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

Lt. Colonel Carl Bertrand commandant of the 433rd combat squadron: The 433rd combat squadron flight has a new commandant, Lt. Colonel Carl Bertrand, well known in the district. The command of the famous squadron has been transferred to him by

QPF members visit schools to push safety: The Provincial Police Force, Campbell’s Bay Detachment, has been sending out two of its members to the various schools around Pontiac County to explain some of the most important safety rules to students

Gerard Trudeau wins top award at Campbell’s Bay races: Gerard Trudeau returned to the Third Annual Hub Snowmobile Races and for him and the Hub Snowmobile Club it was the most successful and prosperous to date. Rarely has there been

Tractor trailer flips out: On Jan. 7 at about 6 p.m. on Highway 148 near Ray’s Texaco in Shawville, a blue Mack tractor truck hauling a Heit trailer tank carrying 2,000 gallons of caustic soda from Rodgers Chemical Company in