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Courier
Jan 4/1973
Lonicera Hall—A Ganong Memorial.
Courier
Jan 11/1973
St. Andrews Public Library burns. Next to Gleason Arms on Water Street
Courier
Feb 1/1973
Halstead Electric Opens.
Courier
March 1/1973
St. Andrews Council may destroy historic 200-year-old bldg on King St. See also March 15/1973
Courier
March 8/1973
A Boom that Left at the Turn of the Century
St. George. Photos of sailing ships.
Courier
May 3/1973
History of Beaver Harbour.
Courier
May 24/1973
New Medical Center to be built on Sophia Street.
Courier
May 24/1973
History of St. George Granite Industry. 1872 onwards. New York money. Maquadavic Falls.
Courier
May 31/1973
Algonquin Hotel to Open in June.
CP Hotels has taken over the operation of the picturesque Algonquin Hotel at St. Andrews. Opening on a limited basis June 1, the Algonquin will be in full operation on June 10 and will close out the Season on Sept. 30. The 200-room hotel, located on Passamaquoddy bay, will feature some interesting changes this summer, according to Jim Frise, newly appointed manager. An old English style pub called Dick Turpin's will be opened and we are making some extensive changes on the main lobby area, he said. Dancing will be featured in the hotel's Sunset Lounge every night. In the past, guests had to walk outdoors to the hotel's casino to dance.
The kitchens will undergo a major overhaul and the overall efficiency of the food service in the hotel will improve greatly, said Mr. Frise. Located some 65 miles west of Saint John, the Algonquin offers everything a vacationer could ask for in a resort. Facilities include a private beach, a swimming pool, a beautiful 18-hole golf course, a mini-hole course, fishing, boating, cruises, tennis, cycling, fresh seafood and added features such as fresh salt air and small-town atmosphere that is charming and, above all, very friendly.
The Algonquin has not changed much over the years. Its friendly relaxed atmosphere has endured over the decades and it remains one of the most charming seaside resorts in the Maritimes. C G. Burton, vice-president Atlantic Region, CP Hotels, has announced the appointment of Jim W. Frise as manager of the Algonquin Hotel, a 200-room resort at St. Andrews by the sea, New Brunswick. Mr. Frise joined CP Hotels in 1964 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. After holding several management and sales positions with the company, he was appointed assistant manager of CP Hotels airline catering facilities at Toronto in 1971. He became manager of the Toronto flight kitchen in 1972 before being appointed to the Algonquin Hotel.
New Wandlyn for St. Stephen (next to Dinsmore's Hardware)
Telegraph Journal
May 31/1973
Marian Stinson
Algonquin Opens Season Tomorrow
Friday is a momentous day for the Algonquin Hotel, the stately queen of resort hotels in southern New Brunswick. That is the opening day of the season, and according to James W. Frise, general manager of the hotel, the result of this year's operation will determine the future of the famous Charlotte County resort. The Algonquin was built in 1915 by Canadian Pacific, as a seaside playground for the company's officials and guests. And although the golden age of the resort hotel exclusively for the wealthy has passed, the CP hotel chain seems determined to keep the Algonquin from crumbling into oblivion.
The facelift began in the second week of April, when CP management arrived in St. Andrews to operate the hotel under a two-year lease from the province.
CP sold the hotel in 1970 to Algonquin Properties, a company which Mr. Frise describes as "a group of local citizens who wanted to keep the hotel from falling into the wrong hands." The hotel was leased to the Fredericton Hotel Company, owned by the province, who in turn leased it to CP to operate. In mid-April, the work began with remodelling of public areas as the main project for this year. The lobby was restructured, recarpeted and painted. The dining room and kitchen were remodelled for greater efficiency and attractiveness. The cabaret, the Sunset Lounge, is enlarged and includes a dance floor. The lounge was previously located in the casino, so that guests had to leave the main building which caused inconvenience in inclement weather.
But Mr. Frise's pride is Dick Turpin's Pub which supplies food, beer and piano music and an old English atmosphere complete with a roaring fire, where in the old horse thief himself would feel at ease.
The changes in the hotel are planned to accommodate all visitors, Mr. Frise said, whether they be the vacationing family, the convention or tour. But remodelling always uncovers problems, and in this case it's the plumbing. "The fixtures are old and the pipes are antiquated," he said. In some cases a bath is shared between two rooms. We plan to eliminate this situation gradually, perhaps over a three-year period. Our success this summer will act as a barometer for future renovations," he said. Outside, the hotel is much the same as in the old days. The expansive lawn is dotted with flowers and towering trees. The swimming pool and tennis court provide an outlet for the energetic and nearby is the 18-hole golf course, a private beach and the beauty and salt air of the Passamaquoddy Bay. The season this year will be extended one month, with opening of some sections of the hotel on June 1 instead of June 15 and closing on Sept. 30 two weeks later than usual.
