In 1925, Bethel Presbyterian Church became Bethel United Church. Nash Creek was added as a preaching point to the New Mills Pastoral Charge in 1977. After the amalgamation of New Mills Pastoral Charge and Dalhousie Pastoral Charge in January 2010, it was decided that the congregation of Chaleur United Church, comprised of the remaining members of the New Mills Pastoral Charge, would use the church building in Nash Creek for their worship services.

Frederick Ernst Bettle was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1877, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen (Doughty) Bettle. He was a sergeant in the 89th regiment, in the 2nd contingent of the Canadian Mounted Rifles for the South African War. He belonged to the Loyal Crusaders of Saint John a temperance organization advocating prohibition of alcoholic beverages. He left Saint John in 1907 for Vancouver, B.C., and died there in 1963. He worked for West Coast Grocery Co. He married Cassie Taylor. He had a sister Ida and two brothers Frank and Harry, who served in the First World War.

LCol Beveridge was the Commanding Officer of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise’s) regular force regiment from 1971-1973. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Association of the 8th Canadian Hussars (PL) Inc which was the first step in securing and protecting both artefacts and archival materials from the more than 150 year of history of the regiment in New Brunswick. LCol Beveridge also coordinated the successful application which saw HRH The Princess Anne appointed as the Colonel Commandant of the 8th Hussars, a position she still maintains today. Later in his career he was awarded the title of Honorary Colonel of the Regiments. He currently resides in Ontario and continues to be active with the Association and Regimental Council.

The Carleton Branch Bible Society was established in 1856. The mission of the society was to co-operate with the New Brunswick Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in promoting the circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment; and to furnish copies of the Scriptures free to the indigent, and at reduced prices to those requiring them. Benefactions and subscriptions would be solicited to fund their cause.

Mrs. Mary Bickerton was born on November 14, 1926 in London, England, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Florence (Hazell) Deegan. She came to Canada as a war bride in 1946. Her husband was Sergeant Gordie Bickerton, a member of the 5th Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars). She served for 16 years postwar in the Canadian Army Militia. She was a lifetime member of the Royal Canadian Legion, a past President of the Sussex Branch # 20 as well as the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) Association. Mary served as a director for King's Manor and the Kiwanis Nursing Home. She was a member of the Trinity Anglican Church Choir.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Charlotte County Inc. were an agency which aimed to match children from single parent families with adult volunteers who would spend time with them, with the aim of giving children who were potentially facing difficulties in their lives an adult role model. This agency was granted a provisional licence by the national non-profit organization Big Brothers of Canada in November 1986 and formally began operations in April 1987, with its first two matches between adults and children being made in October 1987.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Charlotte County Inc. was one of many agencies in Canada at that time which had the name Big Brothers/Big Sisters. The origins of this movement can be traced to New York in 1904. The founder of this movement was a New York court clerk named Ernest Coulter, who had noticed an increase of young boys inside his courtroom. He felt that if boys in New York had more caring adults in their lives they would be more likely to stay out of trouble, so he sought out volunteers among his friends who could spend time lending a hand to these boys. He started with 39 volunteers, who formed the beginning of the Big Brother movement. This movement was officially instituted in 1908, and by 1916 had spread to 96 cities across the United States. A similar Big Sister movement was founded in the United States around this time as well by socially prominent women who were concerned for the welfare of girls.

This movement would soon spread to Canada, beginning in Toronto during 1912-1913. There, the newly appointed first Commissioner of the Toronto Juvenile Courts Reverend L.L. Starr became similarly concerned about the young boys and girls who had been appearing in his court. Having heard of the success of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters movements in the United States, he felt something similar could work in Toronto. A Big Sisters organization was formed in Toronto in September 1912 after Reverend L.L. Starr reached out to the Local Council of Women with his suggestion. This Big Sisters organization initially acted as an extension of the Local Council of Women, but became independent in February 1916. Similarly, a Big Brothers movement began in Toronto in June 1913. This separate group was formed by Eleanor Adams Hunter, who worked in Toronto’s court system. She had similar feelings about the number of young boys in the court system, and had also heard of the success of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters in the United States. She founded a Big Brothers movement in Toronto and acted as their general secretary. This group would be formally organized in September 1913.

