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St. Croix Courier
Jan 26/1983
Atlantic Tourism up 10 percent. 1.2 billion in 1982. 10.8 percent over 1981. Private automobile continued to dominate travel to Atlantic provinces in 1982. 60 percent of overnights arrived by car. Air and motor coach ranked second—26 percent and 3 percent. New Brunswick's bicentennial coming up in 1983. "The ministers agreed that tourism, while not achieving dramatic gains in the economy in 1982, was one of the strongest sectors of revenue and employment in the region."
St. Croix Courier
Feb 2/1983
Fenian scare helped form Union. Sir Leonard Tilley used scare to help defeat anti-confederationists
St. Croix Courier
Feb 9/1983
Town Council seeks loan for downtown facelift. To ask Provincial Capital Borrowing Board for 313,000.
St. Croix Courier
March 2/1983
St. Andrews on TV next week
Civic Trust presents evening of locally-made programs.
Charles and Di should attend—Editorial. St. Andrews Bicentennial Committee should get a visit from Charles and Di on agenda when they swing through New Brunswick June 14-July 1. "And we at The Courier promise not to follow the lead of our colleagues in the British Press and harass the regal pair. Well, we'll at least be polite about it."—Ed. Nelson Wyatt
St. Croix Courier
March 9/1983
Castine, Shiretown committees meet Saturday. Plans for an exchange, as part of Bicentennial Celebrations, known as "Castine Connection."
Bill to designate the St. Croix Island International Historic Site passes U.S. Senate.
St. Croix Courier
March 16/1983
Civic Trust President hails downtown study—Ruth Spicer, pres of Civic Trust. St. Andrews Town Council voted to seek a provincial grant to fund a study "which would provide a long-term development plan for the community's downtown and waterfront area." Proposed preservation by-law rejected 1981. Would not repeat that idea.
St. Croix Courier
April 6/1983
St. Andrews is Jubilant as Royal Tour Announced
Don Richardson
St. Andrews—Local residents reacted jubilantly to word this week the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit here on Saturday, June 18. "I'm delighted that they're coming," said Mayor Jack Boone. "I think we'll be very happy to see them," said Rose McKay Haughn of Augustus St. "We're very lucky . . . this is going to be a great attraction." The visit was officially announced by Premier Richard Hatfield Thursday afternoon. The two-and-a-half day tour of New Brunswick will also see Prince Charles and princess Diana visit Saint John, Rothesay, Campbellton and Dalhousie. Mayor Boone told The Courier Tuesday that meetings will be held with provincial tour co-ordinator Brig. Eric Snow next week to review itinerary and security arrangements for the tour.
A nine-member royal tour committee will be established, the mayor said, consisting of town councillors, bicentennial committee members and other town citizens. A tentative schedule published in the April 2 edition of Courier Weekend would see the Prince and Princess open a special photographic exhibit of painting of George III and his family at the Charlotte County Courthouse, tour the town, and host a reception and lobster boil.
Last week's news had many Shiretown residents thinking back to a misty and foggy day in July, 1967, when the town was last graced by a royal visit. Queen Mother Elizabeth came here that year to officially open the Centennial park and the St. Andrews Blockhouse. "They'll certainly be welcome," said Dr. Carl Medcof of 75 Charles St. "The last royal visit in 1967 was quite a drawing card."
"I have no doubt St. Andrews will be able to put on a first-rate show for the royal couple," commented Dr. David Scarratt of 279 Pagan St., a town councillor and assistant Director of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Biological Research Station here. "I only hope it will be sunny day and not rain like it did the day the Queen Mother came," he commented.
"I'm delighted—very pleased," added Deputy Mayor Mary Saunders of 144 Reed Ave. "I'm sure everyone in town is." "I think it's just great," said Ruth Spicer of 127 Water Street, curator of the Ross Memorial Museum. "I think it's marvellous that they're coming right here," she added. "I'm looking forward to seeing them."
