Vanguard Vault

The 1968 federal election had come and gone and the Liberals had triumphed nationally – winning enough seats to form a comfortable majority – although the riding of South Western Nova went Progressive Conservative by electing Louis R. Comeau.

The old Shell station on John Street in Yarmouth had been demolished. The vacant property was to be used for parking by the new Dairy Queen restaurant.

35 YEARS AGO

The Bluenose ferry had achieved a milestone, the ship having reached the half-million mark in the number of vehicles carried. A ceremony marking the occasion was held at the Yarmouth ferry terminal, where a family from Pennsylvania – occupants of the 500,000th vehicle to travel aboard the Ferry since its launch in 1956 – was presented with a gift.

A spokesman for a group representing Yarmouth motels said the local tourism season was shaping up to be a “bumper one.” There were more tourists around, he said, and they seemed to be spending more money.

Rev. A.D. (Bill) Newell, recent graduate of the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, was less than a month away from assuming his duties as pastor of Yarmouth North Baptist and Brooklyn United Baptist churches.

30 YEARS AGO

News items included a local solid waste committee’s efforts to determine where to put a landfill to serve the Yarmouth area. The committee was leaning towards a site off the Hardscratch Road, according to a story in The Vanguard’s July 5, 1978 edition.

The future of Yarmouth’s industrial park reportedly was uncertain, as the local industrial commission was considering selling the facility.

25 YEARS AGO

Local protests against the spraying of a chemical containing the herbicide 2, 4-D may have helped end the spraying, but a provincial government official suggested the stoppage had more to do with timing and the fact that the chemical was in short supply, The Vanguard reported in its July 6, 1983 edition.

The Yarmouth District School Board had decided to hold off on plans to establish a new primary French immersion program.

20 YEARS AGO

Canadian Pacific had officially filed an application to abandon the rail line between Yarmouth and Kentville. The move had come as no surprise to those hoping to have the rail service maintained.

Another transportation service – Acadian Lines – was in the news, the company having decided to stop the extra bus trips it had begun recently between Yarmouth and Halifax. Poor response from travellers was cited as the reason.

15 YEARS AGO

The 1993 Yarmouth International Air Show had been cancelled due to a lack of funds. The air show committee was to meet later in the summer to discuss what direction to take for the future.