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April 23, 1975

Ken Kelly speaks at Pontiac Historical meeting: The guest speaker at the April meeting of the Pontiac Historical Society was Mr. Ken Kelly of Ottawa.

April 16, 1975

Open House at McDowell Elementary School: On Monday evening, Open House was held at Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School. Following their visits to the classrooms,

April 9, 1975

Davidson Mill expansion expected to create 148 new jobs in 1976: Tom Lefebvre, MP for Pontiac, announced on Friday before a gathering of reporters, that

April 2, 1975

CLSC of Fort Coulonge opens to the public: There is a nurse and social worker at the Health Unit in Fort Coulonge with time on

March 26, 1975

All-Canadian Jr. Judging competition winner: Charles Pirie, thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Pirie, Elmside View Farms, Bristol, has won the All-Canadian Judging Competition

March 19, 1975

Shawville Jersey Club news: Some of the activities of Shawville Jersey Club during the year were as follows: in June we had a barn meeting

March 12, 1975

Rabies epidemic sweeps Pontiac County: Dr. Grant Rogers considers the rabies outbreak in Pontiac County to be quite bad, which, coming from this usually calm

March 5, 1975

Fire at Mickey Leach’s: A fire destroyed the home of the family of Mickey Leach near Quyon last week and might easily have caused the

February 26, 1975

Quyon Snowmobile Races: The third annual snowmobile races were carried out on the Ottawa River just off the beach on Saturday and Sunday. Taking part

February 19 ,1975

Shawville 4-H banquet: The Shawville 4-H Club held its annual banquet and trophy night at the United Church Hall. There were 175 in attendance. The

April 23, 1975

Ken Kelly speaks at Pontiac Historical meeting: The guest speaker at the April meeting of the Pontiac Historical Society was Mr. Ken Kelly of Ottawa. Mr. Kelly is Secretary to the Board of Governors of Heritage Canada. He showed slides

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April 16, 1975

Open House at McDowell Elementary School: On Monday evening, Open House was held at Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School. Following their visits to the classrooms, parents had been invited to attend a meeting in the auditorium concerning the building of

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April 9, 1975

Davidson Mill expansion expected to create 148 new jobs in 1976: Tom Lefebvre, MP for Pontiac, announced on Friday before a gathering of reporters, that the E.B. Eddy Company was about to expand their program at their J.E. Boyle Division

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April 2, 1975

CLSC of Fort Coulonge opens to the public: There is a nurse and social worker at the Health Unit in Fort Coulonge with time on their hands. In a county where all information would lead one to think the services

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March 26, 1975

All-Canadian Jr. Judging competition winner: Charles Pirie, thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Pirie, Elmside View Farms, Bristol, has won the All-Canadian Judging Competition held in conjunction with the All-Canadian Holstein Competition sponsored by the Holstein-Friesian Journal. Charles had

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March 19, 1975

Shawville Jersey Club news: Some of the activities of Shawville Jersey Club during the year were as follows: in June we had a barn meeting at the farm of Art and Opal Carson where Art and the boys had two

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March 12, 1975

Rabies epidemic sweeps Pontiac County: Dr. Grant Rogers considers the rabies outbreak in Pontiac County to be quite bad, which, coming from this usually calm and unruffled veterinarian, could be interpreted as alarming. The are affected, to his sure knowledge,

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March 5, 1975

Fire at Mickey Leach’s: A fire destroyed the home of the family of Mickey Leach near Quyon last week and might easily have caused the death of his wife and children, but for the fortunate arrival on the scene of

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February 26, 1975

Quyon Snowmobile Races: The third annual snowmobile races were carried out on the Ottawa River just off the beach on Saturday and Sunday. Taking part in the opening ceremonies were Centennial Queen Miss Deb Young and two of her princesses.Jim

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February 19 ,1975

Shawville 4-H banquet: The Shawville 4-H Club held its annual banquet and trophy night at the United Church Hall. There were 175 in attendance. The evening opened with a welcome by president Carol Lang. Paul Hodgins proposed a toast to

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