River.
'l‘lie .\'orili Riveir l)ri\'e—ln was opened in .lu|_v. 1934 and is one
.of the most modern and up to date in eastern Canada. The drive-in and the capitol Theatre in Charlottetown are under the management of Edward Mull-is. who came to Charlottetown in 960
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Some oiitsiandiiig shows are
ie.\pecte(I in the Spencer Theatr-
es in l964. including hopes for siich as "Cleopatra." How the West was Won" and several which are currently playing in major cities.
construction of the new govern- ment office building are carried out. 1964 should be another big
year in Ch'arlottetown‘s c oii-
'struction history.
ONE MILE OF STREETS The city. last year carried o its street paving program. add- ing 1.02 miles to the cities pa\'ed street system. In the new side- walk program, 3,712 feet of new sidewalks were laid and 2402 tons of asphalt were used in
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The Dix-Scal resiirfaring pro- ject was continued and 3.8 miles of the city's streets were re-sur- faced. During the year 2049 feet of combined sewer line was laid and seven manholes were c 0 n- struclcd.
Decorators plan
I I 1 expansion in 64 'l‘lii'ee and one half years ago a group of enterprising Charlot- tetown business men started a business known as Custom inter-
iors l.td.. that has since grown‘. ‘into one of the best known inter-.
ior design decorative firms in the Maritimes.
The three men. Keith Pickard. .lack .\'liller and Bill Otilton. have become design decorators
V1‘. ST.-MARY’S MOTHER HOUSE TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR
”‘“"”;.i...‘__V %CONS'1‘RUCTION HITS $541,000
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Village of Sherwood grows
Sherwood saw a total of $541.-,
ed in the village during I953. Some 28 single dwellings.
. o tric‘s switching station, an ap- artment house and several gar-.
ages were built or at least start- I ed. during the year.
_ _ V , 3 liiew complete-l_, outfitted sh pping centre, Maritime Filcc-:“.u(.k which
The Sherwood fire department tsherwood and Parkdale combiii- I . - -. ‘which in Mr. Mac-,Aleer's words led having a village - sponsored I 094 worth of mnmumon Sta” [is a “terrific department for the ‘one. under the new budget Isize of the village". received a .$53.668 in Sherwood._ The villages fire :are at present calling for tend- I holds approximate- ers for the new garbage collec- Jly 1.200 gallons of water. I
lfor the first time a City- sponsor-‘Ipé..kda1e_S1m.“.00d Day (July 3, A
The population has grown from ed garbage collection, so a re lfor (‘entennial Year. tilt).
1.690 in 1962 to 1,:
' One third of the village wa “
switched from septic tanks sewer lines during the ye a r.
I.lohn M-acAlcer. former commis- V
Ksioner of the village. noted that the village was "held up" in the installation of the sewer lines by the harbour pollution survcy. He reported that as soon as the commission knows what it is go- ing to do about the survey rest of the lines can be iiistallcd. S'I‘RlCl<‘.’l‘ l.l('.H’l‘S
Mount St. .\lar_v's new mother house was started in 1962 an d construction has been carried on lvI1l'0ll;lI1 the past year al- though it hasn't as yet been coniplctcd.
Street II,'_‘IlIh were installed last April in Sherwood for the first i time.
; The Livingston Y\lat-A rt h ll 1-
.\‘ursing Home. situated in Sher- _\ioorl. t\\'paiideil to 40 beds iliir- I112 the year.
The open air rink in the ril- lage. whicli has been in exis- tence for three years. was open- ed this year on Dec. 15.
CI1‘II(II‘('It in the village iv e re able to enjoy skating (Ill ring their (‘hristmas vacation for the first time.
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‘to local demand. They are tops
for several well known arc-hi—iin the field in the Maritinies for
tects who _do not keep interior design staff of their own. 8 ii d also have branched into the field of interior decoration itself. due
interior design decoration con- sultaiits. tlie_v fe
'l‘he_\' hope to expaiitl their business this year.
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PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGE
Marking 130 Ye ars oi Progress in the Field of Education . . . 1834 to 1964.
Prince of Wales. established as the Central Academy In 1834. and renamed in 1866. has had a long and interesting history of service to Prince Edward Island and countless Islanders. The college. like all educational institutions. faces a great cliolongo to maintain the finest scholastic traditions and yet to proceed into the future with imaginative and vig-
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Without Education There Is No Progress!
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