Bicentennial Committee secretary Jean Williamson told The Courier last week local organizers had the aid of a member of the British aristocracy who owns property in the St. Andrews area in convincing Buckingham Palace officials to include St. Andrews in the royal tour. Margot Mais of Prince of Wales St. said her first cousin, the Right Honourable Lord Shaughnessy, has asked her during a telephone conversation if he could be of any assistance in bringing the royal couple to the town. Lord Shaughnessy later spoke with Michael Adien, the Prince of Wales' private secretary, about the possibilities of including St. Andrews on the tour. Mais said Lord Shaughnessy is Canadian by birth, but has resided in Britain for the last few years. He is a member of the British House of Lords, and works as a businessman in a number of fields. Mais describes him as "thoroughly Canadian," and said he owns a home in Bocabec, where he frequently spends his summers.
Editorial: Shiretown should "be itself." Best costume suited to greet royal couple.
St. Croix Courier
May 18/1983
St. Andrews Readies for King's Birthday
June 4. Costs underwritten by Lady Dunn-Beaverbrook and the Sir James Dunn Foundation. "A dinner, tentatively scheduled for the Algonquin Hotel at 6:30 p.m., will cap the busy day. .
St. Croix Courier
March 30/1983
Castine enthusiastic about St. Andrews tie-in. To invite St. Andrews for tour Aug.12 to 14.
St. Croix Courier
May 4/1983
Lady Beaverbrook makes "substantial contribution" to King's Birthday celebrations.
St. Croix Courier
June 18/1983
"The provincial government will be supplying most of the needed items for the visit, from security services right down to the red carpet the Prince and Princess will walk on, Boone said. The province will also pay transportation costs to bring spectators from parking areas at the edge of town into the downtown area. As many as 30,000 spectators are expected to be on hand that day to catch a glimpse of the Royal couple."
Cadet Corps will be transported on a District 23 bus and approx. 50 cadets will leave thss Middle School at 8 am Sunday morning. Buses will leave from St. Stephen Elementary School, the Milltown Elementary School, the Lawrence Station Elementary School, and the Campobello Consolidated School in time to arrive at St. Andrews by 10 am. Buses will meet in the parking lot of the sir James Dunn Arena where supervisors on each bus will take the children to line up along the streets for the scheduled drive through the town by the Prince and Princess. Over 1,000 District 23 students will be in St. Andrews on June 19. Bill for bussing comes to 2,200. School Board to be reimbursed by province. Board member Philip Anderson commented, "It seems like an awful waste of time and effort for a glimpse of them." But board chairman Dorothy Hyslop strongly disagreed. "To see Charles and Diana? It's something they'll remember all their lives. It's worth every penny."
St. Croix Courier
June 15/1983
To Catch a Glimpse—park your car, catch a Bus
Roads leaving into St. Andrews will be blocked off to traffic going into town at 6 am Sunday and will remain blocked off until about 3 pm that afternoon. Shuttle bus service will be provided from 7 am for seniors, handicapped to arena. Rest must walk. Outhouses set up in three locations: parking lots, Indian Point, arena. "They gave us 10 outhouses and enough toilet paper for 24," said ken Howard, Town Public works foreman. 100 picnic tables set up throughout town, at Indian Point, Block House and White House field near the Arena. Most restaurants to be open. Lions Club selling fresh cooked lobsters at 2.50 apiece. 500 to 600 pounds ordered. 200 dozen cans of pop ordered.
St. Croix Courier
June 22/1983
County Charmed by Charles and Di
They came, they saw, they conquered. In a few short hours Sunday morning, the Prince and Princess of Wales swept a town full of hopeful royalty-watchers off their feet as they charmed their way through the 10,000 spectators who had gathered in the mist to greet them. Prince Charles and Princess Diana's 3 1/2 hour visit here Sunday morning was successful capping of the Royal Couple's three-day tour of New Brunswick, a tour which also saw them visit Saint John, Rothesay, Dalhousie and Campbellton. Neither the Royal Couple nor the legions of sightseers seemed the least bit daunted by the rain and fog which covered the town, as the Prince and Princess chatted leisurely with spectators during two "walkabouts."
