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     Most of the parish and lay organizations represented 
     
     in 1899 had died out well before 1969, including all of the 
     
     mutual insurance associations, with the exception of 
     
     l’Assomption. An important new association to arrive in 
     
     Tignish during that period was Alcoholics Anonymous. 
     
     This organization has flourished since its early days in 
     
     Tignish when its first meetings were held in a disused 
     
     railway car. 
     
    
   
   
    
     By 1960, organized sports were beginning to 
     
     occupy a place in the community’s life. There was an 
     
     increasing concern too for the young people who had little 
     
     or no work to do, and no means of recreation. And sports 
     
     had recently (1958) been introduced into the schools. 
     
     Starting about 1960, the Tignish Sports and Recreation 
     
     Association (TSRA), which had been formed to meet these 
     
     needs, took on the project of building an indoor rink. It 
     
     was built over four years by men on the Winter Works 
     
     projects and paid for by funds raised at bingos, card plays, 
     
     bake sales and similar activities. Funds came in 
     
     irregularly. Sometimes materials on order would arrive 
     
     at the station, and there would be no money to pay for 
     
     them until more had been raised. This community project 
     
     was to benefit the entire area and all ages, providing as it 
     
     did space for hockey in the winter and for sports, concerts, 
     
     and wrestling matches the rest of the year. One of the 
     
     committee members has described it as ”the hardest thing 
     
     we ever did in Tignish”. It is still entirely supported 
     
     locally by the sale of ice time, membership fees, and the 
     
     same sort of activities that were responsible for getting it 
     
     built. The resemblances to the building of the Church are 
     
     obvious; the significant difference is that, in the case of 
     
     the rink, the TSRA gave the direction and raised the funds. 
     
     As with the various co—ops, organizing help from outside 
     
     the community was no longer needed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     With the exception of teachers, few professionals 
     
     lived in the village. When the doctor who had practised 
     
     in Tignish since 1905 died in 1950, it was found to be