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St. Croix Courier

Jan 16/1936

Funding problems with Quoddy Project.

St. Croix Courier

Jan 23/1936

King George Dead. Edward VIII succeeds.

King of England

Edward VIII

(1936)

(Edward, Albert, Christian, George, Andrew, Patrick, David)

Not Crowned

St. Croix Courier

March 5/1936

Fine new building of J. R. Conley Co. nearing completion, St. Andrews, Store and office. Desc. In operation 43 years, but took off 15 years ago when came to St. Andrews.

St. Croix Courier

April 23/1936

St. Andrews to have a concrete street. Probably Water.

St. Croix Courier

May 28/1936

Post Office nearly completed. Photo.

St. Croix Courier

June 18/1936

Shire town Items—number three.

Marina Theatre starts summer shows. International Ferry from Joe's Point to Robbinston taken over from Conley's by Elgin Stuart and Raymond Wilson.

St. Croix Courier

June 25/1936

Shire town Items—Across street from Stinson's, in Shaw Building. Mel Dougherty making extensive renovations in new restaurant. Looks like this version will be upscale.

St. Croix Courier

July 2/1936

Algonquin opened June 27. A. W. Mason and son Charles at summer home here for summer.

Shire town Items—Hindenburg flies over Passamaquoddy Bay near Indian Point. First seen around 10 o'clock heading towards Saint John. "Aside from interest in the ship itself, local fans were interested to know that Max Schmeling, recent conqueror of the 'Brown Bomber,' was on board the ship."

            Concrete paving of Water Street almost complete.

            Algonquin opens—"the kingpin of the summer trade in St. Andrews." To close Sept. 20 with large convention. "The house count over the week was about 20. While 20 guests would hardly be noticed in a hotel the size of the Algonquin, the count compares very favourably with the first weekends of the past few seasons. Mr. Cashman, the manager, expects a very good season. Coincidental with the opening is the beginning of the Sunday train service."

St. Croix Courier

July 9/1936

Shire town Items—Joe's Point Ferry beginning operation, under Wilson only. No upgrade to equipment, as expected by partnership with Conley.

            First band concert of summer under floodlights loaned from Kennedy's Hotel in Market Square.

            First tennis meet. Usually four teams—St. Andrews, St. Stephen, Milltown, Eastport.

            New pavement—continuous strip from golf links to CPR depot, "and how the motorists live it!" Whole of Water, up Harriet, length of Reed to golf links, 9 inches thick I middle, 6 at the edges. 20 feet wide except on Water, curb to curb.

            Steamer "Aranda" sails for London with lumber collected along rail line from Woodstock to St. Andrews. 70 carloads of lumber, first ship of any size in harbour in years. Plus 100 tons of excelsior from Chamcook plant.

St. Croix Courier

July 16/1936

Rev. J. W. Holland Captures Nb Golf title at St. Andrews. David Caughey, Earl Caughey, Bill Cockburn, H. P. O'Neill and Sidney Anning compete.

            Photo of new customs inspection station in Calais.

St. Croix Courier

July 16/1936

Babe Ruth in Pictou to attend lobster festival. Photo.

            Elwood Hosmer guest at Algonquin for some time.

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July 23/1936

Shire town Items—Sir Edward Beatty in town Wed. evening by special train. Inspected Algonquin and related properties. (He has visited quite a bit over the last few years.)

            4-5 hundred attend band concert in Square. "The playing of Mendelssohn's 'Consolation' was especially well received." Sidney Anning first cornet; Don Worrell trombone; John O'Neill second cornet; Cecil Williamson baritone. Plus for funds.

St. Croix Courier

July 30,1936

Pieces on Roosevelt, expected arrival on Campobello.

Miss Olive Hosmer has had the misfortune to break a bone in her leg.

Shire town Items—Donkey basketball introduced into St. Andrews at arena to crowd of 800. Team from Algonquin versus town. Ladies teams titled Amazing Algonquins and Shiretown Shebas.

            Kiwanis dance at Andraeleo Hall for underprivileged children. Music by Tom Kelly and his Algonquin Hotel orchestra.

