Local News: Rapid growth of Shawville since the war, with an increase in population from 800 to almost 1,500 to-day, has been responsible for overcrowding in Shawville school. The school, which houses the lower and higher grades from one to 12 has overflowed into a nearby school building which was brought in last year from Austin and set up in the school yard. The overflowing has also required the use of Hynes Hall for 35 additional pupils.

Polio Victim Walks Again: While thousands will be watching, a ticket will be drawn at Shawville Fair Saturday night to see who wins a 1950 Chevrolet in the draw being conducted by the Lions Club of Shawville.

One of the most interested spectators will be Charlie Shock, crippled almost a year ago by polio who returned to Shawville Tuesday afternoon and walked along Main Street greeting his many friends. Charlie, who became ill last November has been at Lyndhurst Lodge in Toronto since last May. He was sent to the Lodge, an Ontario government hospital for polio work, by the Lions Club of Shawville and one of the first places he expected to visit in the fair grounds this Thursday was one of the booths where the Lions are selling raffle tickets to raise funds for their polio work. A married man with three children, Charlie was employed by the Hodgins Lumber Co., when he was stricken. Paralyzed from the hips down, he was taken to Pontiac Community Hospital. Local doctors and members of the staff did all they could for him. When he was discharged from the hospital as incurable, the Lions Club of Shawville took an interest in his case. They negotiated for his entry into Lyndhurst Lodge and this summer started the raffle to raise funds for this purpose and general polio work in the community.