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I WELCOMES THE OFFICIALS AND

la . DELEGATES ATTENDING THE CANADIAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTETOWN

). WE HOPE YOUR STAY IN I CANADA'S GARDEN PROVINCE WILL BE A HAPPY ONE.

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TAKING PART IN PROGRAM

Dr. D Leo Dolnn, Director of thr tiwrse V. Fraser. Director of the

DR. D. LEO DOLAN

Canadian Government Travel Bur . Illlte Edward island Travel Bur-

:au. Ottawa. will be guest speaker irau.

at the P. E. 1. Travel Bureau Bait Registration of the delegates

iuet this evening at the Charlotte took place yesterday evening and

town Hotel. last night. This was followed by the The banquet is being held as part. first official business oi the con-

J! the programme of the Canadiamvcntion, a meeting of the Board

tourist Association convention of Directors.

which is being attended here by Later in

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the evening the visiting y ivcrv welcomed by the City of Ch; lottctown in a welcom-

cast. The host to the delegates is Mr mt. puny at the Hotel Lounge.

' Convention Programme

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MONDAY September 17th. ,iai'iu Dept. of Travel and Public- titernoon and Evening Iiiyl on all types of tourist recep- 4; 7.9 p.m,Regt5m,tion llobuiion and information centers. iy) 300 p.m.-Resolutions nos. I 730-9 pm.4B0ard of Directors and 4- tteeting (Reading Room) 3.20 p.m.-”Convention Dollars" 9,” m, welcome Pgrty -I panel chnired.by C. E. Smith Lmmle, H05-I-: cg" 9; Charlotte. of Montreal Tourist and Conven- ton Bureau. twll TYESDAY, septemim isth. . 400 i-.m.-"Meet your Compet- mrmng ilion --a presentation by the Amer- y I it-an Section of the Travel Trends lI(?l)3I'?Vl. m'-Regmmm" "0pmi,(Tnmmittee (Root. G. McMurtry. - y K fChmrmanI featuring Don Martin 9.00 am Sl1ARP4B,u5mP5r W; of British Travel Association and .ti;n(:0 (g(i))i;;I)l;:eg;lll'ltilI :':nivnet:rI::0: rrCprCS9I(l)idailVEI of Puerto Rico and ,- 'CapeC. tar?" 'e”"r ' 7.00 p.m.4P.E.1. Travel Bureau iorm no I m-Jrhe ..lmg.d(,-- M :Banqu(-t. Guest Speaker Dr. D. -iiii--a inimmary lby W. R. Writ! (NR Public Relations) of the re- cent motivation survey done for- lcanadian National Railways. . 1 i0 45 am. -Advertising. Commit-y -lee Report and Presentations tRexp ll. Cooper. Committee Chairman.) Cockiield Brown and Co. Ltd. A 11.30 a.m.-Visit to Confedera- tion Chamber scene of first meet- mg (1864) of Fathers of Confeder- Iation, where meeting will consid- -cr Resolutions nos. 1 and 1. - r I 12 is pm.--LUNCHEON imam dining room at which the Cana- dian Wine lllIllllli.I 'l'r0Dh.V "W "'9 I)'Pal"l best journalistic effort to awaken interest in Canada's his-p ylnric and cultural assets will boy

presented. I AFTERNOON Sessions In the

Lounge . ' 2.00 pm -Open Forum Period

1.20 pm.--"Meeting the Tourist” -n pant-l chaired by Al Venn 40n-

Wolcomo To P. E. I. Dologatos of Canadian Tourist Association REVERE HOTEL Iitllniod in the centre of Charlottetown of

FRANK B. BROWN, Manager

VISITING DELEGATES

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ROWSE BROS.

ll? Kent St. EXTENDS A CORDIAL WELCOME Comfortable Modern Rooms S W” 3'-"ll 0' R"'"'I"9 W9?" TO THE DELEGATES AND WIVES At Reasonable Rains.

ATTENDING THE

CANADIAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION CONVENTION

When shopping of PROWSPS looli for

DIIISIE SKIRT! BLOUSES. COATI. LAYEITIS. HGIEBY .

