St. Peters. (54) In April of 1962, he made note of “terrible heavy rains and a flood that washed out the St. Peters Bay Bridge.” (55) The most notorious bus related story revolved around a railway

carload of pigs. Waldron Leard of Souris who was on that bus that particular day in the early 1906s recalled that:

A railway carload of pigs being shipped to market sought their freedom and made a great escape. The pigs were in a state of confusion with their newfound freedom and were all over the road.

Henry O’Brien got off the bus and chased the pigs off the road so he could continue on to Charlottetown on time. (56)

A friendly and dependable driver is how many local residents remember Henry the bus driver: a man that was so familiar to so many.

THE CABLE HEAD AIR PARK

A small plane from Paul’s Flying School landed on the ice here today. He was taking up passengers. Three dollars for three minutes. {57)

Before The Cable Head Air Park came into existence, the ice on St. Peters Bay provided a runway for the few planes that did land in the area. Freeman Leslie’s diary entry in February of 1947 indicates that plane rides were not something that was an everyday occurrence in St. Peters.

In 1988, after obtaining thirteen approvals from various government and environmental committees, Jimmy and Jean Whitty established their airfield in Cable Head East. Jimmy, who grew up in Massachusetts, had family roots in Farmington and Peakes, and had been coming to the Island every summer since 1946. In 1967, Jimmy and Jean bought a farm in Cable Head East, and they purchased other farms in the area, as they became available.

The airfield, which encompasses twenty-one acres, took two to three tears to complete. According to Jimmy, “the airfield is busy on the Weekends, especially in the summer months of June, July, and August." (58) In addition to the airfield, they are also currently working on establishing an eighteen-hole golf course adjacent to their airfield. In 1994, Doug and Elizabeth Borman established a Bed and Breakfast bordering the airfield.

‘ I lcnry O’Brien diaries state that the bridge was washed out on the 2“d of April and was re—opcncd on the 7'h "f April that same month.

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