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St. Croix Courier
Feb 24/1966
C. T. Ballantyne Dies. Biography. Permanent home since retirement in 1950. Shiretown Items: "He came here first as a young boy with his parents, Senator and Mrs. C. C. Ballantyne, in the plush days of the old summer colony, when whole families moved in for two or three months complete with horses and grooms and later with limousines and chauffeurs."
(Mr. Ballantyne was active in the community in the fifties; was chairman of the Charlotte County Hospital Board, if I am not mistaken)
St. Croix Courier
March 3/1966
The day of the Ice Cutter Fast Slipping into History. Brief history of Chamcook ice-cutting business, which is still operating albeit with more modern equipment; but still hauling ice into town to be packed into sawdust. 17-inch-thick cakes 300 pounds apiece.
St. Croix Courier
March 24/1966
St. Stephen's History Lives on in its Homes. Large photo spread with stories on famous St. Stephen homes.
St. Croix Courier
April 7/1966
Debate on who owns St. Andrews Tourist Bureau and what is costs to operate. Kiwanis involved in ambiguous way.
St. Croix Courier
June 16/1966
Algonquin Opens Doors in Shiretown Tomorrow. The senior St. Andrews watering place for thousands of tourists and conventioneers. New Brunswick Chartered Accountants; Atlantic Provinces Auto Dealers, 300 strong; Algonquin Golf Tournament; New Brunswick Liquor Commissioners; New Brunswick Barristers.
Manager J. B. Campbell. Assistant Manager Len Quaedfleig, Royal Alex. Thomas Wheeler, Office Supervisor, Royal York. Rene Middleton, resident Accountant. Len Sco6tt Chef Royal York. Maitre d'Hotel Carl Dowd. Robert Hetley Chief Steward, Vancouver; Alice E. Purton, Housekeeper. E. R. O'Brien Superintendent of Services "who has been on staff for a number of years and spent the winter at the Nassau resort." Clayton van Tassel golf pro and manager golf club. Wesley H. Matthews Chief Engineer. Miss Helen Valensha and Trio musicians.
Later in summer New Brunswick Women's Senior Golf, Maritime Senior Golf Tournament, New Brunswick Hospital Association.
Canadian Office Machine Dealers—300 strong.
Booking of conducted tours up—convention business same.
St. Croix Courier
July 7/1966
St. Andrews Vetoes Town Hall Proposal (combination town hall fire department)
St. Croix Courier
July 14/1966
Dunn Hockey School Claimed Canada's Best
St. Andrews. The Sir James Dunn Arena Hockey School which opened on Monday and runs to July 23 has the most expert instruction staff of any hockey school in North America.
Two Norris Trophy winners, Two American Hockey League record-holders, the youngest coach in the history of the National Hockey League, the coach of the Western Hockey League Champions, a member of the NHL's second All-Star Team, and one of Canada's leading physical educations, and two Montreal Canadian hockey stars make up the list of instructors at this year's school.
Montreal All Star defensemen Jacques Laperriere won the Norris Trophy and coach Doug Harvey was a seven-time Norris Trophy winner. The two American Hockey League record holders at the Sir James Dunn Arean are two former defensemen Eddie Bush and Roly McLenahan. Coach of Hamilton Redwings, Bush still holds the AHL record with most points by a defenseman with 72, while McLenahan now sports coordinator with the New Brunswick Department of Youth and Welfare, was close behind with 71 points. McLenahan holds the AHL record for most goals by a defenseman with a total of 25 and broke Bush's record of 24 goals.
Scotty Bowman, a ten-year hockey veteran with the Montreal Canadians organization, was recently appointed coach and assistant general manager of St. Louis Blues of the expanded NHL, making him the youngest coach in the history fo the league.
Frank Mario, coach of the Victoria Maple Leafs of the Western Hockey League, coached the team to the WHL championship in his first year in the league. Mario is a former centerman with Boston Bruins and coached Peterborough Petes of the OHA Junior A league for a number of years.
