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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

Cross country ski trails will be officially opened on Calumet Island Sunday: Alexander Tremblay, in charge of the building of cross country ski trails on Calumet Island, using a federal government LIP grant, has announced that the first 25 miles