The way these two Toronto groups functioned at this time involved having a juvenile court judge release a young person convicted of a minor crime into the care of a volunteer belonging to either the Big Brothers or Big Sisters, both of which initially acted as separate entities. In the following years many other Big Brothers/Big Sisters groups would form in Canada. The Big Brothers of Canada, who had granted Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Charlotte County Inc. their provisional licence, are American in origin. This group was formed during 1963-1964, when a group of Big Brothers associations in Ontario who were governed by the American Big Brothers met in Hamilton to plan a national body. They decided to apply for a national charter under the name “Big Brothers of Canada (BBC)” and act as a non-profit organization. Their charter was signed in December 1964 by the Canadian Secretary of State, formally incorporating them.

In December 1972 Big Brothers of Canada separated from the American Big Brothers group and began to self-govern. Within four years of this split it had begun to spread across Canada, with 110 agencies in total in 1976. By 1986, this group would also spread to Charlotte County through Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Charlotte County Inc. The current Big Brothers/Big Sisters agency of Canada was created in 2001 when three separate groups (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, Big Sisters of Canada, and Big Sisters Association of Ontario) merged. Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Charlotte County currently operates today, and is affiliated with the Saint John branch of this organization.

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Barbara A. [Annie] Suthergreen was a native of Advocate Harbour, Nova Scotia born circa 1846. She was the daughter of John Edward Suthergreen (1816-1895) and Sarah Ann (Blenkhorn) Suthergreen (1813-1897). She attended the Mount Allison Ladies’ College during 1870-1871. She married William Henry Bigelow (1831-1898) on 12 July 1875. The couple had the following children: unidentified infant (1877-1877), Helen Williams (1878-1964) and Harold Eugene (1881-1949). She died on 12 October 1943 and is buried in the Advocate Cemetery.

Harold Eugene Bigelow was born on 7 October 1881 at Spencer’s Island, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. He was son of William Henry Bigelow (1831-1898) and Barbara Annie (Suthergreen) Bigelow ([1846?]-1943). He was educated at public schools in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia graduating from the high school there. He entered Mount Allison University and completed his BA with honors in Science in 1903. He was an outstanding athlete and captained the 1902 championship football team. During 1903-1904 he taught at Acacia Villa School in Hortonville, Nova Scotia. He completed his A.B. at Harvard University in 1907. The following year, while an assistant in qualitative analysis, he undertook research work in organic chemistry and obtained his M.A. in 1908. He also obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard completing further work in organic chemistry as an Austin-Peachy Fellow. The title of his thesis was “Some derivatives of Bromtriioddinitrobenzoe.” He taught at Mount Allison between 1911 and 1914 and Brown University in 1914-1915. He returned to Mount Allison in the fall of 1915 after the resignation of Dr. J.L. McKee. He was named head of the Chemistry Department and held that position until his retirement in 1946. He served in the infantry of the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC) Mount Allison Unit from 1916 to 1921. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant. He also served the university as the Dean of Men (1924-1931) and Dean of the McClelan School of Applied Science from (1917-1946). He was a member of the National Research Council (1935-1944), President of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry (1937), Vice-President of the Canadian Chemistry Association (1938). Other honors included: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Chemistry Society of London, member of American Chemistry Society, member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Board of Regents of the Nova Scotia Technical College. He also co-authored the Dominion High School Chemistry textbook. For his contributions he received an honorary degree from Mount Allison University in 1946. He was married to Jennie Belle Marsters (1884-1963) on 14 September 1911 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. She was a graduate of the Mount Allison Ladies’ College in 1904 with a teachers’ diploma in piano. The couple had two children: William Marsters (1913-1919) and John Herbert (1918-2009). He died on 24 July 1949 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He is buried in the Sackville Rural Cemetery.

Jennie Belle Marsters was born on 11 June 1884 in Cheverie, Hants County, Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of Judson Marsters (?-bef. 1901) and Mary (Fitzgerald) Marsters (1861-aft 1901). She was educated at public schools in her home community and entered the Mount Allison Ladies’ College where she completed her piano teacher’s diploma in 1904. She in attendance she served on the Eclectic Society executive. She was married to Harold Eugene Bigelow (1881-1949) on 14 September 1911 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. She was a graduate of the Mount Allison Ladies’ College in 1904 with a teachers’ diploma in piano. The couple had two children: William Marsters (1913-1919) and John Herbert (1918-2009). She died on 15 February 1963 in Sackville, New Brunswick. She is buried in the Sackville Rural Cemetery.