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Sharp jump in house building

results in $2% million outlay

Measured by its expanding! ley is nearing completion, and| and Notre Dame streets, the ;

population, now over 8,000, and

million, Summerside had its

greatest vear of progress in 1961 and has embarked on a

other projects are under com- addition of 15 additional A new RCMP barracks locat-

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and construction The relationship of the RCAF) followed rapidly.

projects that

Station to Summerside resulted; These included the new St.

Park, and the promise of an-

other 275 units that seem likely;

to be commenced this year.

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of more than 50 private homes and 10 co-operativély built hom- es within Summerside, the de- mand for housing accommoda- tien was supplemented by Maj-

or Inman's construction of 33) 7

apartments in three large build- ings on North Granville Street,

Wallace Callbeck’s ecnstruction|-

of a six apartment building -on Water Street East; and George Meikie’s five-apartment build- ing on Euston Street.

The area at the north side of MAL)

Summerside is the most practi- eal for new development, and residential, commercial, educational property purchases in the area together with the rapid diminishment of vacant lets within the town, as well as housing construction along every road within two miles, has all but changed the appear- ance of Summerside within the past five years.

NEW SCHOOL BUILT

During the past year a new 22 room elementary school was

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struction commenced this month on a new vocational school on Granville — Street north; and in this area it seems probable that a new regional high school mgy be constructed.

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