            Large numbers of motorists in town. Indian Point and Bar Road especially popular with picnickers. Commonly 20 to 30 cars parked at either place.

St. Croix Courier

Aug 6/1936

Roosevelt Assures Quoddy Will Be Finished.

Mr. Marshall of Pittsburgh has invitations out for annual caddies picnic Aug.4. Home on shore near Block House, "and is an ideal spot for clam bakes, hot dog stands, ice cream booths, etc. Dancing is on the street in front of the house and refreshments are served in the house."

            Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt motored from Campobello on Monday and had luncheon at Algonquin. (Mom of FDR)

St. Croix Courier

Aug 13/1936

Dwindling Quoddy Project Still Big Draw for Tourists. 175-200 cars daily.

Original Anglican church situated near Andraeleo Hall, "hence the name given to that block." Original pulpit built by Anglican Loyalists still in use.

St. Croix Courier

Aug 13/1936

Shire town Items—Presents Original Song. Mrs. Molly Whitman, while visiting in S"A, presented a campaign song, composed by herself, to Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt, mother of the president. The presentation was made at the Algonquin Hotel, and the song "Franklin D. R." was played by the Algonquin orchestra during the luncheon concert. Mrs. Whitman is one of a family of talented musicians."

            New Bus Service. Fundy Bus Lines running Saturday night shopping excursion to St. Stephen. Popular.

            Entertains Caddies—"one of the most enthusiastic supporters of all municipal activities, entertained the Caddies of the Algonquin golf club and their friends at his home last Tuesday evening. . . . Harry Craft's orchestra supplied music for the party. The bank played a concert first and the orchestra furnished dance music for the rest of the evening. A great display of fireworks was set off during the evening. The grounds were beautifully trimmed with Japanese lanterns."

            New Post Office Opened. Postmaster Albert Thompson.

St. Croix Courier

Aug 13/1936

Chief Justice Charles Evans of US Supreme Court spending remainder of season at Algonquin. Sir Edward Beatty, J. W. Hodds and F. E. Meredith of Montreal spend weekend at Algonquin. Sat. afternoon attend garden party at Cairine Wilson's.

            Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rockefeller III of New York guests at Algonquin.

St. Croix Courier

Aug 20/1936

Acknowledges Guilt of Tourist Representative. S. S. Miller, President of Capital Board of Trade, who first denied Courier's charges, Now Frankly Admits His Error. Offending Agents Recalled. Courier charge that Fredericton Board of Trade agents stationed in Calais misrepresenting conditions of roads between St. Stephen/Saint John to direct traffic to Fredericton now acknowledged to be correct.

            Two tennis tournaments in St. Andrews this weekend. St. Andrews tennis Club and Algonquin Tennis Club. Tait Cup for ladies singles, Wilson Cup for men's doubles, Struthers Cup for Men's singles, Cockburn Cup for mixed doubles, Marshall Cup for boy's singles. Borden Denley (son of Everett Denley) has appeared several times over last year as winner.

            New pavement (one mile) to link provincial highway with concrete section.

St. Croix Courier

Aug 20/1936

Shire town Items—A Sincere Tribute. About 250 people helped Caddy Norris, the Shiretown's one and only colored gentleman, celebrate his birthday last Tuesday evening in Elite Hall. The party was typical of that ideal democracy practiced by Mr. Norris himself. Pauper or millionaire alike were welcomed by the friend-loving, friend-making host. No person remains long in St. Andrews without knowing "Caddy" and everyone who knew him was welcome. Miss Edna Smith and Larry Lace took charge of the dance program, and the music was provided by Caddy's orchestra, which plays in Elite Hall several nights a week. Several solos were sung during the evening, which was enjoyed by everyone. A cash presentation was made to Caddy by the steward of the Algonquin Hotel on behalf of the staff of the hotel.

St. Croix Courier

Aug 20/1936

Quebec planning to eradicate ragweed. May create tourist haven.

Canada's memorial at Vimy unveiled.

Shire town Items—150 agents of Confederated Life Assurance Co. at Algonquin. "Business meetings and entertainments were in the casino, the playhouse of the Algonquin."

