As one of only two charter members in the Shawville Lions, the other one being Mahlon Hayes, Mr. Thomson had plenty of history to share about the club.

There was no shortage of fun at the Lions Hall Saturday night. As soon as the last awards were presented, the dancing got underway and continued till early the next morning. Members of the 1994 club are: Nelson Angus, Jerry Barber, Jerry Callaghan, Jon Carmichael, Robert Carswell, Bob Carriere, Darwin Elliott, Douglas Fulford, Serge Guillemette, Mike Hamel, Mahlon Hayes, Carson Hodgins, William Kearnan, Frank Lacourse, Joseph Larose, Henry Longpré, Barrie Murray, John Musgrove, Ernie Olsen, William Orr, Earle Potvin, Grant Rogers, President, Albert Routliffe, Versil Smith, Dale Thomson, Gerald Walker, Oswell Way, Denzil Yach and Hugh Young.

Canine parvo virus strikes Pontiac: Symptoms start with a puppy or young dog becoming listless and refusing to eat or drink. A day or two later, the animal begins to vomit or have diarrhea, generally containing blood.

The disease is Canine Parvo Virus and parts of Pontiac are having an epidemic of it. Parvo virus was discovered in Canada about a decade ago and has since become a common problem anywhere puppies are kept together such as in pet stores, dog pounds so-called “puppy mills”.

In the past two months, Bristol veterinarian Alida Jong has treated two or three cases per week. Dr. Grant Rogers of Shawville has seen only about four cases of the disease but has heard of many more, mostly around Coulonge.

Nov. 19, 1969

50 Years Ago

Minor baseball league closes for the season: On Nov. 6, the closing meeting of the Pontiac Minor Baseball League was held.

This year ended the second year of operation. Considering the organizational problems it is faced trying to coordinate three leagues between five villages from Fort Coulonge to Portage du Fort it can now be said it is an organization here to stay.

Bryson won the league standings in all three divisions. For the playoffs, the Fort Coulonge Tykes took the honours in their division with Bryson capturing the other two.

Best antlers in Pontiac: Donnie Rooney of Shawville not only bagged a great buck with perfect antlers but also won a trophy for having the largest set of antlers in the Hunters Party contest in Calumet Island last Saturday.

On Nov. 15 at Hotel Albert, hunters from across Pontiac Country compared the sizes of their moose and deer antlers. The complete results of the contest are not available this week but Donnie’s deer was judged the “wildest Deer Rack” and took the O’Keefe Trophy.

Nov. 23, 1944

75 Years Ago

Local News: Word has been received by Mrs. Victor Soucisses of Montreal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Masson of Shawville that her husband, Lieut. Victor Soucisse, 25, previously reported wounded in a citon while serving in Belgium had died of wounds on Nov. 14.

It is presumed that he died following a serious operation in a hospital in England.

Talking pictures at Shawville Theatre presents John Boles in “Road to Happiness” on Friday at 8:30 p.m.

This week throughout the province of Quebec, the Canadian Red Cross Society is conducting a concentrated campaign for women volunteers to ease the critical help shortage which has been curtailing production in all provincial workrooms.

Statistics now released from Red Cross Headquarters in Montreal give evidence of the sharp decrease in production figures during the past year.

Total output from January to the end of October has been 71,000 articles less than the total for the same period last year.

This figure covers all Red Cross supplies including surgical dressings.

No time was lost by Canada’s new Defense Minister, Gen. the Hon. A.G. L. McNaughton in getting down to work. A few hours after entering the Cabinet he presided over a meeting of the army council.

Improperly packed parcels won’t get to some boys in action. It’s a different story where the parcels are intact and soldiers are happy to receive them.

One of the largest and the most modernly equipped hospital ships in the world, the “Letitia”, sister ship of the ill-fated “Athenia” sunk by the Germans in 1939, is ready for her maiden voyage to bring home Canadian casualties.

Although restrictions on the production of skates have been lifted, word from the prices board is to the effect that few of them are likely to be available for the Christmas trade. It is possible that the supply of skates will be more plentiful in January or February.

Nov. 20, 1919

100 Years Ago

Local News: Armistice Day was celebrated at Cobden by the opening of the recently erected Memorial Hall which was carried out with imposing ceremonies in presence of large gathering of people.

The Victory Loan airplane which left Ottawa on Tuesday afternoon last with he object of distributing Victory Loan literature along the route via Arnprior and Renfrew to Pembroke was wrecked the following afternoon at Reeve’s field near Eganville.

Going to Pembroke the plane was in charge of Lieut. Harry Dobbihn who was accompanied by Lieut. R.M. Smith. Ont he return trip, Lt. Smith remained in Pembroke and his plane was taken by Mr. James F. Munro, a prominent business man of Pembroke.

Nobody knows just how it happened but a dense fog which hung over the district is blamed for the plane crashing to earth and wiping out the lives of both its occupants.

New business is opening under Mssrs. Clarence Caldwell and D.S. Kelley in the course of a few days in the Hamilton Block under the name of Caldwell and Kelley.

Died at Bristol Corners, Hiram Isaac, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Langford, aged 12 years.

The deceased had been an invalid since his birth and his death occurred from heart failure.

Nov. 21, 1894

125 Years Ago

Local News: Revs. W.G. Bradford of Thorne and R.G. Peever of Portage du Fort exchanged pulpits on Sunday last.

Mr. Robert Shuttleworth of Rosseau, Ont. shot a deer which was perfectly white with the exception of the head and neck which were spotted red.

The lodge of Good Templars at Elliott’s school have closed down on account of Diphtheria int he neighbourhood.

They have also postponed the entertainment announced for the 30th inst.

Mr. Richard Brownlee has a portable saw mill now at work on the property of Mr. James Hodgins about 2 1/2 miles from the village.

Several of the family of Mr. Samuel Howes of Clarendon front have been prostrated with diphtheria during the past week. His youngest child succumbed to the disease on Friday morning and was interred same day.

Thanksgiving services will be held in St. Paul’s church on Thursday morning, Nov. 22. THE EQUITY is published a day early this week on account of Thanksgiving Day falling on our regular day of publication.

The directors of Ag. Society No. 1 held a meeting on Friday last. Owing to the shortage of the gate receipts at the exhibition this year and other drawbacks we understand the board found it necessary to make a reduction of 25 per cent on the prize money.

The Farm: A clean and secure well house: the advantages of a tight, well-made well house are so many that it is a wonder that so few are seen upon the farms of the land.

They shelter the pump and make its period of usefulness much longer than where it is exposed to the weather and they especially aid in keeping the pump from freezing in winter.

Moreover, where cattle or horses are watered at such a pump, they oftentimes set their noses into such contact wi th the spout that one’s pleasure in drawing drinking water from the same channel is lessened, to say the least.

Ad: Superior harness oil in quart cans for sale by J.J. Turner, Shawville.

Ad: Quebec long top beef moccasins also moose mitts and moccasins, rubbers and overshoes at G. Fred Hodgins.

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