Montreal Canadien star defenceman J. C. Tremblay is a newcomer to the St. Andrews staff but comes well qualified. Tremblay was selected to the second NHL All-Star team this season and was a strong contender for the Conn Smythe ropy for the leading players in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
One of Canada's leading physical educators, Dr. John Meagher, director of the physical education at the University of New Brunswick, is the guest lecturer for the two-week school. Dr. Meagher served in the same capacity at the Ourth Annual Hockey figure skating and Referee's School at the Sir James Dunn Arena last week. That school was sponsored by the department of youth and welfare in conjunction with the Fitness and Amateur Sport Directorate of Ottawa. The school was directed by Roly McLenahan in his capacity of sports coordinator with the department.
Gilles Tremblay and Ralph Backstrom, two leading members of the Stanley Cup winning Montreal Canadiens, round out the roster of coaches a the Third Annual Sir James Dunn Arena School. A poll of the instructors revealed that they consider the New Brunswick School to be the finest of its kind in North America.
The school opened on Sunday evening when Bill O'Neill, school director, welcomed the more than 160 boys to the Sir James Dunn Arena and outlined the program for the first half of the school this week. Another 160 young players arrive next week.
The school's recreation directors, Gene MacDonald, a McAdam High School teacher has set up a well-balanced program for the boys while they are not on the ice, the program includes volleyball, basketball, softball, badminton, horseshoes, ping-pong, and croquet. Only 40 of the players receive hockey instruction on the ice at any one time while the remaining 120 take part in the recreation program or watch hoekcye films. As a nightcap the boys are treated to more hockey films and not chocolate before liths out.
The instructors work in groups of three. J. C. Tremblay and Doug Harvey working as a unit. Scotty Bowman, Ralph Backstrom and Jacuques Laperriere work as anotehr unit while the tird unit consists of Eddit Bush, Gilles Tremblay and Roly McLenahan.
The school is billed as a bilingual school with a French-speaking member of he instructional staff on each unit.
St. Croix Courier
July 28/1966
Drawing of Canadian Tuna Company's proposed plant at Bayside.
St. Croix Courier
July 28/1966
New Record Tourism Predicted for Season. Up by 10-15 percent at St. Stephen. Up by 40 percent at McAdam. Mainly passing through to PEI and NS.
Algonquin Tennis Club—5th straight year operated by Margot Mais and Willa Walker. Courts in poor shape. Required white outfits. Summer guests and local residents welcome.
St. Croix Courier
Aug 4/1966
Rose refers to an incident at "nigger corner."
St. Croix Courier
Aug 25/1966
Shiretown Items
Chamcook Becomes Famous
The Rossmount Inn at Chamcook, New Brunswick, a wayside Inn of Victorian splendour furnished with priceless antiques and rare good taste nestled in a setting of green trees at the base of Chamcook Mountain, was chosen for the historic meeting last Sunday between Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada and President Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States. The famous gentlemen, their wives and staff arrived by helicopters after attending St. Anne's Church in Campobello, and returned to the island again in time for the afternoon ceremonies.
Early Friday things began to happen as helicopters appeared in the sky over St. Andrews and flew off in the direction of Campobello only to return again later. Two Air Canada stewardesses appeared in the business section of town. Small boys and girls too were kept busy dashing out of doors and looking skyward to see another "chopper" fly over. On Saturday afternoon they were rewarded when two choppers appeared at once flying quite low and in close formation and headed off in the direction of Campobello, but soon one circled and came back over and observers could clearly see its bright red nose. Although they probably did not know it, this was Mr. Pearson and his party arriving and the copter settled down on the lawn at Rossmount at exactly 3:30 pm. From then on the pageant slowed all traffic on the St. Andrews to Saint John highway at this point. Red coated Mounted Police patrolled the area and the grounds and on Sunday two helicopters sat side by side on the lawn while American secret police and the Mounties stood guard in the idyllic country setting.
