This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/798.1.1 Message Board Post: I have the year as 1947, but not sure of my source on that. Nova Scotians on the NOVADOC were Lloyd and Chipman Rice, sons of Robert Rice,of Bear River,Digby County; Robert and James Vroom, sons of Major and Mrs. R.J. Vroom, of Deep Brook; John and William Francis, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Francis, of Smith's Cove ; Sherman Higgins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Higgins, Bear River ( my cousin, and formerly of Freeport) ; Gerald Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Porter, Hill Grove ; and Ralph Peters, age 23, of Rossway, Digby County. Two female cooks were aboard, one was Mrs. Marcus Larson, of Windsor, N.S., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ettinger, of Windsor. I have the article (which has pictures of Robert Vroom and Gerald Porter (thanks to Gail Metcalfe), if you would like an email copy. The article, we believe, is from the Digby Courier. John Thurber