On Friday, a spokesman for Lamarche-McGuinty, the company that owns the mine property, would not say whether the company intends to pursue the dump project any further.

Local service connects Pontiac to the internet: Pontiac will soon have its own local access to the internet. Judging from the results of a local poll, the community is ready to make use of it.

This month, Pontiac Computers in Shawville will launch a new service for its customers, providing local direct access to the internet.

Harold Price opened Pontiac computers three-and-one-half years ago. He and his son Harold Jr. believe the time is right for setting up a local internet service, especially for people who do not have local calling to service providers in Ottawa.

Oct. 13, 1971

50 Years Ago

Shawville juniors emerge as senior fastball champions: The Shawville Juniors were double winners in Pontiac senior fastball competition this summer.

After finishing a dismal third in the regular schedule the Juniors came to life in the playoffs to win six of seven games, including five in a row and captured the Shawville men’s fastball league championship.

This was quite a feat since they shutout the run-away first place finishers, Pontiac Home Bakery, three games to none.

The other Shawville team in the tourney was an all-star team from the town league, sponsored by Pontiac Home Bakery. The other six clubs came from Fort Coulonge, Bryson, Campbell’s Bay, Portage du Fort, Quyon Gavans and Quyon Ferry.

The Shawville Juniors double winners: Eric Smith, O.J. Cutherbertson, coach, Carson Ryan; Bill Anderson, captain; Charlie Taylor, Donnie Armitage; Les Brinkworth; Brian and Desi Allen.

Ottawa River report calls for clean-up: A report summarizing the findings of the joint Ontario-Quebec Ottawa River study tabled in the Ontario legislature and the Quebec national Assembly on July 8 of this year, delves into the pollution problems of the Ottawa River.

The report explains the water management programs necessary to maintain water quality in the river at an acceptable level to ensure the suitability of the river for uses such as water supply and recreation as well as hydro-electric power production and waste water disposal.

Oct. 10, 1946

75 Years Ago

Local news: Another active and successful month is reported for September for the Pontiac Community hospital with a total of 738 hospital days, making a daily average of 24.6 patients. There were 111 patients treated during the month with 31 minor operations, 8 majors, 8 outdoor cases, 17 maternity. There were 2,935 meals served.

Due to the removal of the final milk subsidy on Sept. 30, the Quebec Dairy Commission has authorized a price increase of 2 cents per quart to cover the loss to the producer.

Canadian buses are going down to South America. A development corporation of Chile has placed an order for two hundred and fifty in this country.

Mr. Irvine Woods motored several men to their work in a lumber camp at Ont last week. This was a 3-day task and even if the storm was rather bad, the trip was very successful.

Another party of Japanese who have been living in Canada have sailed for their homeland, it was announced today by A. MacNamara, Deputy Minister of labour.

Sept. 29, 1921

100 Years Ago

Local News: The sixty-fifth milestone in the record or history of Pontiac’s pioneer agricultural society was passed in the closing of its annual exhibition on Wednesday evening last.

The fair goes down into history as one of the best in some respects that has ever been held here and yet like the most of its predecessors, it had its shortcomings and disappointments, some due to the indifference of the public, and others to conditions over which there was no control.

From an agricultural standpoint, the present has been a “lean year’ for the greater part of Eastern Canada and this district has been particularly affected in that respect, hence it is not surprising that great shrinkage in the product of farms should be reflected in the quality and quantity of the exhibits that were to be seen under that head. In consequence of these apparent shortages and the absence altogether of other exhibits that are usually seen, the ground floor of the exhibition hall had an air of emptiness about it that one could not fail to notice.

Weather conditions during the past summer had no debilitating effect upon the energy or enterprise of those who, in the quiet of their homes, had spent many a leisure hour in creating some work of skill and beauty in order to give artistic tone to the department over which they preside.

The exhibit of horses was by far the most prominent feature of the fair this year. In some classes there was a much greater number of entries than ever, and in nearly all classes there was a good representation with very close competition, judged from the side at least.

The fair opened on Monday with the assembling an judging of exhibits in the main hall but the formal opening did not take place till the next day when judging in the ring began. There was also a baseball match and the Kewpie doll men and the merry-go-round each exercising a certain magnetic influence, according to people’s varied termperamental mouldings. Tuesday’s program terminated with an entertainment in the rink given by the young ladies of Junior Women’s Institute under the direction of Mrs. S.E. Hodgins. The entertainment consisted in chief of a play entitled “Miss Fearless and Company.”

The success of Wednesday’s part in the fair was considerably marred by unpleasant threatening weather.

In reckoning up the balance of trade this year between Shawville and Renfrew in the matter of fair patronage, the advantage was decidedly in favour of the Ontario town. In arranging the dates for next year, this fact should be kept in mind.

The political situation in Pontiac has not developed to any great extent as the result of the meeting held by the Liberal chiefs at Campbell’s Bay last Friday.

The only thing of importance said to have been decided on was that the customary convention for the selection of a candidate would be held at Ville-Marie in the Temiscaming district.

Oct. 8, 1896

125 Years Ago

Local News: Mr. Jas. Hodgins erected the circular bents of the new skating rink this week. As already reported in these columns, this rink is to be a permanent structure and will eclipse in size and general adaptability anything of the kind we have yet had here.

The masonry of the new Lutheran church at Upper Thorne Center is now proceeding under the direction of Mr. F. Bretzlaff. The edifice when finished will be a large and rather imposing structure.

A party of hunters from the Ontario side of the river put up at Bretzlaff’s hotel for a while on Friday night, arriving there at a late hour. It seems the party lost their way and were delayed some hours in consequence.They were not asked to show their permits, an adjunct necessary to the outfit of Ontario people this year who assay to enter the domains of Lower Canada in search of game.

By the look of things, there is soon going to be a village at the corner of the Bryson road and Range A. There is a good beginning that way already, as in a harness and blacksmith shops and a few dwelling houses.

Mr. Wm. Moore, merchant in Otter Lake, has put up a very fine verandah in front of his store and dwelling house; his new stables also are nearly finished.

There was quite a gang of hunters with deer hounds passed through here on Saturday last for the neighbourhood of Ben Smith’s.

Mr. D. Lunam of the Bay goes into work today with a gang of square timber markers on the old Laframboise limit and Tuesday he is sending a gang up to cut logs for Gilmour and Hughson. Mr. P. Quinn of Vinton has also a job of saw logs.

Jim passed Saturday evening in his buggy, his face was stretched into a fine broad smile. On inquiring why he seemed so pleased, someone told me, its another boy.

The exhibition of Ag. Society No. 2 which was booked for Wednesday last was interfered with by unfavourable weather, so much so that the directors deemed it prudent to postpone the show till following day. Again on Thursday morning the prospects were rather discouraging, so that as in the case of the day previous, many were deferred from attending. Considering all the drawbacks, however, a surprisingly large crowd of people turned out in the afternoon and a fine lot of exhibits were displayed.

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