Police News: The road blocks in Shawville Monday were part of a search for hold-up men who robbed Glenwood Five Station in Lucerne at 1:30 and the Imperial Bank in Hull at 2:30 the same day. It may have been two sets of thieves. Bob Smith’s truck, stolen and recovered, was a victim of juvenile crime and the culprits’ identities are being protected because of their tender ages.
Shawville old folks home is one step closer: Last week six members of the Board of Directors of the Shawville old folks home (proposed) went to Montreal to meet with consulting engineers, a government representative, and the architects, at the office of the latter.
President Dale Thomson, along with Carson Hodgins, Orla Young, Percy Belsher, Ray Lamb and Elsie Schwartz, gave to Mr Patrice Ouellette of the Quebec Government, their board’s choice from among the tenders for construction of the home which will be built beside the hospital.
The choice of the board was Sotremont Construction of Hull. This name will have to be approved by Quebec, which approval is expected later this week.
The trip to Montreal turned out to be a two day visit for the Shawville delegation when they decided not to return the same night because of dangerous driving conditions.
As soon as word is received from Quebec about the acceptability of their choice of tender, the work should get underway in Shawville.
Teachers demonstrate by calling in instead of going in: Nine teachers came to school Monday morning at the S.E. McDowell School in Shawville. Two were home sick and the other 13 called in to say they wouldn’t be in. Children arriving for school were sent home at about 8:45. Those who came by bus were returned the same way. It was expected that other schools in the County would find themselves without teachers.
No teachers can legally go out on strike until mid-February but there is still hope that these demonstrations will impress their concern over conditions in Quebec on the Government. The hope is to make the public aware of the facts and thus gain public support for their demands.
Télébec completes rural service improvement program: With the conclusion of Télébec Ltée’s construction work in the Shawville and Norway Bay area, commercial manager Mrs Jeannine Hébert announces that the company has completed its rural service improvement program in the area. The purpose of the program was to reduce to four the number of subscribers sharing a telephone line.
As well as limiting the number of subscribers per line, the company has also improved its telephone plant in the area. Telephone company workers buried more than 255,000 feet of cable and installed approximately 36,900 feet of aerial cable.
Representing a capital investment of $221,000, the construction program will benefit all subscribers by improving the quality of telephone communications, Mrs Hébert states.