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St. Croix Courier

Jan 7/1981

Parker House torn down to make room for parking lot of Pentecostal Church. Photo.

Ronald Wilson Reagan

40th President of the United States
(January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989)

Nicknames: "The Gipper"; "The Great Communicator"

Born: February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois

St. Croix Courier

Jan 21/1981

Have a dinner chez Van Horne. Minister's Island could be owned entirely by year's end and turned into a provincial park. 10 acres and share of common ground remain in private hands.

St. Croix Courier

April 1/1981

Preservation by-law and what it means to St. Andrews.

St. Croix Courier

May 6/1981

Chronology of heritage by-law action.

May 6/191981 Fred Burbidge Chairman and CEO of CPR, though President since 1975. Sinclair continued to rule Company, reducing Presidency in power.

1981 William Stinson President

St. Croix Courier

May 13/1981

Citizens say no (600) to present by-laws. "The tone for the meeting was set at the outset when first speaker Trish Elford stated that she didn't think the residential sections of the town should be a "stage set for tourists."

St. Croix Courier

May 30/1981

Full-page spread for Algonquin opening May 22nd. (quite early even compared to 1974, when for the first time it opened June 15 instead of June 30.

St. Croix Courier

May 27/1981

Tourism-oriented information day (at Algonquin casino) a success. According to Ardeth Holmes, 4 years ago 59 percent of people travelling visited historic sites.

St. Croix Courier

June 17/1981

CPR station in McAdam to be named historic site.

23rd annual meeting of New Brunswick Hospital Assoc. to be held at Algonquin.

Nashville on the Road (Bangor CBS) taped three shows at Algonquin. (photo of watchers on lawn) and other 10 for 1981-82 in other parts of New Brunswick and PEI last month.

Algonquin Funland (mini-golf) to open in St. Stephen.

St. Croix Courier

June 17/1981

Heritage Gallery in St. Andrews officially opens June 13. Photo of Robert Percival.

St. Croix Courier

July 8/1981

Shiretown Inn conducts tours on their centennial. Rose Haughn has her facts wrong: says Wyer sold to Pheasant who built hotel 1880. 1961 purchased by Ian and Madgelena MacKay, both of whom worked in Swiss hotels and at Algonquin.

St. Croix Courier

July 15/1981

St. Stephen's new tourist information center opens.

St. Croix Courier

July 29/1981

Algonquin business up this year. First profit in 8 years (since 1973). Only $2,700. Individual travellers from NY and eastern seaboard. Small groups fit well with conventions. 3.5 million has been spent on renovations. David Smith manager. Now working on exterior. Sir William's Lounge has developed local clientele. (fruit of attempt to mollify the locals, play down snobbish image) Lady Beaverbrook among those that formed Algonquin Properties—to save hotel. New Brunswick paid $750,000 for it. CP manages it for 4 percent of profit.

Courier

July 29, 1981

No Park for Minister's Until Province Owns all

No firm plans will be made about the future of Minister's Island until the province owns all of the land on the island, according to spokesman with Historical Resources.

This summer, some work is being carried out on the island, just off St. Andrews, which the province bought in 1977, and there has been some local speculation that it was the beginning of renovation work on the main building to get ready for opening the site as a park.

However, according to David Myles of Historical Resources, the work "is just maintenance to keep the place from falling down . . . just to hold our own." . . . Myles said recently that a massive program would be needed to refurbish the existing building so the public could view them. He said such a project would require federal funds and he added that no work would be done until the province has title to the entire island.

When the province purchased most of the island in 1977, several lots reMained in private hands and those lots included right to the road access to the island. Myles confirmed that the province is still negotiating for those privately held lots. The work being done on the island this summer included repairing a porch on the gardener's cottage, doing work on dormers on the barn, and repairing a chimney and scraping and painting some buildings.

Myles said that between $20,000 and $25,000 is being spent on the "maintenance work." Two local students are doing the work under a summer works program, according to Myles.

St. Croix Courier

Aug 19/1981

Sewage treatment plant began operation in June. $1.2 million.

St. Croix Courier

Aug 26/1981

(Ad and photo)

The Algonquin Hotel is pleased to present The Barley Bree Trio. Sir William's Lounge. Special dinner shows in reserved portion of Passamaquoddy Diningroom. Meal followed by the Barley Bree show. $20 per person. Algonquin Properties Limited name retained by province.

St. Croix Courier

Sept 2/1981

Civic Trust report. Robert Charlton President. Plaques on 42 buildings in St. Andrews. Researching 8 more. Plaques date back to 1978.

St. Croix Courier

Sept 30/1981

Walker's Film Demystifies the Irving family. Giles Walker, "I Like to See the Wheels Turn." NFB. "Walker describes Irving as a shy man who believes people should mind their own business; a man who believes strongly in himself and the righteousness of what he does. His brains, remarkable attention to detail and incredible capacity to work are his hallmarks. Irving believes that growth is what life is all about and that if can be cultivated, nurtured and when necessary, forced." Review by Ann Breault.

LG: The Hon. George Francis Gillman Stanley (1907-) Born in Calgary, Alberta. Appointed 23 December 1981 at age 74 until 20 August 1987.