St. Croix Courier

Aug 27/1936

Shire town Items—"The Great Ziegfeld" showing at Marina.

"Another example of the progressive policy of he manages of the Marina Theater may be seen this week in 'The Great Ziegfeld.' The show will not be released to theatres until 1937. At present it is in the nature of a road show, and St. Andrews is the only small place in Canada to show this masterpiece. The show took 2 years to produce and has 50 stars and 300 girls. 'The Great Ziegfeld' is a biography of the great producer and contains parts of all Ziegfeld's best productions. The show is three hours long and can be seen at 6:30 and 9:30 pm On Thursday and Friday. The only way the management was able to get this superb production was to guarantee to charge reserved seat prices and go on a percentage basis."

(sounds like the theatre only opened recently, perhaps with the talkies introduced by Mr. Worrell: the Great Ziegfeld starred William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld and Myrna Loy as Billie Burke. Also Eddie Cantor, Ray Bolger, Fannie Brice, Will Rogers. Won best picture and best actress for Louise Rainer and Anna Held. Featured "If You Knew Suzie," among other songs. Budget of 1.5 million dollars.)

St. Croix Courier

Aug 27/1936

St. Andrews-by-the-Sea. In Toronto Saturday Night. Talkies at Casino. Motoring. Good overall view of Algonquin as centerpiece of town. (picture of hotel in thirties—see photos and pamphlets from late thirties CPR Archives)

            During the heat of summer it is wise to escape from the burden of oppressing work, the routine of oft-repeated duties and the monotony of seeing the same places, doing the same things day after day. Enjoy a refreshing seaside vacation: full of the tang of salt breezes sweeping in from the encircling waters; the sound of waves washing on the shores; before your eyes rolling swards of green velvet grass, and the inviting golf courses dotted here and there with waving scarlet flags. Beyond, is a landscape of natural, untrammelled beauty, of dignified trees and rambling paths hinting of hidden loveliness, . . . of sea and sky and wood and shaven green . . . that is St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, in New Brunswick.

            Here, happily, Nature's bounty has been complemented by the comforts Man has achieved through centuries of effort, as embodied in the spacious Algonquin Hotel. Built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in Old English style, this modern, fireproof hostelry is charmingly situated overlooking Passamaquoddy Bay. Here, carefully chosen help do their best, the chefs in the kitchen rise to culinary heights, and the orchestra's efforts are so enchanting that, when the music throbs on the sweet evening air, one can only sigh in sheer content. Golfers the world over have the supreme ambition to "play St. Andrews," the home of the Royal and Ancient Game. But not all can afford the time to visit Scotland, so they come up to St. Andrews-by-the-Sea in Canada, where the natural advantages of turf and terrain have been developed into courses not unworthy to bear the hallowed name. The two St. Andrews golf courses, built by the CPR (the championship 18-hole links and the sporty 9-hold ones), live up to the Scottish tradition in turf, and form, and caddies, and professional attendance.

            The main course, surrounded on all sides by magnificent views, is truly a kingly setting for this regal sport. The turf is slipped plush and the hazards are as natural as they are good. The route of the play, the location, of the tees and the selection of the greens, have been so arranged as to afford picturesque vistas of the glorious bay, and the benefit of the glowing, health-bestowing climate. The "nineteenth-hole" is an attractive club house, popular with golfers and non-golfers alike; here you may recall, with congenial companions, the thrills of seaside golf on St. Andrews' links. Adjoining the club house is an excellent putting green.

            If you prefer to consider sport as a spectacle, you may sit on the broad verandah of the Algonquin Hotel and watch the tennis players or bowlers as you choose.           

            Every window of that restful room of yours in the Algonquin Hotel, designed to please your eye, is a frame for a picture of breath-taking beauty . . . the winding roads, the stately trees, the green, velvety lawns, and the island-dotted bay where waves glint jewel-like, under the sun's lingering rays.

            Thus it well accords with the fitness of things that by day, the life of St. Andrews-by-the-Sea is outdoor sports. From breakfast to dinner, the colony is busy with golf clubs and tennis rackets, with fishing rod and automobile. Nature has provided the garden; and the Algonquin Hotel has added the fairways and the bowling greens, the diving-platform and the four fast tennis courts adjoining the Casino.