Arriving at the town wharf out of a dense fog at 9:40 am, the Royal Couple were whisked to attend morning prayer at the All-Saints Anglican Church. After spending a few minutes grasping hands and sharing pleasantries with the crowd outside the church, they moved on to a reception hosted by Lieutenant-Governor George Stanley at the Algonquin Hotel. Following the reception, they signed the town guest book and received gifts from the town, met some of the 3,000 children waiting outside, and then sped back to the wharf and Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia waiting offshore.
Two drenching rainstorms in the early morning hours Sunday did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the thousands of hopeful royal-watchers who began lining the motorcade route along King St. as early as 5:30 am. In addition to the large numbers of Charlotte County residents in the crowd, spectators had come from as far away as Massachusetts and New Hampshire to catch a glimpse of the Prince and Princess. Coming in out of grey curtain of fog, the royal cutter glided into the pontoon at the wharf to the clicking and whirring of newsmen's cameras. They were greeted there by St. Andrews Mayor Jack Boone and his wife Nancy, along with Premier Richard Hatfield and federal Public Works minister Romeo Leblanc.
Hopping into a Cadillac Limousine, the Royal Couple were driven up King St. past cheering crowds, who burst into screams of delight when Charles and Diana stepped out of the car. The couple were greeted at the church steps by the Venerable Archdeacon, J. F. N. Jones, Rector of All Saints Church, who escorted the couple inside.
Nearly 500 churchgoers craned their necks for a better view of the Prince and Princess when they took their seats in a front pew. The Royal Couple were preceded into the building by a wedge of security officers, prior to the arrival of the church procession. Archdeacon Jones welcomed Their Royal Highnesses in Welsh, his native tongue and said he had nearly decided to preach the entire sermon in the language. "I was going to preach the whole sermon in Welsh, but then realized it wouldn't be fair," Jones aid. "You aren't all bilingual like the Prince and I." The Archdeacon remarked that it was a great honor to have the Prince and Princess attending the service. "And never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would direct a service for Your Royal Highnesses on this, my thirty-fourth anniversary of ordination," he said
Archdeacon Jones' sermon centred on how the refinements of life had been gained for people today through the labours of their forefathers. He cited advances in education, culture and science and said, "Their labours have left us a great heritage and it is ours for nothing."
He also said this heritage has left people with an obligation: "A generation that neglects its heritage loses what it has. We must look into our past with pride and thanksgiving." Prince Charles read The Lesson during the service, quoting Deuteronomy 8:6 to the end of the chapter.
A minor flap occurred during the service as the prince stepped to the lectern. An elderly man, reported a St. Andrews resident, began taking photographs of Prince Charles, in direct violation of the Royal Couples' wishes that no pictures be taken of them in the church. The man was intercepted by a security officer and the incident went unnoticed by the bulk of the congregation. Following the service, the Royal Couple stepped outside to mingle with the crowds. Wherever the Royal Couple went on their tour, they were constantly followed by a crowd of news photographers and television cameramen, as well as a large security force designed to keep the photographer at bay sat a respectable distance from the prince and Princess.
After taking a motorcade around St. Andrews, the Prince and Princess arrived at the Algonquin Hotel to be greeted by a screaming mob of 3,000 schoolchildren from all over Charlotte County. They were greeted by Lieutenant-Governor Stanley and his wife, and went inside to meet more than 200 local officials, businessmen and community leaders from all parts of Charlotte County.
After the hour-long reception, the couple signed the town's guest book on the hotel verandah, and received gifts of Cottage Craft sweaters and stuffed toys for the Royal Couple and young Prince William, who celebrated his first birthday yesterday.
They then took a brief walkabout through the crowds of children, receiving gifts of flowers and shaking hands with the thronging children who pushed their way through to see them. The Vincent Massey Elementary School Choir, under the direction of Ruth Precesky, sang and played recorders for the Pri9nce and Princss, who stopped briefly to talk to the young musicians.
They then got back into their limousine, which drove them back to the wharf and the awaiting cutter.
