Charlotte. There, young Protestant and Catholic students discovered 
     
     they were more alike than different, and the religious prejudices that had 
     
     previously kept them apart melted like snow banks under a warm April 
     
     sun. Eventually, the religious differences that had long kept Islanders 
     
     apart in practically every sphere of their lives would dissolve. That was 
     
     reflected in part in the amalgamation of Prince of Wales College and 
     
     Saint Dunstans University to the University of Prince Edward Island 
     
    

    
     in 1969 and the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which replaced the 
     
     Catholic Charlottetown Hospital and the Protestant Prince Edward 
     
     Island Hospital in 1982. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The dissolve of the lines separating Catholics and Protestants, the growing 
     
     secularization of Island society and the increased participation of women 
     
     in the economy and other sectors were the most significant changes in 
     
     Island life during the last half of the 20th century. 
     
    
   
   
    
     That Kathleen and Bill were on the cusp of these changes is reflected in 
     
     the fact that Shawn, their eldest son, was a member of the first classes at 
     
     Spring Park, Colonel Gray and the University of Prince Edward Island. 
     
     However, he and his younger brother D’Arcy, as Catholics, made the trek 
     
     across town to attend Birchwood Junior High School, although Queen 
     
     Charlotte was just down the street from their Riverview Drive home. 
     
     With the breakdown in the religious divide, all of the other Murphy 
     
     children attended Queen Charlotte during their junior high school years. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Even the look of Charlottetown was changing. One of the precursors of 
     
     that change was the opening of the Dairy Queen restaurant on University 
     
     Avenue in 1960. That was soon followed by other fast food chains, 
     
     including the ASCW in 1964 and Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1969. By 
     
     the 1970s, chains like McDonalds and Tim Hortons would complete the 
     
     transformation of University Avenue. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Changes were also taking place in the retail sector. Eatons and Zellers 
     
     established in downtown Charlottetown, and in 1965, the Royalty Mall, 
     
     anchored by Stedmans, became the first shopping mall in the province. 
     
     It would later be joined by the K—Mart Plaza and the Charlottetown 
     
     Mall on the fringes of the city. The establishment of these retail chains 
     
    
   
   
    
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