Nov. 8, 1995
25 Years Ago
Quyon honours heroes: A sizable crowd braved Sunday afternoon’s bitter wind to gather at the cenotaph in Quyon for an early Remembrance Day ceremony.
Royal Canadian Legion branches from Aylmer, Constance Bay, Kanata and Arnprior joined Legionnaires from Quyon branch 231 for a parade through the streets to the cenotaph.
Prayers were led by Father Tanguay, Rev. Isabelle Black and Rev. Timmons.
Torpedoed on the Atlantic: Ben Tanguay doesn’t often make it to the Remembrance Day ceremonies anymore, but . . .
the Portage du Fort resident doesn’t need a special ceremony to remember what happened some 50 years ago.
Ben was a leading stoker aboard the HMCS Chebogue, a frigate in World War II.
During the war, Ben made three trips across the Atlantic to help supply the armies. But none were comparable to the trip in October of 1944. While the Chebogue lay some 500 miles west of Ireland, she was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Two men were killed instantly and four more died in the morning.
This Remembrance Day, Ben will again remember those frightening days. “It brings back a lot of memories, both of action and the people we lost,” Ben says. “I would never want to see another war like that again.”
Nov. 11, 1970
50 Years Ago
The ladies take over on a temporary basis at Campbell’s Bay Court House: No permanent replacement has been appointed for Jean Louis-Muir as yet but on a temporary basis, two ladies have taken over the duties previously performed by him at the Campbell’s Bay Court House. Mr. Muir has been posted to St. Jerome.
Mrs. Roy Romain, the former Ella Dagenais, who has been employed in the Court House for over eight years, has been given the post of Deputy Clerk of the Social Welfare Court and Mrs. Robert Spence, the former Georgette Bertrand who has been working with Mr. Muir as his assistant for thirteen years, is now tin the position of Deputy Probationary, Deputy Sheriff and Deputy Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court.
Brave act of police officer saves a life: Constable Oliver Menard leaped from the seat of his police cruiser and into the path of an oncoming car to hastily remove a wounded man from the road just seconds before the vehicle passed on its speeding non-stop way down Highway 8.
The rescue occurred as one of a series of incidents which point out the necessity for drivers to proceed with unusual caution whenever they see the flashing light of a police car.
Constable Menard was parked entirely off the highway and his light was flashing because he was interviewing a man whom he had stopped. As the interview was taking place, another man came up to the officer and was standing on the edge of the road talking to him at the driver’s side of the cruiser.
At that point, a third car came too close by and struck the man who fell to the road in an injured condition. Behind that car, came another car heading right for the injured man in the road. It was then that Constable Menard came flying out of his car and pulled the man to the ditch in the nick of time.
In commenting on the incident, the Corporal of the Campbell’s Bay detachment states only that he would like to think all drivers would respect the flashing lights of police cruisers and slow down to a very slow rate of speed whenever they see this flashing light.
Nov. 22, 1945
75 Years Ago
Local News: St. Andrews W.M.S. held their November meeting at the home of Mrs. J.N. McCredie. Nine members were present. Mrs. James Campbell had charge of the program and gave an excellent description of mission work in Africa.
Singing a hymn and prayer by Rev. Mr. McCord closed the meeting. Tea was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. M. Stewart.
A preliminary survey will be made as to the possibility of a bridge over the Ottawa River at Quyon, Public Works Minister Fournier told a delegation from Carleton and Pontiac Counties.
The new variety of Beaver oats which was distributed for the first time by the cereal division of Central Experimental Farms in the spring of 1945 has in general shown up quite well in spite of unusually severe growing conditions.
Thousands of Canadian soldiers in the Netherlands are sending home tulip bulbs. To face the demand, the Canadian Army Post Office had to establish a special branch for bulb mailing.
Canadian men and women received chewing gum overseas through the Wrigley Overseas Gum Plan which was most successfully operated for the folks at home through their retail storekeepers who forwarded their customers’ orders to the manufacturer for direct shipment to Canadians serving overseas.
Wood waste in the shape of sawdust shaving and chips is to be made into wallboard by a simple, quick and cheap method recently discovered.
Nov. 4, 1920
100 Years Ago
Missing from our files
Nov. 14, 1895
125 Years Ago
Local News: “Socials” are all the rage just now and neither dull times, dark nights, tired horses, nor the Eastern question have the slightest effect upon their success. The latest of these events occurred at the house of Mrs. Wm. Graham and was a model in almost every respect.
The present mild weather witnesses a large number of farmers trudging between the handles of the plow and many fields have changed to black and brown.
A missionary social was announced and carried out with much acceptance. Soon after dark the guests began to arrive and the stream continued till 8 o’clock or later. Every room, the hall and stair were filled and a more happy, merry, genial group of young people would be hard to find. After general conversation had been indulged in for some time, Mr. Andrew Grant of Elmside was installed chairman and discharged the duties devolving upon him with marked success.
Mr. Graham had procured a few barrels of apples for the occasion and at the close of the program, these appeared and disappeared with considerable rapidity.
Excellent order prevailed throughout and after half an hour more spent in pleasant chat, the assembly dispersed soon after 10, all seemingly well pleased with the evening’s entertainment.
The last few weeks have passed by without anything to enliven the social stagnation of our little town of Bryson.
Mr. Laurier’s trade policy seems to be always fashioned for the place in which he is speaking, the Grit leader in every case throwing consistency and national interests to the winds and setting out merely to please the audience before him.
Lord Salisbury at Walford on Wednesday said Great Britain had the strongest cause to lament that, when the corn laws were repealed, the protectionists’ warnings were not heeded.
The export of sheep from Canada in 1895 are the largest in the history of the export trade, the total being 171,263 head. Exports of cattle 83,480 head as compared with 73,380 in 1894.
