were built in 1951; these were all housekeeping cottages from the start. Eventually, in 1970, the Ropers sold Surf Cottages to Eric Campbell of Summerside, who had them for three years, selling the business to Mrs. J oAnne Morash. In the summer Herb and Doris now occupy their cottage on the Bayshore Road, which they built in 1969, on land bought from Mrs. Marc Calder in 1966.

Over the years the Ropers had many repeat guests, who would book for the next summer before they left for home each year; and the children of early times came back later as adults with their own families. A number of tourists enjoyed Surf Cottages and Stanhope so much that they bought land and built their own cottages; these include Connie DeBold, Harry Younker, Harlie Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hurst and Dr. and Mrs. Orne. The Roper’s city guests enjoyed the rural life here, and some had adventures connected with country living: two Montreal psychiatrists were enchanted with the wood stove in their cottage, and insisted they knew exactly how to use it to cook their supper. After a short while, they rushed out of the cottage, coughing wildly, amid clouds of smoke. Fortunately, among their fellow guests was the Fire Chief of Dartmouth, N .S., who bravely entered the cottage and evacuated some burning logs into a galvanised wash tub — the psychiatrists had lit their fire in the oven.

Bayside Cottages

Another cottage rental business on the Bayshore Road was that of Hal Warren. Hal and his wife Annie came to Stanhope in the summer of 1932 to operate “MacMillan’s Hotel” for Jack and Hazel Warren, who that season were managing Stanhope Beach Inn, Hal being Jack’s step-brother. Hal and Annie liked Stanhope and its people so they bought a plot of land from Donald MacMillan on the Bayshore Road, next to the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Allie Mutch. This lot was surveyed for them by John Arch MacLauchlan by pacing off the boundaries. Hal and Annie built a cottage on this land and called it Bayside Lodge. They ran a summer tourist business, and in subse- quent years added more cottages. After Hal’s death 1n 1940, Annie continued to operate Bayside Lodge and Cottages, until her health failed in 1948, when the business was sold to Brenton Howatt, then to Seymour Birt, who in turn sold to Harold Ellis. Donald and Mary Craig now Operate Bayside Lodge, with ten housekeeping units, having bought from Harold Ellis 1n 1979.

Some other early tourist operators include Charlie Snow, from Boston and Toronto, who was married to Bertha Arbing of Millcove. He purchased half an acre of land 1n 1935 and another 2 acres in 1939, bdth from Charles Burt, on which he had Bert Warren build him a lodge and three cottages for rent to tourists; the rent was $1.00 per

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