“A support group means people are supporting each other because they share a common esperience,” explains Greermount resident Anna Anderson, who has worked as a nurse and counsellor for cancer patients for many years.

Fire station nearly complete: Within about a week, Pontiac Municipality’s new east-end fire station near Terry Fox Road should be ready for service.

Construction of the $510,000 building on Hwy 148 is expected to be completed by next week, about five months after it began in August.

The new station will serve a five-mile radius including those living in between Terry Fox Road, Cedarvale Road and Braun Road.

Jan. 13,1971

50 Years Ago

Fires in Coulonge: Two fires marred the weekend in Fort Coulonge destroying two homes. On Saturday night, fire destroyed the small bungalow owned by Etienne Bastien. Nothing was saved from this fire which was caused by electrical issues.

The Fort Coulonge volunteer firemen came to the scene of the blaze but were unable to do anyting to save the building.

On Sunday night fire broke out at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Potery. It started in the basement where it was detected by one of the three children in the hone. Defective wiring is suspected as having been the casue of this fire as well.

3D’s on TV: The many fans of the young Quyon group, Gillie and the Three D’s were delighted with their appearance Saturday morning on the Willy, Floyd and Friends show on Channel 13.

This group consisting of Dot McColl, Donna MacKechnie, Debbie Young and Gillie Fraser have won serveral awards at local talent shows and after being granted an audition at the Ottawa CTV studio, were successful in having their selection taped for the January 2 program.

Jan. 10,1946

75 Years Ago

Local News: Shawville defeated Quyon 1-0 in a closely played hockey game at Quyon on Wednesday. Ray Young scored for Shawville. The teams: Shawville: goal- C. Campbell; defence – L. Devine and N. Angus; centre – C. (Buzz) Hodgins; wings – V. Harris and B. Corrigan; sub – A. Garrison, H. Welch, R. Young and C. McDowell.

Quyon: goal – C. Foley; defence – B. Holly and K. Davis; centre – F. Doyle; wings – F. Quigg and G. Fraser; subs – R. Renaud, F. Fleury, Lorne Davis, L. Brown and D. Kearns.

Arriving on The Queen Elizabeth at New York on Dec. 28, after the roughest crossing in 47 years, the following repats have returned home in this district:

Pte. Keith Bean, Starks Corners; Cpl. Gordon Ballantyne; Spr. James Morrison of Shawville; Tpr. John McMillan of Bristol; Tpr. David Murray of Maryland.

Aboard the Mauretania, returning home are: Pte. Irwin Weber of Kitchener, and husband of the former Inez Swartz of Shawville; Sgt. William Harris of Shawville.

The return of 35,000 German prisoners-of-war being held in Canada to their humbled, conquered homeland still is in the discussion stage overseas, government sources said recently.

Spokesman said British and Canadian officials in the United Kingdom were studying the question of when to start Nazi captives on their journey home but added the decision hinged on a number of factors, including the shortage of transport.

Various forms of face masks and goggles have been issued to members of the force which will make up Exercise Musk-ox, the joint army-air force Arctic expedition.

Jan. 6,1920

100 Years Ago

Local News: Mr. John Horner’s teams left last Thursday for the Rouge to engage in the work of hauling lumbermen’s supplies for the winter. The teams were driven from her instead of being sent by train as on former occasions, owing to the heavy advance in reight rates.

Revival meetings began in the Methodist Church on Sunday last.

The Cantata was indeed a large and highly appreciative audience that listened to the beautiful sacred Cantata, “Penitance, Pardon and Peace” in the Methodist Church last Thursday evening and so large a turnout in view of adverse weather conditions was also particularly gratifying to the leader, Dr. Powles and choir of forty voices who gave ungrudgingly of their time and talents. The Cantata included some rather difficult music and thus gave scope for a display of the best talent the choir was capable of.

The Christmas Tree for children of St. George’s (Anglican) Church held at Ladysmith last Wednesday night came off fine. After “Santy” had dispensed his presents with a generous hand, supper was served and all enjoyed the evening very much.

Twenty-three days after the boiler explosion at the new stave factory of the Sutherland-Innes Co. at Coulonge, James McDowell, the well-known brick-layer of this neighbourhood, died at the Rideau Street hospital last Wednesday. The remains were brought to Shawville by the evening train.

It is feared that Mr. Chris L. McCool, merchant of Fort William, Que., and a member of the McCool Lumber Co. has met death by drowning while crossing the Montreal River on his way to one of the company’s camps about three weeks ago.

Jan. 9,1896

125 Years Ago

Local News: Mr. George McCagg of Clarendon Front, celebrated the closing day of 1895 between the plow handles. George says he spent the whole day at this kind of exercise and that the soil turned easily until towards evening.

Mr. Alf. Wildman has his open air skating rink on the mill pond in running order.

Highest cash price paid for hides and sheep pelts at G.E. Wainman’s Tin Shop, Shawville.

How is this for a record in pressing hay? On the farm of Mr. John Thomson, Litchfield on New Year’s day, 13 tons were pressed by Mr. Edward Graham’s press.

Christmas and New Year in Quyon are over and it should be noted they were two of the quietest days that they have ever had, no snow or ice.

It may not be generally know, says the Carleton Place Herald, that we have living in Carleton Place at the present time, a family in which there are five distinct generations but such is the remarkable fact: there is the great-great grandmother, the great grandfather, the grandmother and the mother and the infant.

A very enjoyable time was spent at the English Church parsonage on New Year’s evening by the friends and members of the Thorne congregation.

The evening was spent in games and singing, the grand finale being a very appetizing repast, supplied by the thoughtfulness of the ladies of the congregation and at about 10:30 all left, wishing the Rev. Mr. Coffin and his good lady a very prosperous new year.

Thursday, a Christmas Tree was held at the parsonage for the benefit of the children and upwards of 35 were sent home happy and thankful for the kindness of the reverent gentleman and his good lady.

The Masonic Hall was comfortably filled on New Year’s night, the occasion of the annual tea meeting in connection with St. Paul’s church; and there is no doubt had there been good sleighing, the assemblage would have been much larger.

We wish that our telephone central in Elmside would take in his ground wire and keep it beside the stove until the cold weather is over, or try some other experiment by which we might be able to reach him occasionally.

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