Jan. 22,1997
25 Years Ago
Small businesses robbed: Police may be looking for Winnie the Pooh in connection with the break and enter of Café du Jour and Mulligan Bookkeeping in Shawville last week.
In addition to $4,000 worth of computer equipment and about $350 in cash, thieves also stole a jar of Tamarack Organic Farm honey, causing one police officer to joke they could be looking for the Pooh Bear.
All joking aside, the robbery has hit the two small businesses hard.
“I’m just trying to make a go of starting a business”, says an angry Donna Hodgins, who opened Café du Jour only three months ago.
The Campbell’s Bay detachment of the Quebec Police Force is still investigating.
Adventures in babysitting: Melissa Brownlee watched Tyler Wilson during Monday night’s class of a babysitter’s course being offered by the CLSC in conjunction with the Red Cross.
With 16 students, the Shawville class is full but other classes will be set up here and in other towns in Pontiac. Students must be 12 years old to take the course and must pass a written exam and show a high level of maturity in order to graduate.
Jan. 26, 1972
50 Years Ago
Ottawa approves Shawville project: A $14,040.00 local Initiatives Program grant to the corporation of the Village of Shawville was announced by Tom Lefebvre, Member of Parliament for Pontiac.
The project to be undertaken will provide six . . .
new jobs in the village of Shawville and is for renovations tot he former post office building.
This building was purchased by the local council and will be used for municipal offices and other activities.
St. Mary’s fate will be decided Feb. 6: Once and for all the people who pay taxes to the St. Mary’s school municipality will have an opportunity to determine the future of the area, school-wise.
Everyone who pays taxes to St. Mary’s, no matter where they live and no matter whether or not they have children at all for that matter, will be given an opportunity to vote on the question of whether St. Mary’s should remain with Aylmer and Deschenes where it has recently been placed, or should return to join Pontiac County.
After the referendum, the government will make its decision taking into consideration the results.
Feb. 6,1947
75 Years Ago
Local news: Shawville Curling Club entertained two rinks of the Renfrew Curling Club on Wednesday night of last week in challenge games for the National Grocers Cup. This trophy is for annual junior competition in Renfrew and Pontiac counties. Shawville had previously defeated Renfrew by a score of 21 to 13 and by doing so, lifted the cup to the Quebec side.
Premier Drew announced after a conference with Premier Duplessis that satisfactory agreements had been reached between Quebec and Ontario on development of new power sites on the Ottawa River by the Ontario government.
The recently formed Ottawa Valley and District Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is this week starting the work for which the organization was formed. The appointment of an inspector-manager was filled by Mr. R. Strader.The Society welcomes any reports of cruelty which will help Mr. Strader locate those farms on which animals are suffering from starvation and neglect is desired.
That “noisy guest” the bull-dozer from Campbell’s Bay and operated by Mr. Leland Baird spent a few days in Greermount recently in this corner. As a result, bush roads were opened for trucks at the mill, also spent some tie in the woods lot which has been sold opened up the bush road through Cliff Atkinson’s bush and then started on the main road from shop to Campbell’s Bay – Otter Lake highway, a distance of two and a quarter miles, folks were pleased to be able to use cars again. The recent storm has filled the roads up in places again but this can be easily remedied with horse-plows.
Despite some difficulties in attracting men to the timber limits, a record pulpwood cut is anticipated this winter by Foreign Trade Service Department.
A new Canadian four cent stamp will be issued shortly to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Alexander Graham Bell. The stamp, bearing a picture of the famous investor and physicist will be formally issued 100 years after Bell’s birth in Edinburgh, Scotland. Although he came to Canada in 1870 and resided for a short time at Brantford, Ont with his parents, he spent much of his life in the United States.
Jan. 19,1922
100 Years Ago
Local news: Mr. David T. Hodgins informs THE EQUITY that he intends getting his brick and tile plant in operation this year as conditions will permit.
The second league match of the Pontiac schedule was played on Shawville ice Friday night in presence of a large crowd again the Shawville sextet won out by a score of 4-2 over the Campbell’s Bay puck-chasers.
According to the census returns recently issued, the population of Pontiac is now 44,467, an increase in the ten years since the last renumeration was made of 12,998.
Mr. Crerar and Mr. Meighen are in accord on he policy of dealing with Canada’s railway system, which is the most important question, perhaps, confronting the country today.
A general annual meeting of the shareholders of Pontiac Rural Telephone Company will be held in Howard’s Hall Shawville for the election of a board of directors.
Ad: G.F. Hodgins Co. January discount sale! Keeping up the custom of past years, but discontinued during the war, we have set apart six days in January for general reductions in all departments: 15 pounds granulated sugar – $1 to a customer making other purchases. 20 pound bag Ogilvie oats – 85 cents; 140 pound bag Liverpool coarse salt – $1.90; 1 pound pure lard – 18 cents; 6 pounds cream of wheat – 25 cents; peroxide – 2 bottles for 25 cents.
Ad: Kronick Bros. General Merchants and grain dealers, Bristol, Quebec: We have a large stock in rubbers and to be sure of a turnover, we are offering 10 per cent discount on all ladies and mens rubber footwear.
Jan. 21,1897
125 Years Ago
Local News: In the year 1897 there will be two eclipses, both of the sun, on Feb. 1 and another on July 29.
Oh for snow! Seems to be the wish of everyone you meet with now-a-days. Strange to say, and even puzzling to the “oldest inhabitant,” it keeps aloof from the Ottawa Valley and in fact from the greater part of the inhabited portion of old Canada while we read of severe blizzards and snow blocades in the great Northwest.
The attention of the department of finance has been called to the fact that a number of mutilated Canadian coins are in circulation in this country. It is desirable that it should be understood generally that coins so mutilated not only cease to be legal tender, but persons so mutilating them are guilty of a criminal offense and liable to imprisonment under the criminal code.
A gang of men passed through here on Monday en route for Gillies Bros. limits on Crow River.
Several teams passed through here on Monday morning on their way down river. The teamsters report that they could not get employment, owing doubtless to the want of snow.
The Minister of Agriculture has decided to continue the free distri
The carnival held here on Tuesday was a success so far as the number and variety of costumed skaters was concerned, but the attendance was rather slim. This of course, was to be expected on account of the severe weather and the absence of sleighing.
Mrs. McKenzie desires to inform her many patrons that she has moved to Mr. George Hynes new building on Main St., recently occupied by B.W. Young, where she will be found with a large and well assorted stock of millinery, comprising all the latest and most fashionable styles in hats, caps, bonnets, etc. and in fact, everything generally kept in an up-to-date millinery store.
Isaac H. Watson of Lindsay, Ont.died of blood poisoning received while skinning a cow. A little blood from the cow got into a cut on his face and he died in three days.
The Eganville Enterprise says a church will be built at Lake Dore this coming spring by the followers of Mr. Horner. It is proposed to build it on the land of Mr. Jacob Griffith and preparations are now being made for the building.
