Oct. 13, 1993

25 Years Ago

Shawville Young Farmers banquet: The Shawville Young Farmers Annual Awards Banquet was held Oct. 9 at Pine Lodge in Bristol.
More than 140 people attended the evening’s presentations and listened to guest speaker Bob McClelland.
Following dinner formalities, trophies were presented by Ralph Lang and Edward Rusenstrom to the young farmers:
Club Achievement Day (Friday at Shawville Fair): Top Pre-Junior Holstein donated by Elwyn and Lynn Lang to Michael Rusenstrom; Top Jersey Heifer donated by Shawville Jersey Club to Mavis Judd; Top Intermediate Holstein donated by Chris Judd to Erin Tracy. Many other awards were given out at the banquet.
Cyclists cross Pontiac: Nine cyclists pedaled across the Pontiac for a good cause Oct. 2.
They were participating in the Trans-Pontiac Cyclothon to help raise money for families experiencing difficult times.
Christian Gagné of the CLSC Pontiac was pleased with the participation of the first Cyclothon despite the rainy, windy weather.
By the time the cyclists had travelled from Chapeau to Luskville, a total of 132 km., $3,000 had been raised.
The entire ride across the Pontiac took 4 1/2 hours, about half an hour less than organizers expected.

Oct. 24, 1968

50 Years Ago

$27,000 new post office opened by works minister: Secretary Treasurer Clifford Robillard of Campbell’s Bay, Mayor Francis Devlin of Bryson, Constable Frank Trottier of the RCMP, Post Mistress Mrs. Charles Lemaire, the Hon. Arthur Laing, Minister of Public Works and Pontiac’s Member of Parliament Tom Lefebvre all took part in the ceremony of the cutting of the ribbon for the opening of the new post office in Bryson last Wednesday.
The Hon. Arthur Laing, speaking at the public gathering of the official opening of the new post office in Bryson said it was time Canada began thinking of its world responsibilities on a larger scale. He also mentioned that our member of parliament, Tom Lefebvre is one of the hardest working members in parliament.
Mr. Lefebvre said that if Bryson had not had a wide-awake local council, no amount of work on the part of the member would have obtained the new post office.
Candidates and the winners: On Oct. 11, Elections for positions on the student council were held in Victoria Avenue High School in Shawville. Jerry Dubeau of Otter Lake was elected president, Dennis Lariviere of Campbell’s Bay was elected vice-president and Jacqueline Pilon of Quyon won the contest for the secretary-treasurer’s position.
Nominations had taken place the previous Friday and the following week a vigorous campaign was conducted by all the candidates.
The race for the presidency proved to be the most thrilling contest on voting day. There were three hundred ballots cast.

Oct. 21, 1943

75 Years Ago

Local News: Attended by a large number of guests, including Federal and Provincial government officials and mining engineers from Ontario and Quebec, the new Calumet Mines on Calumet Island were officially opened by M.A. Thompson of Montreal.
Pressure of a button released the first truckload of lead and zinc concentrate which crashed through a paper wall erected in a large warehouse.
With an investment of more than a million dollars, the mines are expected to supply a considerable part of Canada’s metal needs. Already extensive drilling has been done on the 200, 300 and 400 ft. levels and the main shaft has been sunk to 700 feet by the 300 employees.
The hospital is in need of fruits and vegetables and canned goods and so an appeal is made by the Hospital Women’s Auxiliary that farmers and others who may have a surplus should make a donation of them to the hospital.
After magnificent victories which drove the invader back for hundreds of miles but failed to crush him, the Russian summer offensive appears to be slowly grinding to a halt because of autumn rains and stiffening German resistance. One front carries on irrespective of rain or mud or the season, that is the air front which the Allied advance in Italy is steadily expanding in range and effectiveness. Despite the low clouds and fogs which made September a bad bombing month, the British Royal Air Force was over Nazi-dominated territory every day and 25 nights last month.

Oct. 17, 1918

100 Years Ago

Local news: Pte. Willie Dunn of this section who went overseas with the 77th Battalion and who was wounded in the leg at the battle of Vimy, returned here last week.
Misses Maye Brownlee and Sadie Wilson who are taking the H.M. course at Macdonald College returned last week, the college being closed for indefinite time on account of the influenza epidemic. Since her return home, Miss Wilson has developed the disease.
Sergt. Albert Morrison who went overseas with a railway construction unit a couple of years ago was among the party of soldiers who returned to Canada last week. His arrival was a joyful surprise to his brothers Frank and Raleigh and sister Mrs. D. Fraser when he dropped in on them Wednesday evening.
The prevailing influenza plague struck the employees at the Dominion Molybdenite Mine near Quyon with great severity, the number stricken with the malady being large in proportion to the total employed. The medical men of Quyon in cooperation with the village authorities have been doing their utmost to grapple with the situation and among other measures have established a hospital at the Mines and also one in the village.
Since the collapse of Bulgaria, a couple of weeks ago, events connected with the world war have been succeeding each other with marked rapidity. The smashing, ceaseless blows which the Allied armies have been delivering in France seem to have brought the Germany mind to a realization of the fact that at last the tables have turned against her and the prospect of early invasion of German territory looms up as a decided probability.

Oct. 12, 1893

125 Years Ago

Local news: The hotel men, grocers, confectionery dealers and in fact all business men speak of having had a good run of trade on Thursday.
A grand ball will be held at the Pontiac House on Thursday to which a cordial invitation to the public generally is extended. Good music will be provided.
Mr. L. Belanger, Photographer artist of Ottawa is now in Shawville where he will remain for several days for the purpose of supplying the public with first class pictures at moderate prices. Card photos and cabinets, photographs copied and enlarged to any size and finished in plain ink, crayon, water colour or oil.
The girls are all gone away again to their several occupations and the boys are getting away to the woods fast as possible. It seems there will be very few young folk left here this winter.
There was a pretty large display at the exhibition of wheeled conveyances, sleighs, cutters, implements, etc. each showing the improvements that are being made year by year in these respective classes.
Messrs. A.R. McCormick, druggist, W. Surtees, draftsman, Department of Interior and Geo. Easdale all of Ottawa are here spending a few days with Mr. Willie Shaw, hunting, fishing, etc.