Digby pushes for second N.B. ferry service

The Margison Report had concluded that the 56-mile trip to Welshpool was more viable than the 110-mile voyage from Yarmouth to Bar Harbor, and that two or three daily trips could be made on the shorter service through Digby.

CP Rail rolled back its fare increases. The new $44 return trip fare was back to $35.

Town council was sending out rebate cheques for 25 per cent of collected property taxes.

Police chief Webb Dunn asked council to expand the two-man police force, noting that traffic was heavier with the reopening of the Pines.

As well, The Courier noted: “A new dimension was added to police control when six streakers went through Digby streets.”

At the Regional track and field championships in Bridgetown, a lengthy list of Digby high school athletes qualified for Provincials. They were David Larramore, Pat Theriault, Garnet Stacey, Robert Davies, Danny Francis, Bobby Wood, Ricky Robbins, Robert Morgan, Robert Dugas, Julie Mackintosh and Dawn Owens.

At the Provincial track championships, Julie Mackintosh won the 200-metre race, while David Larramore took third in the 100-m, Pat Theriault was second in the 5,000-m, Robert Morgan was third in the 110-m hurdles, and Robert Dugas was third in long jump.

At the Little Cinema was the Disney movie, ‘That Darn Cat’, starring Hayley Mills and Dean Jones. 50 years ago June 4, 1959 – A heavy rainstorm gullied some town streets when rushing water blocked catch basins, and a torrent of water flooded the basement of Digby Baptist Church.

Using waste oil collected from area service stations, the town was spraying low-lying areas of the town where mosquitoes were breeding. Mayor Victor Cardoza said public health officer Dr. D.E. Black called for the effort.

In Meteghan, some 70 fishing boats took part in the Blessing of the Fleet by the vicar general of the Diocese of Yarmouth.

CP Rail announced the ferry ‘Princess Helene’ would begin Sunday runs on June 21, with same-day ‘go and return’ passenger fares of $3.20.

Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier were starring in ‘The Defiant Ones’, playing at the Capitol Theatre. 60 years ago June 2, 1949 – J.L. Ilsley, former federal finance minister and MP from Digby-Annapolis-Kings, was appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. ‘Mummy’ Muise of the Digby Ravens hurled a no-hitter in a 6-0 win over the Annapolis Tigers.

Hundred flocked to St. Alphonse Church to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes where the replica f the Lourdes shrine had been blessed with water from Lourdes, France, that was brought in 1940 by a priest at St. Bernard Church.

Digby Board of Trade announced a beauty contest would be held in conjunction with Dominion Day activities July 1.

Playing at the Capitol Theatre was ‘Body and Soul’, with stars John Garfield and Lilli Palmer.