former nurse, who worked closely also with Father Tanton, was the hospital administrator for many of those years. The highway from Dartmouth, along the entire length ofthe Eastern Shore, was rebuilt and paved, making it an excellent highway for all local, provincial and tourist traffic. I rather suspect that Father Tanton had a hand also in convincing the province, and the premier, that the new highway was long overdue.

During his fourteen years in the lively, faithful Parish of Tangier, Father Tanton was responsible for many renovations in the Parish Church at Tangier, in the chapel-churches, and in the rectory. When he arrived in the parish, following his wartime service as Padre in the Royal Canadian Air Force (his brother, an Armed Forces doctor. was killed in the war), he realised that many of the families who attended the Eucharist regularly at Mushaboom, Spry Harbour and Spry Bay were actually from the town of Sheet Harbour, where there was no Anglican Church. Before he left the parish, the largest Anglican church building in the area was up and going in Sheet Harbour, vigorously, with a vibrant congregation of faithful Christian worshippers. Again he had, almost single-handedly, provided the impetus, set forth the vision, drew up the basic plans, raised much of the funding, and arranged for the new St. Michael's Church to be constructed and become a spiritual home on the hill, overlooking the town.

St. Michael’s and All Angels Anglican Church Sheet Harbour, NS.

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