Nov. 3, 1993
25 Years Ago
Lionettes host costume car rally: The Quyon Lionettes held their sixth annual Car Rally on Saturday. Lionette Mona MacKechnie, Chairperson, reported that 51 cars registered. The challenging course baffled, mystified and dumb-founded many but the Rookie Car of Don and Ruby McColgan and Bernie and Shirley Tracey succeeded in winning. The prize for Best Dressed Car went to the “Beverly Hillbillies” consisting of Eric and Donna Provost, Maureen Curley and Ray Johnston.
A delicious meal was served to approximately 200 enthusiastic participants followed by an evening of karaoke with singing and dancing.
All-Stars have great opening week: Shawville’s 93-94 All-Star hockey season is well underway.
In a full slate of games last Saturday, just about every division from the Novice up opened the season with win at home against the visiting Petawawa Patriots. Only the Atoms had a rough go of it.
The Novices played a pretty good game for two straight periods, taking a 2-0 lead heading into the last frame.
Shawville’s Jordan MacDougall scored first with Derek Burman assisting in period one. Then Ryan Griffin scored unassisted in the second frame for a two-zip lead.
The Pontiac’s scored three unanswered goals for a 5-0 lead. Josh Armitage led off, assisted by Burman, then Griffin picked up his second 11 seconds later and Steven McCord scored a few seconds after. Both of the last two were unassisted efforts.
Nov. 14, 1968
50 Years Ago
New Calumet Mine production ends: The New Calumet Mines stopped all production on Oct. 31 and will be laying off staff from now until the end of December by which time there will be only a small crew of watchmen, caretakers and maintenance men.
There were still 108 employees at work this week but most of these will be laid off during the remaining weeks of November.
The Canada and Quebec Manpower offices are endeavouring to place those who are willing to move to other areas and who have the qualifications for other jobs. Other mines have also been recruiting on the premises.
Campbell’s Bay honours telephone operators: On Saturday evening, a farewell party for the telephone operators was held in the old telephone office and adjoining home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kensley.
The staff present were Mrs. Thomas McCoshen (Alma) chief operator, Mrs. Oswalk Cuthbertson (Jean), Mrs. Larry Black (Gwen), Mrs. Andrew Murray (Zella), Mrs. Clarence Sloan (Emily, Miss Nicole Laporte, Miss Barbara Miljour, Miss Linda Kensley and Miss Margaret Burke.
A pole lamp was given by the girls to Mrs. Alma McCoshen and to Mrs. Lloyd Kensley. The telephone office has been at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kensley for 24 years last June.
After the general turnover from the old type to dial telephones, Mr. Gilmour Kensley dialed the first call from Campbell’s Bay to Pembroke.
Nov. 11, 1943
75 Years Ago
Local news: Mr. and Mrs. John Wickens of Clarendon Front have received word that their son, Pilot Officer Herbert Wickens has been promoted to the rank of Flying Officer. Mr. and Mrs. Wickens have also received word that their son-in-law, Bud Bowker, who has been mentioned in recent dispatches as having shot down two Nazi planes, has been promoted to Warrant Officer.
Word has been received by relatives in Shawville that Pilot Officer Raymond Lynch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Trueman Lynch was missing since Monday of last week after being engaged in coastal patrol near Scotland. He is 22 years of age and was born near Beechgrove.
The annual rally of the Y.P.U’s of Pontiac County was held at Campbell’s Bay on Friday night with an attendance of about one hundred in spite of the inclement weather. Young people were present from Bristol, Yarm, Radford, Shawville, Austin, Stark’s Corners and Kazuabazua.
The Germans have lost the battle for the lower Dnieper and the Crimea. The ultimate extent of the Russian victory now depends on how well the Germans can extricate their forces from an extremely dangerous position. From now on, the area of Russian territory to be regained by the Red Army is not as important as the fate of the German forces within that area. Russians reconquest of all the lower Ukraine and the Crimea is almost a foregone conclusion.
Further Allied advances in Italy represent successes against the Nazis, the weather and the terrain. Reports of the fighting above the Volturno River indicate that the American and British troops are faced with a grim tenacious adversary whose intention is to make capture of Rome a costly and protracted action for the Allies.
Nov. 14, 1918
100 Years Ago
Local news: Glad tidings of peace! The majority of our citizens were aroused from their slumbers at five o’clock on Monday morning, Nov. 11 by the clarion tones of the Methodist Church bell. The first thought that filled some minds was that of fire, but the absence of the dreaded cry itself at once dissipated all fear and the next thought was, can it be peace …. peace! that word for which many millions of hearts so long have yearned! Communication with the central telephone office at once settled the point and then, as if by magic, the wonted stillness of the early morning hour was broken and the villagers rose to the stupendously important occasion. Salvos from fire-arms in all corners of the town followed each other in rapid succession, musical instruments gave a touch of harmony to the confusion of sounds and even a fife and drum band was improvised to give tangible evidence of the fact that the townsfolk had suddenly got themselves into a celebrating mood.
Anon the bell of St. Paul’s caught up the refrain of its big neighbour while the whistles of the factories and mills and even of adjacent threshing outfits joined in disseminating the glad tidings that the dawn of peace had at last come to a war-weary, blood deluged world. All day long the celebration in one form or another was continued. Workshops with few exceptions were closed, the blinds on all the windows of all business places were drawn. In short, it was a day off for everybody who could possibly avoid doing any real work, except that which preparation for the evening illumination entailed.
The events of the day included, as it was only meet and right that they should, expressions of thankfulness to the Omnipotent for the Supreme part He has taken in fulfilling the aims and hopes of the Allies. These took the form of a morning service at St. Paul’s at which Holy Communion was celebrated and also a union, open air service of special interest.
At 7 p.m. a thanksgiving service concluded the devotional features of a day’s proceedings long to be remembered in Shawville. But the end was not yet. The preparations already alluded to reached their culminating point when Mr. Silas Wilkie, the first Pontiac man who lost a son in the war, applied the torch to the huge pile of material that had been erected on the eminence north of the station, overlooking the town. The procession to this point was led by four boys bearing on a stretcher a well inflated effigy of Kaiser Bill and immediately following came the fife and drum artists who rattled off “The British Grenadiers” and other popular airs en route.
The image of the deposed Hun ruler was projected into the foreground and it too became fuel for the devouring element while the air rang with the cheers from a thousand throats. There was no speech-making but a few of the local distinguished vocalists seized the occasion to give vent to their feelings through repeated renditions of “The Maple Leaf”, “When the Boys Come Home,” etc. This continued til the bonfire had spent its brilliancy and the crowd, which forgathered from the four corners of the surrounding district, began to disperse. It was a memorable night which all were eager to participate in and one which all equally hope occasion will never require to be repeated.
Nov. 9, 1893
125 Years Ago
Local News: Some of our vocalists are thinking of starting a club to while away the evenings of the winter months.
Mr. Jas. Robinson, agent, has secured a lot from Mr. Robt. Dagg on Main St. opposite the barber shop on which he intends erecting a machine shop.
Through reliable information from Montreal, we learn that the firm of Shaw and Simpson, commission merchants for whom as will be noticed, we have been running an advertisement for the past two issues, was nothing less than a first class fraud.
The member of L.O.L. No. 34 (Knox’s) had a shooting competition on Monday for which two prizes were offered, namely a handsome cup and shaving box.
Mr. Ralph Horner, evangelist, is at present holding revival services in the Salvation Army Barracks, Pembroke.
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