Sauvé store destroyed by fire: A three alarm fire on Calumet Island right next to the new post office, destroyed Roger Sauvé & Fils M & M Store early last Wednesday morning, around 1 a.m. Fire brigades from Calumet Island,

Bryson takes Shawville Intermediate fastball tournament: The Shawville Fastball Association had a very successful tournament this past weekend in conjunction with O’Keefe Breweries. The big winners were Bryson taking a 2-1 hard fought victory over the Ottawa Senators. In the

Biggest fish is an eight pound pike: The sixth annual fishing derby held by the Cadieux Fish and Game Club at Calumet Island turned out to be another success. The most beautiful prize winner was an eight pound pike which

Royal Soucy jogs to Ottawa on Canada Day: Sixteen-year-old Royal Soucy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilles Soucy of Shawville, decided to run down the highway to Ottawa, a distance of fifty miles, on July 1. He set forth at

Administrative appointments at Pontiac Protestant High: The Protestant Regional School Board of Western Quebec announces the following Administrative appointments at Pontiac Protestant High School: Mr. David Conrod has been selected to replace Dave Mackenzie as principal. Mr. Ellard Perry, a

Farewell tea for the Sisters of St. Joseph Campbell’s Bay: On Sunday, the parish of St. John the Evangelist of Campbell’s Bay held a farewell tea in honour of the Sisters of St. Joseph who are closing the convent there

A million dollars for roads in Pontiac County alone: The Minister of Transport of Quebec, Mr. Raymond Mailloux, has announced paving contracts for a total of four million dollars covering 136 miles in West Quebec, one quarter of which are

Dredges being built at Norway Bay: Ontario Hydro commissioned the building of three huge barges.They will be welded together and railway tracks affixed to their tops along which dredging machinery will work to dig out the river bed near Arnprior

Olympiades de Pontiac at Fort Coulonge school: Two regional records were broken at the mini-olympics held in Fort Coulonge last week. The entire event was organized and extremely well carried out by Jean Rock Bernard, who says he had 50

Jack Horner, M.P. guest speaker at Orange Lodge banquet: One of the highlights of the Grand Orange Lodge of Quebec was when over 200 people sat down to a turkey dinner in Shawville. Roderick Brown, past Grand Master and Orange