July 10,1996 

25 Years Ago

Grant for Quyon lagoon approved:  It took eight years but the village of Quyon will finally get its sewage treatment plant.

Municipal Affairs Minister Remy Trudel traveled to the Luskville Community Centre to make the announcement to the Municipality of Pontiac council personally. The government announced Monday it would pay 85 per cent of the cost of a $3.9 million treatment plant.

“I’m pretty happy,” said Coun. Leo Gibbons after the announcement. Gibbons, who sits on the water and sewerage committee had been working on a treatment plant for Quyon since he was elected to office in 1988.

Trudel had more good news for the Municipality of Pontiac Monday. In addition to the PADEM grant, Trudel announced that the federal and provincial grant for the Breckenridge Fire Hall had been increased from $243,334 to $304,078. The cost of the fire hall was about $36,000 more than anticipated. Now the cost will be split equally among the municipal, provincial and federal governments.

Centres keep teens off streets: They’re keeping young people entertained and more importantly, they’re keeping teens off the streets.

Youth centres in Fort Coulonge and Campbell’s Bay have been flourishing since opening their doors to teenagers this spring.

“It’s really taking off,” says Rhonda Perry, who  supervises the Fort Coulonge centre.

The two youth centres are about to make life a lot less boring for area teens and pre-teens. On July 10 and 11 there will be an overnight camping trip at Jim’s Lake. 

July 14,1971

50 Years Ago

Missing from our files

July 11,1946

75 Years Ago

Local News:  Major the Rev. B.D. Armstrong, former Protestant padre at Lansdowne Park Depot was inducted into the charge of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at Fort Coulonge at a service held in the church on Wednesday evening.

Mr. Bill Montaigne of radio station C.H.O.V., Prembroke was in town on Monday arranging for a Shawville Community hour over his station. 

Gospel tent meetings are now in progress at Yarm with Evangelist Rev. W.L. Tomlinson in charge. 

The Daily Vacation Bible school was well attended with an enrollment of 95 for each of the opening days. 

Fresh meat, hard to get in war-time with rationing in effect, has virtually vanished from most of the United States’ peacetime dinner tables. Slaughtering operations of most of the big packing plants are an historic low level. There is only a trickle of supplies turned out as pens remain empty.

The first price-wage spiral in the great automobile industry of the United States already has almost run its course. 

The big freighters of Canada’s inland seas moved through the inner-lake canals and took up their job of handling vital cargoes of grain, coal and ore as Capt. E.S. Brand, federally appointed controller of the lake shipping took command of the lake fleets.

July 7,1921

100 Years Ago

 Local News:  The celebration of Canada’s National holiday at the fair grounds under the auspices of the Agricultural Society came off very successfully despite the sizzling heat which prevailed. The harness and saddle events which of course were the main drawing cards did not disappoint the large crowd who came out to witness them, although it must be said there were some patience-trying delays for which the horsemen rather than the officials were to blame. It was a great day for the sale of ice cream and other cooling beverages and those in charge of the booths where such-like were dispensed were kept on the run. Meals were supplied in the dining hall by the Society with the assistance and co-operation of the Womens’ Institutes of the village and neighbourhood. The Shawville Citizen’s Band, although having very little time for practice since their instruments arrived, was enabled to make their first appearances and a prominent citizen showed his appreciation of the progress made by handing the leader a five-spot after the first selection was rendered.

Quite a number of the young townspeople attended the celebration at Portage du Fort last Tuesday afternoon and report that there was a large crowd in evidence. The principal features of the day’s amusement were baseball matches between Cobden and Eganville teams and also between teams from Murrells and Bryson with some outside assistance. 

There have been several accidents in this district of late. Mrs. Abraham Sheppard was thrown from a buggy last week, while attending the funeral of Mr. Philip Sparling and was severely bruised. Mr. Sam Rooney was very badly hurt last Monday when a dog suddenly sprang from the hedge and frightened his horse. He was also bruised up from the fall out of the buggy.

 July 16,1896

125 Years Ago

Local News: A monster crowd invaded Shawville on Monday, when the “Twelfth” was celebrated throughout the country. An epoch in the history of our little town, inasmuch as it was without a doubt a record-breaker so far as public demonstrations are concerned, eclipsing in magnitude any kind of gathering hitherto held here or even elsewhere in the county of Pontiac.

The retiring of Mr. Robert Grant, head Master of Victoria School after a noble career as a teacher of youth: after nearly thirty-five years of active labour as a teacher in Canadian schools, Mr. Robert Grant retires from the position of head Master of Victoria School, Brockville.  

He presided over schools in Portage du Fort, Clarendon and Bristol in the Province of Quebec.  

There has been another outbreak of drowning in Ottawa and vicinity. Archie Remillard was drowned in the South Nation River a short distance above Thurso on Sunday morning.

He was crossing a submerged road in a wagon when the horses took fright. Remillard was thrown out and drowned. 

The case of Thomson and Hurdman and the Attorney General of Quebec, which was to have been taken to the Privy Council this month, has been settled. The plaintiff sold his claim to J. Brown, broker of Ottawa for $66,000, and the appeal to England was withdrawn. The judgement of the court of appeal therefore, remains undisturbed to the effect that the province, and not the Dominion is the owner of the beach and water lots along navigable rivers, whether there be falls or rapids or other obstructions to the navagability of the stream at the points or places in dispute.

Two rafts have passed over the Chats slides this year, W. Mackey’s and Klock Bros. Another raft of the latter firm is on the way down, it having passed through Calumet last week. It is stated that the Messrs. Klock have sold this year at the extraordinary high figure at 49 cents per foot. Such prices are likely to make quite a boom in square timber trade next winter.