Not all were happy with the circumstances surrounding the second walkabout, however, as onss parent said she was upset her children hardly caught a glimpse of Charles and Diana. Thss schoolchildren were placed at the mouth of the Algonquin Hotel driveway. There was no prior warning when the motorcade drove by. "If they had blinked, they would have missed it," the parent said.
When the Royal Couple emerged from the Hotel to do the walkabout, thss children fared no better with their view. The parent said there was a large bush in the way as they descended the Hotel steps and the official party with the couple blocked any back view the children might have had. "You talk about some disappointed kids," she said, adding they had stood in that spot for four hours waiting to see the prince and Princess.
"I didn't think that was very fair to the children. I feel very sorry for the children because I feel the children should get to see them most." The crowd poured down from the Hotel to Indian Point, where the Britannia, the Canadian Forces helicopter carrier HMCS Assiniboine and numerous sailboats could be seen in the mist of St. Andrews Bay.
The ship turned and sailed back into the Bay of Fundy, bound for Halifax amid a klaxon salute from the boats and the end of their Maritime tour.
The Royal Couple then flew on to Ottawa, and were scheduled to make appearances in Alberta, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland before they return to Britain in early July.
St. Croix Courier
June 22/1983
"He Joked with us," ladies exclaim.
Tana Moon, 13; Tammy Small, 13; Jennifer Lively, 16; and Alison Scarratt, 14 spent Sunday as young ladies-in-waiting to the Princess of Wales. Dressed in long, flowered dresses and starched white caps, the girls carried baskets filled with flowers and gifts from admirers of Princess Diana. The primary role of the girls was to help Princess Diana's real lady-in-waiting to carry all of the flowers, gifts and stuffed toys for Prince William accumulated during the walkabout outside the All Saints Anglican Church and the Algonquin Hotel. Without a doubt the envy of scores of young girls, the St. Andrews foursome will have many fond memories of the royal visit. After the prince and Princess left the Algonquin Hotel on Sunday, the four were elated, almost incredulous they had actually talked and joked with Prince Charles. "Oh, it's so exciting," exclaimed Moon, "It's just great, it's spectacular. he's really Prince charming." "Oh yes," agreed Small. "He's gorgeous and he was making jokes with us." According to the girls, among the gifts for prince William were a stuffed frog made by Cottage Craft Ltd., in St. Andrews from the children of the town and a stuffed dog. "He asked us if we made it," related Moon, "and then said he said that he was sure prince William would love the frog. He'll chew on it," he said. But, said Small, Prince Charles said he was so fond of the stuffed dog, "he said he'd keep it for himself." The girls said they didn't get the chance to chat with princess Diana but the unanimous opinion was they she was "beautiful." "She's so pretty, even prettier than all the pictures," said Moon. And, she added, when the Prince and Princess left the Algonquin for the wharf on their way out of town, "she waved to us and said Thank You."
Prince wore a gray suit and dark tie; Di wore beige dress with white hat and veil.
RCMP maintained discreet distance of 30 feet between media and couple.
Prince Charles in particular eagerly moved from person to person, clasping hands and trading quips with the enthusiastic crowd. Where the Prince was almost boisterous, Diana most often flashed a shy smile and exhibited the demure charm that has captivated people since she first entered the international limelight. When Charles was shaking hands with a group on the left side of the road, a group on the right side would clamour, "We want Charles, we want Charles." The same went for the Princess, and both of them ably juggled the crowed to the townsfolk's satisfaction. After the round of handshaking, the Royal Couple was whisked to the Algonquin Hotel by motorcade for an official reception. Again crowds awaited and again there was a tumultuous welcome. Schoolchildren sang, spectators craned their necks for a better look and town officials preened as the royal couple once again made the rounds. "I touched his hand, I touched his hand," exulted Lauri Colerman of Saint John. "I shook hands with both of them. I'll never wash this hand again."
