| Fifteen Winter “Ks projects totalling a cost $825,396 grant ed by the Federa) Government are seen as accelerating pro- | gress in Summerside and Prince | County. > | Summerside is the recipient |of four major undertakings. =| They are erection of a home for -ecia) care on ‘orth Gran B | ville Street; ret ilding of a new barn at the raceway; the build- jing of new towr garage and the addition of eight self-con- tained un'ts onto ‘1e -nior Cit- ligens “io~me on North Granville | Street

Located on LeFurgey Avenue this latter buildi will cost an estimated $80.000. The eight units will ach consist of a kitch- en, dining room, bedroom, bath | The building, to be completed in | spring, is one storev in h and will be heated by means of a hot water furnace. Con -<ctors are MacLean “onstruction Lim- ited of Che-lcttetown

This is one of several similar

developments i Prince County Kensington, Wellington. Crap- aud and “ouris are © sites of ‘Homes’

The Home for Special Care on the corner of ‘Jpper Granville Street and LeFurgey Avenue is

expected to cost over one half- million dollars. To h= «omleted in August, the building is con-

EFFICIENCY, COURTESY IS A IM OF POLICE DEPARTMENT

\structed by Williams, Murphy

'MAJOR PROJECTS UNDERWAY

| Winter works stimulates economy of Summerside

and MacLeod ‘td., of Summer- also knowr as Rogers Ranch. |Holman's'Yharf and the Depart

side

These worke-s dre engaged in

{ment of Transport Wharf in

The one strrev. steel] and brick the cleaning out. of the 49 acre | Summerside for $6,000,

structure will consist of three wings, containing newly design- ed facilities. One wing will pro- vide medical ; istance and the oth { serve as dormi-

tories

The groun’ floor of the com- plex will contain dining room, a1 ‘:nominational cha-

pel, library, lounge rooms,: tele- vision rooms, single and double suites Storage s ace and hobby rooms will located in the basement

The” rebuilding of the Sum- merside rac>way, entailing work on a new 63 stable barn measur- ing 174 feet by 60 feet will cost $20,000,000.

The new barn, destroyed by fire last Fall is being construct- ed of cement block and is parti- tioned by in-er wood walls. The building has actually been com- pleted but eating cmc water units haven't been installed. The water systems will be inserted

in Spring

Summersk ‘s town garage is being built for $53,000. Con- structed by ‘itzgerald and Snow

of Summerside, the building will be used as a combined garage and warehouse. It is 120 feet by 40 feet in dimension and will be finished in April or May

Sixty men are employed at the »roposed National Park or

site, located on McEwen Road in New Annan but owned by the town of Summerside.

Once the area becomes 28 | park site, picnic faditities will | be provided. Bad weather has temporarily hampered work but will begin again shortly.

Previously known as the Pal- mer Garage, the Summerside Boys Club has been given a new | location—on the corner of Ced- |ar and Notre Dame Streets. Its former site was on Spring }Street. Work on this establish- }ment costs an estimated $16,000 Contractors are M.F. Schurman and the building has been ready \for occupancy this month.

Fitzgerald and Snow Com- pany are working on the town Hall. In this undertaking, a roaf- ing job is‘ being repairéd. Old shingles are replaced by heavy

asphalt ones. | Similar programs approved by winter works are starting

shortly. Landscaving at Athena Regional and Prince County Vocational High Schools for soc- cer fields is one of the - bigger

|up of .7 miles of third phase. 12 kilowatt power lines on Green Road, and for a cost of $8,000 a | storm sewer will be installed ex- jtending from 1 -ward Street to ‘the CNR drain.

Italy builds

fewer cars

TURIN, Italy (Reuters)- ‘ftaly produced fewer cars in 1964 but orted more, accord-

‘ng to figures released by the National Autompbile. Industry Association.

The year's production totalled 1,090,086 vehicles, a drop of 7.7 |per cenb compared with 1963, but exports rose to 331,125 ve- hicles, an increase of 847 per cent on 1968

The association said the drop in production was entirely due to a slump ir the home market

TREE WIDESPREAD

projects of these not yet devel: '

}oped programs. This carving out of the earth for the soccer fields will be carried out by the Summerside and Rural Plan- ning Com on. Other pro- {jects include: improvements to

Eastern hemlock grows from the Great Lakes region to the Maritimes, its distribution linked with the distribution of deer that seek the shade of these trees

| Drama finals in May and closed | with a Royal Variety concert | which brought.together a star | cast of Canadian performers in- | cluding Lorne Green who came from Hollywood to be Master of | Camping once again proved | popular and some 50,000 tenters crowded into the National Park Campground and aother 51,000 into the 20 Provincia!

Tourist industry revenue The

“hits record-breaking level

to generate future tourist busi-

* Estimated tourist revenue in ; even surpass this mark in the ness for Prince Edward Island.

Edward Island soared | volume of visitors.

the 12million dollar mark 1964"to chalk up a new record when an un numbe visitors came to the Island | Year. |

The 1964 season began early , and closed date. It got off to the @arliest start ever with the stag- ing of the Dominion Curling championships in March and

| built up to a climax in October spent|when Queen Elizabeth UI,

ac- companied by her husband, the | Duke of Edinburgh, came to! Charlottetown in early October | to open the $5,600,000 Fathers of | enn Memorial Build. |

More than 100 conventions | were held on the Island to make | it the biggest convention year | ever. Over 15,000 delegates at-

tended these conventions which |

were concentrated in the spring. late summer and fall.’ Many na-

Most perennial events were expanded to add a Centennial Year flavor and almost every town and village marked the oc- casion with a special day's cele- bration. Montage inagurated a three-day Strawberry Festival, Dunvegan Miniature Castle was officially opened at Wood- leigh by Dame Flora MacLeod.

Old Home Week at Charlotte- town was marked bythe largest parade ever— the Geld Cup and

Saucer Parade, and the Scottish |

Festival ran for a full month at North Rustico. = ee —— _

first meeting of the Fathers of Confederation which, took place in Charlottetown the first week in Sep:ember. This event offset a normal, seasonal decline in tourist business which has pla-

gued hotels, motels and other es- |

tablishments in previous years. A summer-long program of events in the new Confederation Theatre attracted many tour- ists. Top Canadian talent was seen in ballet, opera, drama nd music on stge during May through October. The theatre ovened with

Parks. Some of the 23 private- ly-" operated campgrounds also reported a brisk business.

Visitors to the P.E.I. National Park thisyear topped the mil- lion mark.

Two-way radios operated by the Travel Bureau speéded up reservations and proved ex- tremely popular with tourists and visitors alike. Transporta- tion to and from the province was improved by the addition of a new ferry at Wood Islands and a stepped-up schedule at Bor-

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