Local news: More than 1,000 patients were admitted to the Pontiac Community Hospital in Shawville last year, according to the report given by Secretary-Treasurer Harry Thompson at the annual meeting. The hospital was described by one speaker as one of the best equipped small hospitals in Canada. According to Dr. A. F. Fokes, a typical reaction of patients was, “I am well used while here.”

A little of this and that: 

Looks Like A Long Winter…If, as is rumored, the roads are not going to be snowplowed this season.

Those Were The Days…When you could go into a local store and sit down to do your shopping. There’s still one of those stools around. It’s in the Shawville Hardware and, according to Ned Cowan, is over 80 years old.

A Friend In Need…Ebert Richardson who found a hub cap on the Pickanock Road. He deduced it was off a Studebaker and returned it to The Equity office almost before we knew it had been lost.

Warning Of The Week…By Rev. J. W. Robson, of Charteris, to the youths of Shawville who persist in hanging on to the backs of moving vehicles. Mr. Robson’s timely warning: “Somebody’s going to get killed.”

Orchid Of The Week…To the Lions Club of Shawville who are providing Christmas parties for the children of Shawville, Quyon, Stark’s Corners and Ladysmith. Party includes a film and a bag of candy.

Definition Of The Week…Kazabazua means “water under the ground” contributed by Bert Marks, of Woodbridge, Ont.

Timber…Not so good were the pickings for local boys who went to Gillis Bros. camp, 70 miles north of Shawville. They went to cut logs but returned Saturday reporting there were no logs to cut. The party included: Stirling Horner, Donald Smiley, Rodney Telford and John Mackay.

District’s Oldest Church Re-Opens: Zion United Church, which has been under redecoration for a month, was opened again with a service on Sunday which drew a capacity audience. 

The minister, Dr. A. F. Fokes, was in charge of the service, with Mrs. J. W. Hines at the organ. During the service, three children were baptized, the babies of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barber, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hines and Mr. and Mrs. Rae Thompson. 

Miss Kay Woodley sang a hymn of dedication of the newly decorated building, and a presentation of new lamps for the organ and pulpit was made by the former Sunday school class of Mrs. Graham Thompson and a friend of the congregation. Zion Church is about 100 years old, likely the oldest church in the district. It was originally a log building resting on the ground, but in the pastorate of Rev. Mahlon Robinson, it was lifted on a high foundation, a basement for Sunday school installed, and a building bricked outside and lined inside. With a new tower in front, it is now a very pretty and commodious place of worship.