Apr. 16,1997
25 Years Ago
Fiddler a smash hit: Last week’s production of Fiddler on the Roof at Pontiac Protestant High School was, by all accounts, both a critical and commercial success.
The four-night run opened April 8 with a gala dinner theatre. For $25, patrons enjoyed a pre-show dinner put on by members of the PPHS staff under the direction of Valerie Vezeau and Donna Cahill. The event raised $2,400 which will help pay for equipment that will benefit the entire school.
The play was directed by Joan Conrod. Taking part were . . .
Aaron Perry as Tevye and Erica Vezeau as his wife Golde who were obvious crowd-pleasers but with so large a cast there were many fine performances.
Clarendon Women’s Institute marks 80th year: Last week the Women’s Institute of Clarendon celebrated its 80th anniversary.
About 45 women from the Clarendon WI as well as neighbouring WI’s helped the club mark this milestone at Pine Lodge.
Ina Kilgour was presented with a pin for her 50 years as a member of the Clarendon WI.
Ina remembers when she first joined: “My mother was a member and so were all my neighbours. I was the young bride on he 7th Line and away I went with my neighbours. We thought nothing of walking two, three miles across the field to attend a meeting. We would take the children with us.”
Caldwell Notes by Hermonie Sharpe: What a beautiful display of northern lights I saw on Thursday night. I have often, like most of you, seen northern lights before, but nothing as beautiful as the display they put on this past Thursday night.
Pine Lodge was a busy place this past weekend where a lovely surprise birthday party was held in honour of Brenda (“B”) Smith. The “Raccoons on Ice” really put forth great music to dance by as well as telling some interesting jokes. It was a stormy night outside but that didn’t keep anyone at home.
Apr. 19, 1972
50 Years Ago
East Ontario breeders visit Ayrshire farms in Pontiac County: A bus load of 42 Ayrshire breeders from Glengarry and Stormont counties augmented by several more from other Eastern Ontario points toured Pontiac last Saturday, calling at prominent Ayrshire farms as they went.
First stop was at the Bonnieshade Farm of W. Ronald MacKechnie and Sons. They called at the basement of Quyon United Church where they were catered lunch by the CGIT girls.
After lunch, the bus proceeded to the Bristol View Farms of Ronald Russell and sons where a profitable hour was spent. From Bristol, it was a long hop to the Bonnie Elms Farm of Crawford Bros. of Campbell’s Bay.
As the tour members turned their bus toward Glengarry, they all agreed it was a day well spent.
All quiet now at Fort Coulonge: On Friday there were about eight hundred people milling around the streets in Fort Coulonge. Half of these were from Hull, having driven up the highway in well-filled cars and at least one bus to try and enforce the closing of the town’s three small schools. The other half were Fort Coulonge citizens who came out to see what was going on.
On the high hill of St. Camille, almost next door, the big new Polyvalente stood empty with all teachers on strike and all pupils on holiday.
The provincial police, under Corporal Robert, are maintaining a discreet surveillance of the scene as many carloads of people have been seen driving up the Pontiac highway.
A large group gathered outside the old hotel in Davidson Monday and then decided to return to Hull.
May 1, 1947
75 Years Ago
Missing from our files
Apr. 13,1922
100 Years Ago
Local news: The C.P.R. will run special trains from Ottawa to Waltham and return on Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Ivan Drew, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Drew of Laurentian View was seriously injured on Thursday of last week, when he was struck by a Ford car, owned by the Standard Bread Company. The boy was playing on Hilson Avenue and was running after a top when the car struck him. He was removed to St. Luke’s hospital and an x-ray examination showed a fracture of the leg. A note received from his mother said the lad was doing nicely. This assurance will be relieving to relatives in this section.
As a fitting wind-up of the long season’s activities at our town skating rink, the rink company gave a carnival on Thursday night for the benefit of the Citizens’ Band, which during the past winter has been very generous with its services on all special occasions and which no doubt, contributed to bringing out the large crowds who visited the rink on hockey match nights.
Our town fathers decided at a recent session to install a curfew bell, the ringing of which at a seasonable hour will be a gentle hint to the ubiquitous small boy to disappear from the landscape and seek his little cot.
During the past week, the Band boys fitted up new quarters in the second flat of Gibson and Howard’s garage on Centre Street and intend holding regular practices from now on, so that when the good old summertime is with us again, they will be qualified to give an occasional open-air concert for the benefit of townspeople and the crowds who come in from the neighbourhood to indulge in ice cream and otherwise enjoy the long evenings.
The play advertised last week to be presented at the Brick Church, Bristol on Friday has been postponed indefinitely owing to the bad state of the roads.
Offerings of maple syrup were quite plentiful in town last week by farmers of the surrounding country.
Premier Taschereau of Quebec has expressed the opinion that it is about time the exportation of pulpwood from this province to the United States for the benefit of the pulp mills over there should cease.
Quote: The conviction that you can will furnish the power that can. The conviction that you can’t will paralyze whatever ability you have.
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Apr. 15,1897
125 Years Ago
Local News: A couple of washouts were caused on the P.P.J. line west of here last week. The assistance of a construction train was summoned to repair the latter a short distance below the Black River.
In looking over the Renfrew Council minutes last week, we notice that Mr. J.M. Greenshields was before the board asking for an advance of $300 with which to put a horse ferry in operation across the river at Heath’s Bay. The ferry, it is claimed, would shorten the distance between Shawville and Renfrew by about eight miles. It would be run by two horses and would carry three teams and loads.
Mr. A.S. Smart was here on Monday and Tuesday with several teams removing a carload of Massey-Harris machinery, recently ordered for the spring trade.
The C.P.R. has advanced the wages of the track-men on their lines ten cents a day all round.
The committee appointed for that purpose have awarded the contract for fencing the exhibition grounds to Mr. George Richardson of Radford. The price, we understand, is $3.00 per hundred feet. Directors Hobbs and Brabazon surveyed the ground on Monday.
A scheme is on foot to celebrate in Arnprior the 21 of June, Her Majesty’s diamond jubilee, in right royal style.
The by-election in the county of Champlain on Wednesday last rendered necessary by the unseating of Dr. Marcotte, Conservative, resulted in the late member’s re-election by a good majority, although decreased from the returns of June last. The result was a disappointment to the Liberals who expected from the series of successes they have met with of late, that Champlain, being a thoroughly French county, would embrace the opportunity of casting their allegiance at the feet of a French Premier.
In the House of Commons, the secretary of State for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain answering a question on the subject, announced that a contract had been signed between Canada and the Petersons, of Newcastle for a fast steamship service between Canada and Great Britain. But, Mr. Chamberlain added, the contract still requires the sanction of the Imperial Government which is considering the matter.