St. Andrews mayor jack Boone may have won the favor of the voters, but he gained the ire of much of the international press during the book-signing ceremony by the Royal Couple at the Algonquin Hotel entrance. As the couple were ready to be seated, the mayor positioned himself between the photographers and the Royal Couple. This brought a cry of anger from the press corps, and one cried out "Move, Jack!" Soon another corps took up the call, and several more joined in the "Move, Jack!" chorus. After a minute, he turned, grinned for the cameras and stepped back, letting the photographers do their jobs.
Perhaps the biggest, and least-publicized, security break during the whole royal visit was the Case of the Missing Outhouse. One morning last week, Dave Stevens awoke to find a large, rectangular box sitting in his driveway. Puzzled, Dave endeavoured to fathom the meaning of this strange gift, and spent the rest of the day inquiring what he had done that the world should give him an extra outhouse. Word of Dave's fortune reached St. Andrews towns works crew superintendent Kenny Howard, who immediately sent after the missing portable lavatory, just in time to prevent security forces from putting out an All-Points bulletin for its arrest.
Harry and Martha Bryan cruised by the royal yacht in their dory, paying the most relaxed visit.
Blair Moffatt hosted a Royal Party Saturday night, where guests, invited and uninvited, included the keepers of the Crown Jewels, several princesses, a court jester, a young woman with a Union Jack draped about her, and a large man with a bedsheet wrapped about his mid-riff, claiming to be baby Prince William.
Emerging with the 200 other invited guests at the Algonquin Hotel reception, St. George Mayor Nathan Rubin declared the Princess of Wales to be "a very pretty girl," and said Prince Charles "was as nice a fellow as you would ever want to meet." And when all is said, we think that says it all.
Editorial on Hatfield's double faux pas: at provincial banquet in Saint John "We have heard and read the lies; today it was wonderful to meet and know the truth." And his remark to the media: "I don't talk to the workers."
What impressed one hand-shaker most was the direct glance Diana gave before she actually shook the hand, as if to say with her eyes she was intending the extended hand for that specific person.
Determined royal-watcher Herbert Holland of St. Andrews received special permission to sit on the Verandah of the Algonquin Hotel when the Prince and Princess arrived for the Lieutenant-Governor's reception.
Premier Richard Hatfield's remarks at a Saint John reception for the Prince and Princess of Wales made him a sitting duck for the sharpshooters in the British tabloid press. The Fleet Street crowd gave him the nickname "Disco Dick" after he made snide comments about gossipy writings on the Royal Couple at the dinner. Picking up on the Premier's honorary Indian title, they referred to his statements as "Rolling Thunder's Blunder."
A spectator's remorse over an ill-fated attempt to deliver flowers to the Royal Couple brought words of praise from Princess Diana. The Princess told security officers she was pleased a young girl who had thrown flowers into her car Sunday had apologized to one of them for the incident. Inspector Hank Michealow of the RCMP, security coordinator for the New Brunswick portion of the Royal visit, said the incident began when a unidentified girl broke through security lines just as the royal limousine was coming into the Algonquin Hotel. The girl, whom Michealow said was in her early teens, had apparently intended to give her flowers to the Princess of Wales. Instead, she threw them into the open car window onto the Princess' lap. Later, Michealow said, the teary-eyed teenager approached him to confess what she'd done. She told him she was worried the Princess might have been injured, or angry at her for throwing the flowers. Michealow said he passed the girl's words on to his superior, who relayed them to the Princess. The princess said she was glad the girl had the kind of courage to come forward and admit she'd done something wrong, Michealow said. "She also wanted to let the girl know she wasn't hurt or angry with her." Michealow said he didn't know the girl's name, and did not find her again on Sunday, but wants her to know her enthusiasm did not offend the Princess of Wales, nor did her pleas for forgiveness go unheeded.
St. Croix Courier
June 15/1983
Accommodation still available. Algonquin booked, of course, but Seaside Inn, rates from 16 to 50, still open. Rules of protocol: "Invited guests are asked not to use cameras during the reception at the Algonquin Hotel."
St. Croix Courier
June 22/1983
On sale this weekend: Royal Visit Souvenir Album. 1.00. By St. Croix Courier
Previously unpublished photos.