            Algonquin guests may scatter far and wide during the day enjoying the round of sports, but in the evening they concentrate on two equally popular places—the lounge and the Casino dance-floor. Golf and motoring are replaced by dancing and bridge and so the social hours are ushered in.

            From dinner table to lounge is the beaten path of the Algonquinite. Here you may spend a restful hour—comparing adventures and scores, listening to a favorite piece entrancingly placed by the Algonquin orchestra.

            At 9:30 the first fox trot sounds from the Casino. All the younger set is on hand . . . and between dances why not loll on the Casino veranda enjoying soft breezes and delightful companionship, or stroll on the grounds, admiring the bay suffused with luminous moonlight.

            This year get your suntan on St. Andrews sandy beaches and your swimming in Katy's Cove. Sauntering down the long, tree-shaded path that meanders from the Algonquin Hotel to the bath houses you seem to come upon a sandy beach ideal for sun worshippers' frolics. Swimming in the sun-heated salt water of Katy's Cove is exhilarating, and sheltered, too . . . a dam has been constructed across the mouth of the cove! Aquatic sports are held each summer.

            . . . Motoring? Excellent highways and charming scenery invite you to motor in every direction. The trip to St. Stephen is over good roads, fringed by the turquoise waters of the St. Croix River. Up this river over three hundred years ago sailed De Monts and his "motley assemblage of gentlemen, artists and vagabonds" (so reads Champlain's quaint record published in Paris in 1613). Here they cast anchor and disembarked, claiming the land for God and His Gracious Majesty, Louis of France.

            Other fine motor roads include the Joe's Point Road, which crosses the golf course and strikes the St. Croix at its mouth; the Saint John Road going northeast through inland seas of forest to Fredericton, the capital of New Brunswick; and the far-famed Reversing Fall at Saint John.

            Fishing is popular at St. Andrews. Up-country are streams and lakes stocked by the Provincial Government. Down-bar are famous deep-water fishing grounds with scrod, cod, haddock, pollock, etc., and other varieties running in season. Expert guides can be had in St. Andrews. The children, too, not to be outdone, hunt clams on the adorable mud-meadows at low tides. Little wonder the "Quoddy Bay" lobster and delicious seafood find a prominent place on the menus of the Algonquin Hotel.

            Associated with fishing, is the kindred sport of yachting. Between Passamaquoddy Bay, the St. Croix River and the Bay of Fundy, St. Andrews offers yachtsmen all the thrills they long for. Passamaquoddy Bay is fairly sheltered, yet there's always a spanking breeze; while Fundy is open enough for the most venturesome. St. Andrews Harbour is frequently visited by trim, cruising yachts.

            Of course, modern life is not complete without "talkies." So the Casino is equipped with motion picture booth and apparatus. Tri-weekly the dance floor of the Casino is transformed into a "picture palace."

            After the evening's performance, you may prefer some bridge in the lounge among amid congenial company; and the gentlemen may enjoy a game of billiards, pool or indoor bowling at the Casino.

            In the daily round of sports . . . and during the evening hours . . . life flows serenely at the Algonquin Hotel,St. Andrews-by the-Sea, with never a dull moment to mar its even tenor.

St. Croix Courier

Sept 3/1936

Shire town Items

Town Buys Historic Bill

A three-day auction sale was held last week at the residence of the late David Clark. There was a fine collection of old mahogany furniture and old-fashioned dishes, most of which brought good prices. The original copy of a memorandum of the sale and removal of the old Coffee House from Penobscot to St. Andrews in 1783 was bid on by the Mayor for the town. This interesting old building was unfortunately destroyed in the disastrous fire of 1930.

St. Croix Courier

Sept 10/1936

Shire town Items—Big Convention Sept. 9. Sun Life Co. 400 delegates in two parts each, divided by one day to reset hotel. McQuoid's taxi service 40 cars on call day and night. Many privately owned automobiles are being used for this purpose, and young lady chauffeurs will be a commonplace. It is expected that the upper grades of the school will have one session in order to provide caddies for the golfers. Each part of convention identical in program—even down to menus.

