That is, until the local Kinsmen and Kinette clubs stepped in this year. After a nearly 15-year absence, Shawville will once again celebrate winter with a carnival.

“It’s something to do in the winter time,” says Kinsmen president John Beimers explaining why the club got involved. “And we hope it will keep the community spirit up.”

Quyon going ahead with well: The village of Quyon is on its way to solving its chronic . . .

drinking water problems.

As of the first of this month, the municipality of Pontiac lifted its order for Quyon residents to boil their drinking water. The most recent order had been in effect for over a year but poor water quality has been a problem in Quyon for much longer than that.

The municipality has decided to drill wells rather than rely on river water. Ideally, says Councillor John Telford who also serves on the water committee, the well should provide 200 gallons of water per minute.

Feb. 11, 1970

50 Years Ago

Medical missionary in central Pontiac: Some missionaries go to Africa. This one came to Pontiac. She provides home nursing care to an area where six thousand people live and there is no doctor.

Sister Emma Castonguay was born in Otter Lake, the daughter of the late Joseph Castonguay and Celina Castonguay. At the age of five, she moved with her family to Renfrew where she later attended St. Joseph’s Academy.

The community of St. Joseph has provided her with a car to travel on her rounds and Joseph McGahren of Pontiac Bus Lines puts gas into it as his donation to the cause.

As a vocation, Sister finds her work rewarding. As a profession, she finds the nursing challenging.

As a career, she finds her present mission exciting and would without any reserve recommend it as an interesting one for any young girl who wonders what to do with her life.

Quyon Winter Carnival: Quyon Winter Carnival was marked this year by several outstanding features.

Miss Hilda Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Scott of Beechgrove was selected as Carnival Queen during Saturday night’s proceedings.

Earlier that same evening, one of the most spectacular events was the torch parade. This consisted of a parade of forty snowmobiles carrying torches and driving around the race track at the exhibition grounds and later assembling in the centre of the village.

Feb. 15, 1945

75 Years Ago

Local News: Mr. and Mrs. H.I. Smith of Maryland were informed on Monday that their son, Pilot Officer Leslie Smith had arrived at Lachine, Que. P.O. Smith was expected to arrive at his parental home yesterday.

P.O. Smith has been overseas for over three years and served in the Mediterranean and Gibralter after which he served as an instructor in England.

Shawville Juniors came through with their first win of the season on Friday night at the local arena when they defeated a junior team from Arnprior 8 to 7.

Goals were marked up for Shawville by H. McCredie and M. Hodgins, two each. Gibson, Corrigan, McKay and W. Hobbs.

Shawville Seniors and Fort Coulonge battled to a 4-4 tie in Wednesday night’s senior league fixture at Shawville Arena.

Shawville Ladies Curling Club have completed play in the feature schedule for the club trophy during the past week. Final games were between Mrs. W. J.G. Gibson’s rink and Miss Irene Shaw’s rink, the latter winning by a score of 11 to 10.

The regular meeting of Wyman Women’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Garth Graham with a fair attendance of members and visitors, the president, Miss Pritchard presiding.

Following the usual opening exercise, all present responded to the roll call by “naming your favourite radio announcer.”

A large number of letters and messages expressing thanks and appreciation for parcels sent to those in the services were read.

January had 23 days below zero weather: the official thermometer at the experimental farm failed to get over the zero mark on four days in January and on 23 days, the minimum temperature registered was below zero, it is shown in the weather report for the month.

Mean temperature was 2.9 degrees as compared with the 54 year average mean of 11.7. Lowest temperature for the month was 29 below zero on Jan. 6.

R.C.A.F. pilot makes new combat score: Flight Lieut. William Sawers of Montreal was credited with what is believed to be a record feat for an aerial reconnaissance flier. He destroyed three ME-109’s and damaged two others in his first combat action.

Feb. 5, 1920

100 Years Ago

Local News: Captain Smith has given the contract to Mr. Fraser of Arnprior of taking the Norway Belle out of the ice where she is lying on the island opposite Sand Point. Mr. Fraser has two teams and several men helping him and he may fetch the boat back to Sand Point to be made ready for the next season’s work.

Several cases of pneumonia among children exist in the village and isolated cases are reported from all parts of the district.

The Elmside H.M. Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Henry Davis on Wednesday where the program will consist of a talk on the Union Jack by Mrs. F.W.K. Harris.

In consequence of the shortage of feed out there, Mr. William Hodgins had shipped from his farm in Saskatchewan a consignment of 51 3-year-old steers which reached Elmhurst on Saturday after considerable delay in transportation.

Greater taxation of wealth accumulated during the war and since the war was advocated by Sir George Parish, the noted British financier in an address before the Empire Club of Toronto last Thursday.

The Bolsheviki have issued a proclamation ordering the killing of all capitalists, big land owners or officers who unhappily fall into their hands and yet there is an element of the labouring class in England which insists that the government conclude terms of peace with these monsters. What is alleged civilization coming to anyway?

Revised figures compiled by British statisticians on the contributions of the various Allied nations to the fighting forces during the war place Canada well in the lead of the overseas dominions not employing native troops.

Feb. 7, 1895

125 Years Ago

Local News: On Thursday evening last, a driving party to the number of about forty persons, composed chiefly of the young people of this village, drove to Bryson and practically took possession of the Clifton House. Mr. McVeigh and his amiable wife, however, had an inkling of the invasion and had everything in cap a pié order for the reception of their visitors. The party speak of having spent a most delightful evening and are loud in their praises of the kindly treatment accorded them by the affable host of the Clifton.

A party of Quyon’s pleasure loving young people drove over to Galetta Friday evening and spent a few most delightful hours with Mr. Tevens and family.

“Harry” and “Artie” have lost their mustaches. They claim icicles are inconvenient with driving parties.

Miss Annie Seaman of Leslie is recovering after a slight attack of influenza.

Parkman is progressing slowly but surely. We can now boast of having a weekly mail but we hope the time will come when we will have a daily. Never mind postmaster; keep up your courage.

The terms of purchase of the Aylmer branch of the C.P..R. by the P.P.J.R. Co. have been concluded, the sum to be paid over being placed at $84,000. This amount is equivalent to the subsidies received by the latter from the provincial and dominion governments. The purchase does not include the rolling stock but takes in the station at Aylmer and all other rights held by the C.P.R.

A grand concert was held in the town hall at Luskville, Eardley on Saturday night at which a very interesting program was rendered. The principal contributors were Prof. E. Gibson, Misses S. Poitras and D. Gibson.

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