 The Cottage Hospital
located on a high elevation overlooking the harbour has a ward for male and one
ward for female patients, besides three private rooms, and can accommodate ten
patients. The staff consists of the Superintendent, a graduate night nurse
and two day nurses. The Marine Hospital is an attractive brick building
along the harbour front. It is to be remodeled in the near future, and is
to be occupied by the Cottage Hospital, as the latter is not large enough to
accommodate its increasing number of patients.
Pictou has a very fine theatre which compares favorably in its equipment and comfort with those in larger towns. It was opened in the fall of 1915, and is the product of Mr. B. Gravestock's energetic effort, who recognizing the need of an up-to-date play house, organized a stock company composed of the leading business men in in the town, and rebuilt the old Advocate Hall previously used as a moving picture house, into a modern theatre. The interior is beautifully decorated. The chairs are up-to-date and comfortable. The house seats 500 people, and the orchestra of eight instruments, would be hard to duplicate in the province, while the entertainment provided is of first class order and changed nightly. The Board of Trade, composed of the town's business and professional men, is actively interested in its growth and development. The Court House and Y.M.C.A. are attractive buildings. The town has a fine Park near the railway station. The sisters of the Congregation de Notre Dame, own a fine convent. All leading secret organizations have lodges in the town. It has tennis, boating and outdoor sport associations, as well as curling and other clubs, to carry on the various winter sports, which with church societies and reading circles, makes the social and intellectual life of the town both pleasant and profitable. |