St. Croix Courier

Sept 17/1936

Shire town Items—Sun Life Convention—first part in Wed and out Sat. Business meetings in Casino 10 am to 1 pm. Delegates from Western Canada and Western States. "Several of the men rather naively collected a few pebbles from the Atlantic coast to mix with those from the Pacific coast." W/F afternoons movies in Casino. Wed. afternoon many drove to Milltown. Thursday a choice between motoring or deep-sea fishing. Dance every evening in Casino, with supper dance on Friday as grand climax. "As a wit put it: St. Andrews is still recovering from the Charge of the Life Brigade."

            "Great Ziegfeld" at State Theatre in Calais. $2.00 ticket. "The world's greatest film production."

St. Croix Courier

Sept 24/1936

Second installment of Sun Life Convention end. (Eastern Delegates) Tuesday to Friday. "During the two weeks of the convention the upper grades were dismissed in the afternoons so they could caddy."

St. Croix Courier

Oct 15/1936

Shire town Items

An Old Friend Returns

Do you remember Sale Cole? If so, you are getting along in years; you are not as young as you used to be. Sam Cole is an aged colored gentleman, who was born and brought up in St. Andrews but moved to Caribou, Maine, 45 years ago. His real name is Stuart but in St. Andrews he was always called Cole, his mother's name. Sam Cole, after living in Caribou for a number of years where he lost his wife and three children, moved to Cape Breton. In this latter town he lived for 22 years. Until recently Sam Cole was comfortably situated but the last year or two he has been unable to obtain work due to his age. The aged colored gentleman, now 78, has been on a visit to his only remaining son in Caribou, hoping to have a home with him there. However, the son was in too poor circumstances to bear the additional weight of supporting another, and the kindly old man returned to St. Andrews, his old hometown, to see if the town would do anything for his relief. The town is under no obligation to give relief to Sam Cole, who, though born in St. Andrews, is still a resident of New Waterford, having left there only in last April. The relief committee, rather than turn the poor old fellow out on the cold world, are giving him a letter to the Mayor of New Waterford and enough funds to carry him at least part of the way to his destination.

Items on present location of businesses on Water Street. Irvin Greenlaw moving jewellery store next to R. J. Hewitt's restaurant. Formerly antique shop. "Since the Post Office was moved into the new building last summer, the business area has been largely restricted to uptown blocks and as the business sites downtown decreased in value, so the sites farther up the street were enhanced."

St. Croix Courier

Oct 29/1936

Shire town Items—Popular Hostel Closed. Kennedy's, for season. Longer season smaller overhead than Algonquin. "Kennedy's attracts many visitors of moderate means and with its central location its guests see many a phase of the town which is missed by wealthier visitors who stop at the larger and more expensive hotel."

St. Croix Courier

Nov 12/1936

Shire town Items—New Store and Tenement. Len Smith has moved shoe repair shop to new stand next Marina Theatre. Old Moore building which Mr. Smith bought last summer.

St. Croix Courier

Nov 19/1936

Shire town Items—Show Appreciation. Sun Life Assurance Co. present 'laboratory truck' to high school in appreciation of caddy service. "The truck is for the purpose of arranging experiments in the laboratory and then displaying them in the classroom. The truck is adjustable in height and has brakes on the wheels so that it will remain stationary if desired. The top may also be tilted at an angle to display the contents better to the class."

St. Croix Courier

Dec 10/1936

Shire town Items—Approve Travelogue—Town Council discuss advisability of cooperating with other parts of province in making motion picture travelogue in order to advertise New Brunswick as tourist resort. Pointed out that New Brunswick depends to an ever-growing extent on tourism revenue and trade should be encouraged in every possible way. Idea originated with Fredericton Board of Trade.

St. Croix Courier

Dec 17/1936

Shire town Items—Edwin Mallory now exec. asst. to CN President.

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Dec 24/1936

Shire town Items—Hayter Reed dies in Montreal at 89. Retired as dep. superintendent general Indian affairs in 1897 to become manager in chief CP hotels, until 1910. Summer resident for 25 years.