St. Croix Courier
Sept 1/1966
Cross-Canada railway strike hits McAdam. New Fire Station from Saint John Dunn Foundation.
St. Croix Courier
Sept 8/1966
Sir James Dunn Academy Officially Opens.
Tourism booming says New Brunswick Report. Unprecedented rise of 17 percent over 1965. Much through St. Stephen.
St. Croix Courier
Nov 3/1966
H. P. O'Neill passes. Children listed.
St. Croix Courier
Dec 1/1966
St. Andrews Blockhouse getting facelift. One at base of Patrick St gone, and third at Joe's Point gone also. "Western Blockhouse" only survivor.
St. Croix Courier
Dec 29/1966
Loan Not Paid: Old Van Horne Estate May be Auctioned Off.
The greatest single auction in the history of New Brunswick may be in the offing for Charlotte County if the provincial government proceeds with its plans to put on the public block the famous Van Horne estate of Minister's Island.
A mortgage sale notice which appears in the Courier this week outlines government intentions to auction off the estate including "all good, chattels and personal property, paintings, furniture, furnishings and objects d'art.
The action is being taken because the present owner of the estate, "Van Horne Island Club Ltd." Has failed to meet its payments on New Brunswick government backed loans. The company is composed of well-to-do businessmen from Columbus, Ohio, who purchased the estate with plans to create a "playboys' playground."
Agent for the sale was T. C. Van Horne, now leader of the New Brunswick PC Party. Amount of money involved has not yet been learned but it is believed to be between $50,000 and $60,000. the expansive estate was sold in 1960 to the American syndicate which had visions of establishing an exclusive colony limited to those who would build expensive summer homes. Plans, however, did not materialize and while starts were made on a golf course and a private runway for airplanes neither project was completed.
It has also been learned that several men hired to work on the estate have not been paid for their efforts. According to the mortgage notice, an auction will be held in front of the St. Andrews Court House at 2 pm Jan.31. the notice specifies that the estate may be sold as single parcel or the land divided and sold separately.
After the sale begins, the notice continues, the auction may be moved to the island where the goods, chattels and personal property of the Van Horne family may be sold.
If this is the case, collectors of antiques and old furniture will converge for the auction. Sir William Van Horne, the man who built the CPR, established the estate and furnished it with the most expensive furniture and art objects. Most are still in the two-story manor house, Covenhoven.
The Charlotte County Historical Society, who has long urged that the estate be designated a national monument, has indicated its concern at the impending public sale. The society fears that if the state is broken up many treasures will be lost forever.
Sir William spent a fortune on the summer home which after the turn of the century and the completion of the nation-wide railways became a center of social activity. Sir William died in 1915 and his widow passed away in 1929. The . . . [rest missing]
Mortgage Sale notice "outlines government intentions to auction off the estate including 'all goods, chattels and personal property, paintings, furniture, furnishings and objects d'art.'" Present owner Van Horne Island Club Limited failed to meet payments on New Brunswick backed loans. Company composed of well-to-do businessmen from Ohio, "who purchased the estate with plans to create a 'playboy's playground.'" Agent for sale T. C. Van Horne, New Brunswick PC Party. Believed to be $50,000 TO $60,000 purchase price. Sold in 1960 to syndicate. Hoped to spark erection of upscale summer homes. Starts only made on golf course and airstrip. Auction to be held on Jan.31, St. Andrews Courthouse—outside. Auction may then move to island. "If this is the case, collectors of antiques and old furniture will converge for the auction. . . . Most [of his original furnishings] are still in the two-story manor house, Covenhoven."
Charlotte County Historical Society has long urged that estate be designated national monument. Fears treasures will be lost forever if estate broken up. S
Sir William died 1915; widow 1929
Adelaide 1942, then Mrs. Martin Weary of St. Adele, Quebec, who sold it in 1960.