Point Lepreau now officially open
St. Croix Courier
July 6/1983
First Canadian aquaculture conference to be held in St. Andrews
Editorial: PEI offers more hospitality than New Brunswick to tourists, more engaged in hospitality trade.
St. Croix Courier
July 13/1983
200 Years, 200 Photographs
Scenes from St. Andrews' past come alive at Sunbury Shores—200 photographs covering 200 years—loaned by residents. "There are photographs of the 1913 fire which destroyed the original Algonquin Hotel. You can see how closely the company copied the original structure when rebuilding what is the present hotel."
Rumour that For Tipperary designed to resemble old fort apparently true. Photo shows Hotel with Manse in foreground. Queen St., All Saints Church mentioned. Algonquin gets most notice in review.
St. Croix Courier
July 20/1983
Algonquin hosts bicentennial tennis open
St. Croix Courier
July 27/1983
New Brunswick Tourism off to best start since 1979 for June.
St. Croix Courier
Aug 17
Castine and St. Andrews. National Anthems mingle as Towns mark connection.
St. Croix Courier
Aug 24/1983
St. Andrews expected to have cable in few months.
Courier Weekend
Aug 27, 1983
Island Development "Still Years Away," Official
Although the provincial government now owns all of Minister's Island, it will still be years before the island is developed, according to an official of the provincial Department of Historical Resources.
After many years of negotiating, Ralph Whitehead said the government purchased the approximately 10 percent of the island, located off the northeast side of this town. The government was unable to buy the portion, which includes the right of way to the island, when the 90 percent of the island was purchased six years ago.
Obtaining the last portion cost approximately $75,000, Whitehead said. In 1977 the government paid $750,000 for the larger sections.
Calling the situation of the island development "the same old story year after year," Whitehead said development will not take place "until somebody opens up the purse strings."
He said he expects the money will eventually come from the provincial rather than the federal government. . . . The house was originally constructed as a small cottage in the late 1880s and was continuously expanded until completion around 1911.
The final parts of the home were designed by renowned Canadian architect of the day, Edward Maxwell, who also designed approximately 10 other homes in St. Andrews at the turn of the century.
At the moment, the Department of Historical Resources is "having the place mothballed" until the development funds are released, Whitehead said. Last summer, the stone chimneys on the main house were repaired, and the stone windmill is being repaired this summer, he said.
Since the government has owned the island, it has been off-limits to the local people who were used to picnicking on the island beaches. This summer, however, Osprey Travel and Promotions Ltd. Of St. Andrews has been permitted to conduct mini-bus tours of the island, Whitehead said.
The tours, he said, include inside views of some of the buildings on the island. Jean Williamson of Osprey Travel said so far her company has only conducted two tours of the island, but hope to do more next summer.
St. Croix Courier
Aug 31/1983
1983 a record year for Maine State Parks
St. Croix Courier
Sept 21/1983
McAdam Train Station to be designated National Historic Site in two days. See Article Sept. 28. Good photo. Two wings added by CPR 1910-11. (coincidence with Algonquin expansion?)
St. Croix Courier
Sept 28/1983
Charlotte County Courthouse to become National Historic Site Oct. 3. Earl Caughey to give historical background.
McAdam Station: existing wooden structure replaced 1904. Two wings added 1910-11. W. H. Painter. Scottish castle. 30,000. Contractor Joseph McVay. Hotel on 2nd floor closed 1959, "nice but not too fancy." Lunch counter closed 1976. used to see 16 trains daily. According to Labour Adjustment Programs Committee President Neil Anderson, 35,000 tourists would visit annually if opened as attraction. Article by Elaine Bateman. Conference rooms, banquet facilities. King's Landing and St. Andrews mayor Jack Boone supportive of link.
St. Croix Courier
Oct 5/1983
Castine people arrive in St. Andrews
Ceremony celebrates Court House History. Only one in eastern Canada used continuously since first opened.
St. Croix Courier
Sept 30.83
WGM makes official visit to Algonquin. chapter OES. Masonic.