Mr. Frise said the pending season looks promising. "The response to advertising has been good," he said, with six conventions booked and 700 rooms reserved for tours. Besides the CP management, the Algonquin will employ 185 people at the peak of the season, many of whom are students who work as waiters, waitresses, valets and bellboys.
The cost of rooms is $26 for singles and $44 for doubles. Mr. Frise hopes that such attractions as the pub will act as a drawing card for the townspeople to the hotel. "there's been a feeling among area residents that they weren't wanted at the hotel, but we'd like to see both groups pulling together for the benefit of both."
"The hotel couldn't operate without the town and the town wouldn't be the same with the Algonquin," he said.
St. Croix Courier
May 31/1973
A projected Look at St. Stephen University. At Todd's Point. Drawing.
Courier
June 14/1973
Meeting at Algonquin. Several members from the Charlotte County Hospital Auxiliary attended the 10th annual Convention of the New Brunswick Hospital Auxiliaries Assoc. Held at the A Hotel here this week.
Courier
June 28/1973
Students from the Thelma Kilpatrick Day Training School and the William F. Robert s Hospital School in Saint John were guests of CP and the Algonquin Hotel last Monday. Pool and washroom facilities made available. (sounds like pool opened in 1973)
Courier
June 28/1973
History of St. George Granite Industry, Part Two.
Courier
July 5/1973
Passamaquoddy Lodge one-quarter completed.
History of Connors Brothers.
Courier
Aug 16/1973
Trudeau confirms Fall visit. Sept. 22 St. Andrews arena. Staying at Roosevelt cottage.
Courier
August 23/1973
Tourists amazed at Trudeau's nonchalance.
Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Mrs. Trudeau and son Justin, paid an unofficial holiday visit to St. Andrews Monday afternoon. He chose to dock at a secluded spot—the wharf at the Biological Station. Mr. Trudeau and family and staff members travelled from the Roosevelt International Park at Campobello to St. Andrews on the Fisheries Patrol boat "Maces Bay" captain by Hayward Forsyth.
They were officially welcomed on arrival by Dr. Ralph O. Brinkhurst, director or the Station, and Dr. David Scarratt. Carrying Justin on his shoulders he made a tour of the station talking with various members of the staff and summer student employees.
The party then went the short distance to the Huntsman Marine Laboratory where the Prime Minister was welcomed by Dr. John Calaprice, deputy director. He talked with summer students who staff the widely-known Museum-Aquarium complex and had a tour of the exhibits.
Leaving the station the party travelled by car to downtown St. Andrews where Mrs. Trudeau went shopping while her husband visited the China Chest to see E. John Boone, president of the Charlotte County Liberal Association where he spent nearly an hour, accompanied only by his executive secretary, Tom Webb. Plans for is forthcoming visit to St. Andrews on September 22nd for the Senator Donald A. McLean Dinner at the Sir James Dunn Arena and the concerns of Charlotte County were discussed. As he was leaving he talked with girls employed in the store; and, with Webb, strolled slowly up the front street stopping from door to door to have a word or admire an article until he was joined by his wife Margaret at the Sea Captain's Loft and together they strolled into Market Square and to the Cottage Craft Ltd. All up and down the street stood American tourists like toy dolls in a state of arrested animation, partly in shock from the fact they had seen Canada's top man acting like an ordinary citizen on holiday and without a bevy to top brass and bullet-proof glass.
In the early evening the RCMP quietly whisked Mr. Trudeau and party away to the Saint John airport and they were home in Ottawa by midnight.
Courier
Sept 27/1973
Senator MacLean night—an evening to remember. St. Stephen—with Trudeau.
The Right Honourable Jules Léger
Governor General: 1974 - 1979 Appointed: October 5, 1973 Sworn In: January 14, 1974, Ottawa Born: April 4, 1913, St-Anicet, Quebec Died: November 22, 1980
Courier
Oct 11/1973
Rossmount Inn—A Touch of Elegance
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Oct 18/1973
A Writer Looks at Charlotte County in the Victorian Age. From "Picturesque Canada."
Courier
Oct 25/1973
Historic Photos shown in St. Andrews. (MacKay) Argyle and Kennedy's "first summer hotels in Canada."
