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     Although there is no known written record of his visit to 
     
     Tignish, the results of it were soon apparent elsewhere. 
     
     Once home in Nova Scotia, Father Coady (as he was then 
     
     known) travelled the fishing towns and villages of Eastern 
     
     Nova Scotia inspiring fishermen to organize in a similar 
     
     way. Soon there were fishermen’s unions and locally- 
     
     owned fish factories all along the coast. Father Coady 
     
     then organized United Maritime Fishermen (UMF), an 
     
     umbrella organization; Chester McCarthy became its first 
     
     president. Although the latter only served from 1929 to 
     
     1932, taking the Island members out with him on his 
     
     resignation, UMF itself was a great success. Chester 
     
     McCarthy continued to work with Father Coady by 
     
     undertaking the organization of fishermen's unions in 
     
     small ports on the Island. Altogether some twenty—seven 
     
     were founded there by 1941; most of these saw their 
     
     members through the Great Depression, and only 
     
     disbanded when there seemed no further need for them. 
     
     Several still exist, and a new one was organized just a 
     
     few years ago. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thanks to the efforts of Monsignor Coady (as he 
     
     eventually became) and a number of colleagues, c0- 
     
     operative organizations spread all across the Maritimes. 
     
     Since that time, St. Francis Xavier University has 
     
     Specialized in co-operative studies and attracted students 
     
     from all over the world via what would become, in later 
     
     years, the Coady Institute. For many years, groups of 
     
     these students made field trips to Tignish to see how a 
     
     co—operative community worked in practise. In this way, 
     
     Tignish has become better—known on other continents 
     
     than in North America. Its co—operative fishery has been 
     
     a model in use worldwide. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Meanwhile back in the thirties, the Antigonish 
     
     Movement was promoting the establishment of credit