Jan. 3,1996
25 Years Ago
New Year’s Baby: Being born one week later than his due date earned Christopher Steven Therrien the distinction of being Pontiac Community Hospital’s New Year’s baby.
Christopher was born to Christine Roy and Steven Therrien of Aylmer. But being the first baby born in the new year is old hat in the Roy family. Twenty-six years ago Christine’s mother, Claire, gave birth to the first baby at PCH in 1969 to Jan. 1, a daughter, Lisa.
PCH welcomes new physiotherapists: Users of Pontiac Community Hospital’s physiotherapy department will no longer have to endure three-month-long waiting periods.
For the first time in three years . . .
PCH now has a complete physiotherapy staff. When two physiotherapists left PCH last fall, the department was left with only a skeleton staff.
With the addition of physiotherapists Patricia Chabot in September, France Guillemette in November and receptionist/attendant Lisa Morin in August, patients have to wait at the most, two weeks.
In the new year, two new programs will begin in the physiotherapy department. For those with chronic back pain, classes will be offered which will teach people how to live with the pain, the proper way to move and preventive measures to take.
Jan. 6,1971
50 Years Ago
Snowmobile Safety Week in Pontiac: Corporal Yvon Fauchon, chief of the Campbell’s Bay detachment of the Quebec Police Force, has announced that next week, Jan. 10 to 16 is Snowmobile Safety week in Pontiac. The proclamation is made jointly by the QPF and the organized snowmobile club executives in this country in an effort to focus the attention to the public upon the serious business of safe practices in snowmobiling.
The first day of Snowmobile Safety Week in Pontiac is Sunday, a day when this county is crisscrossed by snow machines, many from outside Pontiac and many who won’t be aware that this is Snowmobile Safety Week in Pontiac.
Curling in Shawville: Curling began in November, Muriel Imison Ladie’s President and Bill Orr, Men’s President.
Mixed draw for turkeys, chickens, etc. won by ‘A’ division, turkeys, Earl Bean, Marg Michaud, Don Lavallee, Mary MacIntosh.
At party Saturday night, Dec. 19, president Muriel Imison welcomed all with good wishes for a joyous season and a good winter of curling.
Jan. 3,1946
75 Years Ago
Local News: Among the repats arriving on the Queen Elizabeth at New York last week were: David Murray, John McMillan, Jas. McKnight, of Bristol; Keith Beam of Starks Corners; James Morrison and Alex Camp bell of Shawville.
A team of Shawville youngsters went to Quyon on Saturday for an exhibition game with the juvenile puck-chasers of that town. The game was hard fought all the way and the Shawville lads had to extend themselves to pull out with a win of 4 to 1.
Beverley Corrigan and Bobbie Horner did the scoring for Shawville, while F. Doyle secured Quyon’s lone counter.
Hon. J.J. McCann, M.P. for South Renfrew, Federal Revenue Minister, told a representative of the Ottawa Evening Journal recently that he would support any organization in the Upper Ottawa petitioning the Ontario and Quebec governments for construction of bridges from Pembroke to Allumette Island.
Erwin (Murph) Chamberlain gashed in the right in-step in a National Hockey League game against Toronto Maple Leafs, will be missing from the Montreal Canadiens lineup for two or possibly three weeks, it was learned tonight.
From his hospital bed here, the Shawville, Que., forward described how he suffered the injury in the first period of the game last night which Montreal won 4-2.
“I was trying to sneak through the Toronto defence,” said Chamberlain. “The whistle sounded just as Goldham (defenceman Bob Goldham) started to throw a check at me. We fell down, Goldham’s skate dug into my hockey boot, cut the instep and nicked a piece of bone.”
The never-ending variety of the work of the Canadian Red Cross reaches out into all corners of the world to bring succour and help to those who need it. There are stories of the Canadian Red Cross workers in the hospitals on the battlefront, in Britain, in Canada, who through their kindness and efficiency have boosted the morales of our wounded and sick.
The escorting-teams from the Red Cross Corps who accompany the wives and children of our servicemen across the ocean to their new homes in Canada is an equally interesting story for other Corps girls also drove ambulances in England, France and Holland, conducted Service Clubs and taught handicrafts in hospitals overseas and at home.
Dec. 23,1920
100 Years Ago
Local News: Greeting: The Hardware Store, Shawville: The Season’s greetings, while returning thanks to our numerous customers for their generous patronage during the past year we desire to extend to them and all friends our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year. C.J. Caldwell.
All members of the Girls and Boys Clubs of St. Paul’s Church, Shawville wish to express their united thanks to Miss May Brownlee for the splendid reception they gave the young people on the 13th inst. The even was a big success.
Mr. Armen Dagg has again been engaged to look after the rink, and has succeeded in laying a very good sheet of ice, notwithstanding that weather conditions have not been altogether favourable for the work. So far this winter, there is very little talk of hockey, locally and the prospects of a county league are not very bright.
Ad: Christmas goods: Gifts for everybody: Mother: a beautiful silver baker, pendant brooch or cut glass. Father: gold watch, chain, cuff links, pipe. Sister: gold wrist watch, pendant, ring, French ivory. Brother: ebony military brushes, collar case, gold watch, Waldemar chain, etc. For the home: something that will be enjoyed by all, a beautiful phonograph. R.A. Wainman.
Jan. 2,1896
125 Years Ago
Local News: The concert held on Christmas night in aid of the Presbyterian church was fairly well attended, despite the wretched weather which prevailed; the audience, however was composed almost altogether of the villagers who turned out in good numbers. The entertainment consisted of music by the village band with a number of vocal selections by resident talent and a solo by Master A. Pattison of Aylmer.
The thaw which prevailed for exactly 15 days spent itself out in a heavy rain fall on Tuesday night last. Its mission seems to have been the utter route of old King Winter and this is accomplished in a manner most unmistakable. Even the “oldest inhabitant” was puzzled to call to mind anything from the experiences of the hoary past that could afford a parallel. Frost disappeared almost entirely from the open fields and in several cases that we have heard of the work of fall ploughing was renewed without difficulty.
We notice with much pleasure that our young friend R.T. Mullin, formerly telegraph operator at Bryson, and we may add a native of the county town, has been honoured with the chief editorial spoof of McGill Fortnightly, a publication issued by the students of McGill University where Tom is at present taking a course in law.
At North Clarendon, On Dec. 17, Robt. Hodgins for Hodgins Bros., laid up with one horse, a saw log containing 1,088 feet of lumber. This mammoth log may be seen on the rollway not a great distance from Hodgins Bros.’ Mill. It is pine, 17 feet long and 36 inches at the top end, a monster without doubt but what Robert is most interested in, however, is to hear of anyone who can beat the feat his horse performed in laying it up.
The sudden disappearance of the snow caused no little regret as the young people intended having a sleigh drive on Christmas Day.