Made Order of Canada Member
Albert McQuoid of St. Andrews was made a "Member of the Order of Canada" at Government House on October 24th. He was accompanied to Ottawa and the investiture by his mother, Mrs. Henry O. McQuoid, and by his uncle, Vincent McQuoid and Mrs. McQuoid of Phillips, Maine
Photo shows McQuoid with ham radio
the first communication received re this honour was a letter dated June 19th, 1973, which read in part –"I have been instructed by His Excellency, the Right Honourable Roland Michener, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, to inform you of your appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada, which entitles you to use the initials C. M. after your name. The official announcement is being published in the Canada Gazette on Saturday, 23rd June 1973.
A second letter dated August 17 stated: "I have been asked by the Governor General and Chancellor of the order of Canada to invite you to an investiture of the Order to be held at Government House on Wednesday, October, 24th. 1973, at 6 pm. The ceremony will be followed by a reception and dinner and expenses will be paid for yourself and one guest."
Harold Albert McQuoid, 50, is an outstanding citizen of St. Andrews. He is the second son of Mrs. Annie McQuoid, and the late Henry O. McQuoid of St. Andrews and has been a life-long resident of the town. He is considered handicapped after having been born blind, and is a graduate of the School for the Blind in Halifax. but if Albert is handicapped, someone forgot to tell him or else he just wouldn't believe it.
He worked for years in the family garage business, William J. McQuoid and Sons, started by his grandfather and carried on by his father and uncle. He was always known as a whiz for taking balking carburetors apart and putting them back all together again in good working order and could repair just about any part of the engine. He washed cars and upon occasion he tended the gas pumps although this job he did not like.
Music was and still is a great pastime with him and developed into a paying proposition as well. He had just about every kind of accordion you want to mention right up to a big piano keyed model and he could make the piano itself ring. In the 1950s he travelled to Saint John alone by SMT bus and had a program on Radio CFBC and also recorded with Bill Randall. He has played for dances all around the area, for weddings as far away as Nova Scotia, for funerals and in nearly every denomination of church in town. He is supply organist for the Greenock Presbyterian Church when they are without an organist—which is most of the time. He has played in the United Baptist Church, the Wesley United Church and for Christmas night services in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Andrews here.
He has been a member of the local Kiwanis Club since about 1946 and plays at club meetings for the sing-songs and for the Kiwanis-sponsored "Open Air Church Services" at Indian Point in the summertime. During the past summer he played regularly at the Algonquin Hotel here. He is also a trainee piano tuner and the only one now in the County.
Speaking of playing for dances he told an amusing story of starting for McAdam in the spring years ago to play at a dance. "Old No. 41 was pretty well broken up with the frost—that's No. 765 now—and we couldn't go that way so we ended up going up through Maine to Vanceboro and across to McAdam that way. Didn't get there until 11 o'clock and it was after 5 am by the time we got home again." He also mentioned playing for Barbara Ann Scott for her second appearance of the St. Andrews Arena here. "We had a 20-piece orchestra of boys from Washington County in Maine and Charlotte County and the music she handed us was all manuscript. We sure had misgiving for a while but tried it out at the matinee and took it from there."
Some years ago Albert bought his own Hammond organ which is moveable. "Don't call it portable," said he. "Takes about four men to set it on a truck right." Albert and organ are presently at all kinds of events.
VEIER, his Amateur Radio "ham" call is known in a great many places. but try to get Albert to talk about all the contacts he has made and he clams up and says, "Aw, I just like rag-chewing with the boys of the local gang." But he did admit that he had talked with New Zealand and that yes he had contacted Frobisher Bay and some in Greenland. He passed the required tests and Morse code at ten words a minute and got his Amateur License Aug.1, 1939, and before he really got on the air all the ham operators had to shut down for the war years so he really got on in 1946 and hasn't stopped since. In the beginning most of the equipment was made by Albert with a little help from other "hams". Today he has commercially made equipment and a tall tower in the backyard. He thoroughly enjoys attending an Amateur Radio Convention and talking with all the "Hams" and besides attending the Maritime convention when there is one, he hops off to Rockland, Maine, Rochester, New York, or other US points with a car full of other hams. He has a small building in the yard which he calls "the Shack" and it is jam-packed with all kinds of equipment.
Like we said, Albert is not handicapped. He enjoys a full and rewarding life as a citizen of this community and everyone is used to seeing Albert walk down street by himself without even a cane, stopping at corners and arriving at his destination. Say "Hi, Al!" and if he knows you at all he'll come right back with your name. St. Andrews is happily proud and pleased to have him recognized.
Courier
Nov 8/1973
McAdam Train Station was once a bustling center. Excellent photo.
Courier
Dec 13/1973
St. Andrews Canadian Legion in Danger. History of Andraeleo Hall and Catholic Church "hall" attachment. Moved after construction of New Catholic Church.