D313. SKIRTS. BLOUSIZS 1 IICIIIIY. LINGERIE. IILLJNIIIY, GLOVE. HAND BAGS

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I P.E.I. Almost Certain To

I During the months of July and August the number of touripta to visit Prince Edward Island ea- oeeded the total population so-

cording to figures

Leo Dolan. Canadian Government Travel Bureau. (in main dining room.) .

9.00 p.m.-What's new in travel films tshown in Lounge.)

LADIES ONLY: Sherry party at 10.30 a.m. at the residence of Hon BJ-Earle MacDonald. 90 North Riv- er Road. Conducted tour beginning 2.30 pm. of Confederation Cham- ber followed at 4 p.m. by recep- tion and tea at Government House As guests of Lt. Gov. and Mrs. T. w.L. Prowse. All i sessions in Lounge of Charlottetown Hotel except where indicated.)

WEDNESDAY. September mh MORNING

9.00 a.m.-Report oi Interpro- vincial Travel Committee Chair- man Ken Armstrong iMncl..aren Advertising Co. Ltd.)

l0.l5 a.m.-Resolution no. 5.

10.30 a.m.-"How Can We Make Canada Famous For Food?"-n panel chaired by Hans Freud (Sign of the Steer)

11.30 a.m.-Offical Sightseeing and Recreational Tour of P.E.I. (buses depart for Summerside)

1.00 p.m.-Seafood Luncheon at Summerlea Restaurant as guests of Mayor W. A. Currie and the town council of the Town of Sum-

merside.

AFTERNOON

2.30 p.m.-Busses leave Sum- merslde for Cavendish and Nat- ional Park.

3.00 p.m.-Start of various op- tional recreation activities at Na- tional Park on North Shore. includ- ing golf at the Green Gables course swimming on Cavendish Beach. putting at Lakeview Lodge, visiting the Anne of Green Gables House. etc.

4:30 p.m.-Refreshments kindly tendered by Cavendish Resorts As- sociation.

6.00 p.m.-Busaes leave for Char- lottetown.

EVENING

'l.00 p.m.-Reception - Buffet -

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released by Wood

Set Tourist Record .In;'56

Mr. George Fraser director of Among the cm- - ; arriving in the the Travel Bureau. Approxi.inat- Province during August 2,644 wer.

01! 105.000 were transported to the Province by the Bordon and Islands ferry services. In addition about 2.000 arrived by plane and 4.000 by train.

In the month of August the fer- ries Abegweit and Prince Edward Island carried 13,075 cars. ac- counting for proximately 55.700 tourists. The ood Islands ferries transported 2.715 cars to the lit- land with 10.235 passengers. For the month of July about 39.300 ar- rived through Borden and 9.765 via the Wood Islands route.

from New Brunswick. from the United States the list was headed by Massachusetts with 1.063 fol. lowed by the state of New York, 409 aiid Maine. 276.

The cars coming from the far- thest distances were one from each: Hawail.1he island of Aruba in the Dutch West indies and Ger- many. ”When the final tally is in for the whole season said Mr. Fraser, "it. is certain that the in- flux of tourists to the Province will well exceed that of the Cen- tennHl year.

Northumberland Ferries Ltd.

We are glad to ioin with the rest of P. E. l. in wishing the delegates of the Canadian Tourist Association every success in their meetings and .' pleasurable stay.

We regret any delay you may have had in reaching Charlottetown by reason of the fact we cannot carry promptly all rho. traffic offerings. but are pleased to ossur you of o ' greatly improved service when our new ship the M. V. Lord Selkirk. now under construction. together with the im- provements to rormlnols or Caribou and Wood Islands on conqrlotod.

On behalf of all our citizens. a warm and friendly

May their deliberations. on on industry which is of

lrlsourhopothotollof rhomwllrndy onioytholr visit to as. "crude or Cohiodorotion" and return with

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welcome to tho delegates and wives currently attending

the Canadian Tourist Association Convention in our City.

the utmost importance to the economy of our City and

Province. load to the continued expansion of the tourist in-

dusry Ihroudiout Conodo.

their is-lends rool soonfor onorhor visit on P.l.l.-"Cnn- adn's I-lolday Island!"

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Convention Underway