Oppenheimer-Prager Museum, St. Andrews, NB

In 1947 Dayspring was sold to Algoma Steel, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a large steel company then owned and controlled by Sir James Dunn. Algoma transferred ownership to Sir James and he and his third wife, Marcia Anastasia Christoforides [known to everyone as “Christofer”] made it their principal residence. The Dunns were insistent on privacy, and built a large 8 foot high wooden wall around the entire multi-acre property to ensure no prying eyes could look in. They entertained lavishly and every Saturday when they were in residence, even showed first-run Hollywood movies flown in from New York on Dunn’s personal DC3 Aircraft. They were very fond of small dogs, and set up their own personal veterinarian, Forbes McLeod, and his wife Ruth, in the neighbouring house, Daytime, which they purchased from Lady Davis [wife of Sir Mortimer Davis of Imperial tobacco and founder of the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal.