Ray's Corner
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Ray's Corner
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Where Are They 54 Years Later?
Digby Regional High School – Grade 11 – June, 1959
Thumbnail Snapshots of the Past 54 Years: Front Row Sheila VanTassel Nurse, married, lived Truro area, retired, summers near Pugwash, NS
Sharon Richard Married, divorced or widowed, living Toronto area 2010 – (Needs more research/input)
Nancy Cook Stenographer, married in NS, navy/police family moved Carleton Place/Georgetown/Milton ON, widowed, deceased Kentville, NS, 2013, interred Milton, ON
Edith Jarvis Married, lived Montreal – (Needs more research/input)
Karen Nickerson Teacher/principal in Ontario, retired, married Gary Gesner 2010, living Waterdown, ON
Patricia Dukeshire To St. Pats; moved with Judy Marshall to Halifax 1960, real estate management, married, divorced, remarried first husband; deceased Windsor, NS, Nov 2022
Viola Pierce Homemaker, married, retired, living Bridgewater area, NS
June Hawkins Nurse to retail business (craft shop) owner in Digby to nursing, married, divorced, retired, living Digby, NS
2nd Row Girls Linda Brinton Secretary, married, retired, living New Minas, NS, 2006
Sheila Robbins Secretary/receptionist in Digby to two generations of “Dr. Black”, married, retired, living Hill Grove, NS
Leila Clayton Married Ron Denton, to BC 1969, florist, early childhood educator, deceased Vernon, BC, 2013
Nancy Gillespie Practical nurse, married Allen Nichols, divorced, remarried, retired, living Cole Harbour, NS
Judy Marshall To St Pats; moved with Patricia Dukeshire to Halifax 1960, spent a career with Sears Canada, married, retired, living Halifax, NS
Pat Surette To NB, nurse, married, retired, widowed, living Saint John, NB, deceased 2022
Linda Morehouse Teacher? married, living Lower Sackville late 90s-early 00s, apparently living Boutlier’s Point, NS, 2013
Faye Marshall Nurse, married, retired, separated, living in South Range on Mallette Lake, Digby Co, NS
Joan Balser Office clerical? married, widowed, remarried, divorced, remarried, living Lansdowne, NS
Margaret Woolaver To St Pats? stenographer, to Owen Sound, ON, by 1965, appears living Kitchener, ON, 2013, under “T Woolaver” representing nickname “Tangie”
Nancy Parker Nurse, married, lived Denmark several years, family returned to Canada, retired, living Calgary, AB
Irma Lewis Book-keeper at Digby Co-Op, married, divorced, retired, living Kingston, NS
Audrey Lewis May be a retired nurse living in Plympton, NS – (Needs more research/input)
Dianne Trask More recently partner in fish farming business, married, long time organizer in Valley Senior Games/activities, living Tiverton, NS
Linda Doucette Secretary, married, retired, living Barton, NS
Evelyn Shortliffe Early to Halifax, clerical work, married a printer, to Saskatoon, SK in the ‘70s, returned to NS with now Minister-husband, believed to be living Merigomish, NS, 2013
Luella Hicks Teacher, married Bob Marshall, retired, family researcher, has published a number of family genealogies and indices to Digby Courier, living Porter’s Lake, Digby Co, NS, deceased 2017
Ruth Atkinson Attended theological college in MA, married a minister, spent some time in Fredericton, NB, retired, living Halifax, NS
Sylvia Johnson Teacher, married, retired, living Hackett’s Cove, NS
3rd Row Boys Fulton Logan Pharmacist, worked/lived Digby/Halifax, married, Federal Liberal candidate South Western Nova 1972, divorced, tragically deceased 1977
John Murley Educator, worked NS Dept. of Education, married, divorced, retired, living Halifax, NS
Lionel McCormick Worked Canada Post, major leadership in NS Lions Club, married, retired, living Lake Echo, NS, deceased 2018
Richard Porter Married, deceased, Brampton, ON, 1970, buried Hill Grove, NS
Greg Eldridge X-Ray Tech, to Ontario c 1970, married, retired, living Stratford, ON
Charles Balser Retail Sales - Watkins Independent Associate, retired, living Georges River, North Sydney, NS
Robert Gosson Worked Michelin Tire, Bridgewater, early married, divorced, retired, deceased Plympton, NS 2009
Reid Andrews Accounting/systems management in global chemical industry, retired, married, living Stouffville, ON, summers Brighton, NS
Lloyd Paul Engineer/entrepreneur, migrated to NB, owns construction firm, married, living Saint John, NB
Joe Potter Lawyer, corporate secretary for Algoma Steel in ON, returned to NS mid-1980s, on Board of Halifax financial institution, married, deceased Halifax 1991
Walter Murphy Operated land survey business in St. Stephen, NB, married, tragically deceased in a moose-vehicle accident in southern NB in 1990
Ray Riley Geologist/civil servant/consultant, married, semiretired, living Thunder Bay, ON
Gerald Parker Biologist for CWS, among others studied caribou in NWT and lynx in CBI, married, widowed, remarried, writing and living Sackville, NB
Winston Gidney Married, worked ‘Clairtone’, New Glasgow, NS, in the 1960s; living Terrace, BC, 2009
Winston Handspiker Canadian Forces-RCAF radar tech, nicknamed “Red”, posted to Cape Breton, married, retired, living Sydney, NS 2002
Wayne Adams Entrepreneur/service station operator, Granville Ferry, married, retired, living Annapolis Royal, NS
Richard Lewis No info – (Needs more research/input)
Alan [Allen] Denton A fish buyer early, later RCMP, worked NS Region, married, retired, subsequently worked in Digby Neck fishing industry, living Little River, NS
Raymond Brinton Owner auto body business, Joggin Bridge, NS; married Dianne Darres, retired, living Smiths Cove, NS
Howard Leonard Married Betty Walker, initially a teacher, then a career Federal-government personnel officer, retired, lived Cole Harbour, NS , deceased 2020
Back Row Rennie Turnbull RCMP, married Pat Roberge, deceased in-service in Ottawa, ON, 1994
Greg Denton Fisherman early, Baptist minister by ‘84, married, parishes included Yarmouth/Liverpool, NS, retired, lived Halifax 2013, deceased 2015
Roy Brinton Owner auto salvage-Marshalltown, married, deceased Marshalltown, NS, 2003
Barry MacDormand Principal in Dartmouth-based businesses involved in the construction of industrial buildings and property management, married, living Cole Harbour, NS
Gary Gesner Canadian Forces-MP, one tour Syria, married, divorced, married Karen Nickerson 2010, retired, living Waterdown, ON
Kenneth Irving Deceased in 1965 at 23 years, interred Sandy Cove, NS
David Pugh Canadian Forces-RCAF, retired, married, village commissioner and living Westport, NS, 2012
Donald Darres Sales; initially worked Halifax area, lived Annapolis c 2005, more recently Lower Sackville, married, retired
Barry Kaye Teacher, married Heather Adams, retired, living Porters Lake, Halifax Co, NS, 2011, deceased 2019
Data compilation by Ray Riley, fall 2013, with contributions from former DRHS students Reid Andrews, Michael Bailey, Gary Gesner, Faye (Marshall) Grant, Judy (Marshall) Josey, Luella (Hicks) Marshall, Lionel McCormick, Dianne (Graham) Nice, Ray Riley, Garry Wamboldt |
