

May 10, 1951
Prize cattle, barn, equipment lost in fire at Litchfield: Fire, which started in a straw stack just off the highway Sunday afternoon raced through the


Prize cattle, barn, equipment lost in fire at Litchfield: Fire, which started in a straw stack just off the highway Sunday afternoon raced through the


Quebec’s Most Modern School To Be Built Here Soon: Shawville is to have “the most modern school in any rural district in Quebec.” The school,


A little of this and that: Invitation of the week . . . J. Nelson McLellan, former mayor of Bristol, Quebec, has had a personal


A little of this and that: Building homes . . . Herb Wilson, on King Street, near the Creamery; Mick Hodgins, on a lot formerly


A little of this and that: Timber . . . J. M. Argue’s mill went into operation over a week ago, a month ahead of


A little of this and that: Wanted . . . A sure-fire cure for the hives. Ye olde editor would be most grateful for any


A little of this and that: The egg of the week . . . One of Mrs. H. N. Hodgins’ Gray-rock Hens laid an Easter


A little of this and that: Isn’t it the truth . . . It happened during a discussion in one of the Shawville High School


A little of this and that: Spring or something . . . Whatever it was, Bill Thomson made a trip out West and arrived home


A little of this and that: Speaking of spring . . . A female mosquito can produce 159,875,000,000 offspring in one year. Thought of the


Prize cattle, barn, equipment lost in fire at Litchfield: Fire, which started in a straw stack just off the highway Sunday afternoon raced through the outbuildings on the farm of W. D. Hodgins and Son, resulting in damage estimated at


Quebec’s Most Modern School To Be Built Here Soon: Shawville is to have “the most modern school in any rural district in Quebec.” The school, which will be known as the Clarendon and Shawville Consolidated School will be built as


A little of this and that: Invitation of the week . . . J. Nelson McLellan, former mayor of Bristol, Quebec, has had a personal invitation from the mayor of Bristol, England, to visit him this summer. Mr. McLellan’s failing


A little of this and that: Building homes . . . Herb Wilson, on King Street, near the Creamery; Mick Hodgins, on a lot formerly owned by Duncan Campbell; Lawrence Young; next to Orla Young. Catch of the week .


A little of this and that: Timber . . . J. M. Argue’s mill went into operation over a week ago, a month ahead of schedule. About 25 are employed at present. The wheels started Wednesday at Norval McNeill’s mill


A little of this and that: Wanted . . . A sure-fire cure for the hives. Ye olde editor would be most grateful for any assistance along this line. Something new . . . Is being added to Reinke’s Hardware


A little of this and that: The egg of the week . . . One of Mrs. H. N. Hodgins’ Gray-rock Hens laid an Easter egg on Easter Sunday that measured 7 x 8 1/2 inches. Thereby hangs a tale


A little of this and that: Isn’t it the truth . . . It happened during a discussion in one of the Shawville High School classes, when the subject of roads arose. Up pipped a youngster with this: “If there’s


A little of this and that: Spring or something . . . Whatever it was, Bill Thomson made a trip out West and arrived home sporting a brand new moustache. Offer of the week . . . To every new


A little of this and that: Speaking of spring . . . A female mosquito can produce 159,875,000,000 offspring in one year. Thought of the week . . . No one has learned the meaning of life until he has
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