Happy birthday to the following people celebrating this week: Bonnie Stafford, Darlene Crawford, Peggy Cruickshank, Ralph Lang, Brent Carson, Dorothy Cowley, Hayley Campbell, Holly Campbell, Kellie Keon, Joan Gray, Bonney Harris, Debbie Telford, Fred Deering and Lois Callaghan.
Couples celebrating their anniversaries this week are: Ray and Patricia Brown, and Robert and Linda Berube.
Special birthday greetings to Sylvia Poisson-Hodgins on Sunday, November 11, from your family and friends.
Shawville Remembrance Day Service will be held at the Cenotaph in Shawville starting at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 10.
Our deepest condolences to the McMunn family on the loss of John on Oct. 30 at the age of 77 years.
Our sympathies to the Quanbury and Duern families on the loss of Bonnie on Oct. 31 at the age of 66.
Our thoughts and prayers to the Carty and Telford families on the loss of Doris on Nov. 1 at the age of 90. Doris was the wife of the late Lionel Telford.
There will be two power outages taking place in Shawville on Nov. 8. The first outage will occur between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. The second outage will occur between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Both of these outages will be for 15 minutes or less.
There will be a Seniors’ Drop In on Thursday, at 1 p.m. at the Masonic Hall in Shawville.
We commemorate members of the armed forces (soldiers, sailors and airmen on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.
The other common name for this day is Armistice Day which marks the date and time when armies stopped fighting in World War I, on Nov. 11 at 11 am in 1918 (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month). Some 100,000 Canadian soldiers died in the First and Second World Wars.
In Canada, Remembrance Day is a federal statutory holiday – with a notable exception of Nova Scotia, North West Territories, Ontario and Quebec – as it is in many other countries in the world where this day is observed on the national level.
All government buildings fly the Canadian flag this day and people remember those who fought for Canada during a two minute silence at 11 am. Many people wear poppies before and on Remembrance Day to show their respect and support for Canadian troops. Poppies are generally handed out free but often a voluntary donation is given in exchange.
Lest we forget.
