“I am extremely honoured to be considered for this prestigious award,” said Wayne Hambly. “Frankly, to be associated with some of the names on this list is quite an honour.” He is owner of Hambly Enterprises, consisting of P.E.I. Home and Recreational Vehicle Centre, Hambly’s Country Wide Home Furnishings and Appliances, Hambly’s Rental Ltd., made up of Parkwood Estates, Chateau Estates, Riverview Estates, and River Ridge Estates, as well as the operation of six residential rental properties. Hambly’s citation notes his strong community and cultural involvement. He is involved with 26 organizations, including chair of the Fathers of Confederation Building Trust since 1993, Rotary district governor, director of the Capital Commission, co-chair of the Heart and Stroke Provincial Campaign, and president of the Greater Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce. “In our business, we owe our community an awful lot for the support that they have given our company and our family over the years, so it is a joy to be able to be involved in giving something back in the way of volunteer positions,” said Hambly on Thursday.”

“It is a great honour to be recognized by your peers thorough induction into the business hall of fame along side so many that I admire and respect,” said Callbeck. Her citation called her a trailblazer for the advancement of Canadian women. “When I graduated from Mount Allison (university) in 1960 with a bachelor of commerce degree, I was the second woman ever to do so, and now the classes for that degree at that university are over 60 percent women,” said Callbeck. She joined the family business, Callbeck’s Limited, and later played a key role in bringing Leon’s Furniture to Charlottetown. “When I joined my brother in the family business in Central Bedeque, there were very few business women and now there are over 340 members of the Prince Edward Island Business Women’s Association,” she said. “It is amazing how business has changed through the years,” said Callbeck during a reception Thursday. “When I started in the furniture business, a customer would come in and we would probably sell them one item and they would pay cash. “Now it is not uncommon for a customer to buy a house-lot of furniture and generally it is financed. “When we started, too, we didn’t really know until the end of the year whether we were going to have a profit or loss,” she said. “We didn’t know until the auditors came in and told us. “Now, of course, you have all those things right at your finger tips. There have been a lot of changes and with that goes a lot of challenges.” Callbeck says she is very active with her work in the Senate so only has a chance for meetings about once a month with management of the family business.

David Scales echoed her comments on the induction, and looking back at his work in building Island Fertilizer. “It is a very special night,” said Scales “I never dreamt I would be in this level ever before. I am awed by it. “It is always a challenge but you have to roll with the changes and just move ahead,” he said of his business career.