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Courier

Jan 21/1976

Heritage—Consciousness makes progress in St. Andrews. House at corner Queen - Elizabeth home of Caddy Norris. Purchased by Douglass Robinson, addition made. Drawing.

Courier

Feb 4/1976

St. Andrews Museum not far down the Line. CPR to sell Station for $100 to be used as Railway Museum and moved to Indian Point.

Courier

March 31/1976

McGaw Seeks Tourist school for St. Andrews. MLA Leland McGaw (PC-Charlotte West) called for increased tourist activity in a speech before Legislature March 23. Tourists come to New Brunswick "like fish to a weir," he said, but "far too many pass through to other locations." Nothing that tourists spent $140 million in the province last year, McGaw offered suggestions to increase this figure. He proposed establishing a hospitality school at the provincially owned Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews, mentioning the fact that $1.3 million has been budgeted this year for renovation to the only resort hotel in the province . . .

Courier

April 28/1976

Henry Burr: A Superstar Remembered.

Courier

Sept 1/1976

Tourism development Outlined in Plan. "In the St. Andrews area, historic preservation and conservation are the key recommendations with additional emphasis on facilities such as the Huntsman Marine Laboratory." For Campobello: purchase and restore Admiral Owen House.

Courier

Nov 3/1976

Dunn—McQuoid House being changed into 4 senior-citizen apartments. Next to David and Grace's old house. Good photo—handsome bldg.

Courier

Nov 24/1976

Shiretown Proposes Park for Minister's Island

Rose Haughn

A proposal to acquire Minister's Island as a national park was put forth at the November meeting of the St. Andrews Town Council. A motion introduced by Councillor David Scarratt, seconded by Councillor Mary Saunders, that "the Town of St. Andrews formally ask the Federal and Provincial governments to acquire Minister's Island for national purposes."

James Earl Carter, Jr.

39th President of the United States
(January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981)

Nickname: "Jimmy"

Born: October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia