Feb. 15, 1995
25 Years Ago
Shawville rally to win division in 20th National Midget Tournament: The Shawville Pontiacs were off to a great start. They took a two goal lead in the first . . .
half of their opening game of the Pontiac National Midget Tournament against Cobden. Then Muskrat came back and capitalized on a nervous Shawville goalie and the lines in front of him.
Shawville had the best chances in the scoreless first period to run up the points. The best chance for Shawville was on the power play where the Pontiac’s Shawn Mousseau hit the post. But it wasn’t until Brad Harris took up position in the slot in front of the Cobden net in the second frame that Shawville would score one. Ken Proulx was also credited with an assist.
A few minutes later the Pontiac’s Rock Marion was beautifully set up for the face-off while on the power play.
Pigs kissed at Waltham carnival: Royalty was crowned, treasure hunted and pigs kissed at the third annual Waltham winter carnival last weekend.
Yes, a real pig was kissed.
“It was a new event this year,” says Jacques Pilon, president of the Recreation Association, organizer of the carnival.
Throughout the three days of acitvities, carnival goers dropped money into jars set up in the town hall, each jar representing a president of a local organization.
Romeo Belanger of the Angler’s Association was the lucky pig-smoocher. Money raised went to the Cancer Society.
While the below-normal frigid temperatures could have been a factor for the low numbers, Pilon says organizers will have to come up with ingenious ways to breathe new life into next year’s winter festivities.
As previous years, the Saturday afternoon talent show and the Sunday euchre tourn-pleasers.
Rose Rochon came away the big winner in the euchre tournament, finishing with 97 points out of a possible 100.
Patrick Pilon and Lisa Turner were named king and queen for the weekend with Chris Murdock and Vicki Marion as their prince and princess.
Feb. 18, 1970
50 Years Ago
Dental Health Committee at work in Shawville to promote fluoridation: A number of parents in Shawville have become increasingly interested in the possibility of having the water supply of this town fluoridated.
Dr. Frank Cowley and Dr. Earl Potvin have endorsed the committee’s aim which is to bring all the facts about fluoridation to the public here.
Campbell’s Bay Carnival: The Campbell’s Bay Carnival got started with a big event Friday night when Mr. Bonhomme Carnival alias Raymond Shea dropped the puck for a midget hockey game which ended in a 3-3 tie between Otter Lake and the Campbell’s Bay teams.
Broomball between the ladies of Fort Coulonge and the Campbell’s Bay gentlemen resulted in another tie, this time 2-2.
Then the Fort Coulonge men graciously succumbed to the Campbell’s Bay ladies to the score of 2-3 for the ladies.
Saturday morning the celebrations began early with a seven to eleven pancake breakfast cooked up by Jean Landry of the Bay and served with local maple syrup.
Feb. 22, 1945
75 Years Ago
Local News: In spite of the inclement weather, a good number of people attended the Interdenominational Day of Prayer held in the United Church on Friday afternoon.
F.O. Kenneth Caldwell Smyth of Shawville who is among the Canadian prisoners of war exchanged is the 29-year-old son of Mrs. F.C. Smyth and the late Mr. Smyth of Shawville.
Two rinks of the Ladies Curling Club were in Ottawa this week to play for the Lady Tweedsmuir trophy. Both rinks were eliminated by rinks of the Ottawa Rideau Club.
On Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Peter LeBel, minister of the Clarendon United Churches died at the parsonage at Yarm in his 61st year. He was under doctor’s care but had recovered sufficiently to move about the house.
On Wednesday he suffered a heart seizure from which he failed to rally.
Three rinks of the Shawville Men’s Curling Club were in Ottawa during the past week for play in the Central Canada Bonspiel for the Wilson trophy.
A.D. McCredie’s Shawville rink composed of C.H. MacLean 1st, G.A. Mcdougal 2nd, and G.T. Paul 3rd, made a very creditable showing going through to the finals when they were out-shot by the Ottawa Rideau rink, skipped by J.E. Riggs.
News came to town last week that Ham You, Chinese businessman in this village for many years had died at the Chinese Hospital in Montreal.
Ham You came to Canada in 1903 and came to Shawville in 1913 starting a laundry business, later operating a meat shop and restaurant business.
Ham You, aged 72, was a native of Hoy Ping, China where his wife and family reside.
He became quite ill last fall and was taken to the Chinese hospital in Montreal by a cousin who resides in Ottawa. He was very widely known in this district and those with whom he had business dealings considered him very honourable.
Authoritative British quarters said last week that Turkey had granted permission to the Allies to ship supplies to Russia via the Dardanelles, thus eliminating the long haul of the old Persian Gulf supply route.
Turkey recently broke diplomatic relations with Japan, sending the last official Axis listening post out of the county and depriving the enemy of bases for Japanese agents who might report on the movement of Allied supplies through the straits between the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Feb. 12, 1920
100 Years Ago
Local News: Mr. R.A. Grant, merchant, has sold his store at Elmside to J.C. Jamieson and will henceforth devote all his attention to the Bristol Corners business. During coming summer, he intends erecting a new building on the old Craig stand.
A number of our citizens have been and still are on the sick list, including Mrs. R.W. Ralph, John E. Stark, Chas. H. Wainman and W.E. Sparham who went to Ottawa last week with symptoms which made him apprehensive that he was in for an attack of pneumonia or the “flu”.
A good load of wheat containing 7,605 pounds was hauled with one horse by Wm. G. Chisnell from the S.P.R. Station to Shawville Roller Mills one day last week, indicating that a moderation in temperature makes a vast difference in hauling a load.
Residents of the Ottawa Valley have reason to be thankful that whilst during the past week they have enjoyed the finest weather of the season, people living along the Atlantic coast and in the New England states experienced one of the worst storms in the history of that region, resulting in untold suffering and damages estimated at two millions of dollars.
Feb. 14, 1895
125 Years Ago
Local News: It is reported that diphtheria is prevalent around Long Lake district up the line of the O.A. and P.S. Railway among the men in the lumber camps.
It is said that in one camp six men are down with the disease and one had died. The authorities have ordered the camp to be quarantined and none who are there will be allowed to leave until the disease is stamped out.
There were 84 prisoners confined in Perth Gaol last year and the cost of each for food per day was 6 5/6 cents.
Shoveling brigades were out in all parts of the country on Monday, digging canals through the mountains of snow which were piled up by the recent storm. During the past day or two traffic has begun to move.
The P.P.J. pulled through fairly well during the late storm.
She was several hours behind time Friday and Saturday nights but this was owing to the blockade on the Aylmer branch.
The cold dip of last week is said to have been the most severe and most universal that has been experienced on this continent for many years past and the blizzard which immediately followed it was by far the worst we have had this season.
Verily, the old time Canadian winter is fully on time this year. The roads are in a very bad condition, so bad that there is little prospect of good travelling again this winter.
This section men on the P.P.J. are growing weary in listening for the whistle of the pay car special which was to be along about the first of the month.
The poky old concern is said to have got snowed up somewhere near the office of the Minister of Railways.
Mr. Wm. Clarke was the purchaser of a fine team last week. Now is your chance, girls!
