Summer in the seventies

Summer in the seventies

May 12, 2026
News, Summer 2026

The Equity

The Pontiac has never shied away from a good summer shindig, and this collection of photos from the late ‘70s is evidence. In 1978, for example, the Shawville Canada Day parade had over 100 entries. These photos were pulled from some of the binders of film negatives THE EQUITY has saved from its reporting over the years and has slowly been digitizing. Browse our full collection of digitized photos at theequity.ca/the-way-we-were-photo-archives/ or in our Facebook group – The Equity’s “The Way We Were” Archives.

A children’s clubhouse constructed with the help of a Young Canada Works Grant at the Ladysmith playground in 1978.

Connie O’Donnell and Pontiac Printshop employees Debbie O’Donnell and Ann Taylor stand on guard for Canada on behalf of THE EQUITY during the 1979 Canada Day parade in Shawville. Those wanting to jump on this ‘Way We Were’ bandwagon can buy replicas of these vintage staff t-shirts. Pop into our shop to try one on!

Quyon’s 13th annual fastball tournament was held in July 1977. The five-day tournament saw teams come from Almonte, Ottawa, Brockville, and even the United States.

PHS Students and teachers completed a three-day canoe trip in Otter Lake ending near the Picanoc River. Students on the trip included Shelley Garrison, Norma Letts, Connie Stanley, Graham McCredie, Steve Laycock, Peter Homer, Peter Giuliani, Dave Bums and Dana Burman. Teachers Tom Whelan, Dave Holmes and John Petty accompanied the group.

The Hellenettes perform in the Saint-Jean Baptiste Day parade on L’île-du-Grand-Calumet 1977.

The Pontiac Truck Club car show in Shawville, June 1979.

Brian Beaudoin of Campbell’s Bay soars over the high jump bar during a track and field meet held at Dr. S. E. McDowell Elementary School in June 1978.

Flag bearer Raymonde Dagenais from St. Mary’s School in Otter Lake carries the Canadian flag as part of a region-wide elementary school version of the Olympics held in Bryson in 1977.

Sawing contests were the highlight of the Luskville Raftman’s Festival in July 1979.

Roy Wegner of Pembroke brought his 1925 Model T Ford to Thorne’s centennial parade in 1977.

The Equity celebrated its 95th birthday with this float in the 1978 Shawville Canada Day parade. This float was one of over 100 entries in that year’s parade.

Sack races were one of the many activities at the 1978 Canada Day celebrations in Shawville. — EXIF_HDL_ID_1

Longtime Pontiac Printshop employee Ann Taylor takes a shot at the long jump during Canada Day games at the Shawville Fairgrounds in 1979.

Siblings Denise and Daniel Godet enjoy the children’s rides at the Chapeau Fair in 1978.

A 1892 Sawyer & Massey steam engine at the 1977 Steam Show in Bristol.

At the Sheenboro Harvest Ball, held on the farm of John Brennan, Andrew Turner pitches a mean horse shoe. Turner is one of Waltham's best and a favorite of all competitions. — EXIF_HDL_ID_1

Charteris members of the Orange Lodge in the Derry Day Parade in August 1979.

Dianne Lacroix of Luskville manoeuvres her horse, Paul Hancock, over the logs during the 1977 Quyon Fair, as judge Dave Fraser looks on.

Fern Lafleur and Vital St-Aubin attempt to stay dry in the log rolling competition during Otter Lake’s Lumberjack Day in Aug. 9, 1978.

The team from the British Hotel took home $100 in the tug-of-war competition at a celebration of Eardley town hall’s 100th anniversary in 1977.

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Summer in the seventies

The Equity

The Pontiac has never shied away from a good summer shindig, and this collection of photos from the late ‘70s is evidence. In 1978, for example, the Shawville Canada Day parade had over 100 entries. These photos were pulled from some of the binders of film negatives THE EQUITY has saved from its reporting over the years and has slowly been digitizing. Browse our full collection of digitized photos at theequity.ca/the-way-we-were-photo-archives/ or in our Facebook group – The Equity’s “The Way We Were” Archives.

A children’s clubhouse constructed with the help of a Young Canada Works Grant at the Ladysmith playground in 1978.

Connie O’Donnell and Pontiac Printshop employees Debbie O’Donnell and Ann Taylor stand on guard for Canada on behalf of THE EQUITY during the 1979 Canada Day parade in Shawville. Those wanting to jump on this ‘Way We Were’ bandwagon can buy replicas of these vintage staff t-shirts. Pop into our shop to try one on!

Quyon’s 13th annual fastball tournament was held in July 1977. The five-day tournament saw teams come from Almonte, Ottawa, Brockville, and even the United States.

PHS Students and teachers completed a three-day canoe trip in Otter Lake ending near the Picanoc River. Students on the trip included Shelley Garrison, Norma Letts, Connie Stanley, Graham McCredie, Steve Laycock, Peter Homer, Peter Giuliani, Dave Bums and Dana Burman. Teachers Tom Whelan, Dave Holmes and John Petty accompanied the group.

The Hellenettes perform in the Saint-Jean Baptiste Day parade on L’île-du-Grand-Calumet 1977.

The Pontiac Truck Club car show in Shawville, June 1979.

Brian Beaudoin of Campbell’s Bay soars over the high jump bar during a track and field meet held at Dr. S. E. McDowell Elementary School in June 1978.

Flag bearer Raymonde Dagenais from St. Mary’s School in Otter Lake carries the Canadian flag as part of a region-wide elementary school version of the Olympics held in Bryson in 1977.

Sawing contests were the highlight of the Luskville Raftman’s Festival in July 1979.

Roy Wegner of Pembroke brought his 1925 Model T Ford to Thorne’s centennial parade in 1977.

The Equity celebrated its 95th birthday with this float in the 1978 Shawville Canada Day parade. This float was one of over 100 entries in that year’s parade.

Sack races were one of the many activities at the 1978 Canada Day celebrations in Shawville. — EXIF_HDL_ID_1

Longtime Pontiac Printshop employee Ann Taylor takes a shot at the long jump during Canada Day games at the Shawville Fairgrounds in 1979.

Siblings Denise and Daniel Godet enjoy the children’s rides at the Chapeau Fair in 1978.

A 1892 Sawyer & Massey steam engine at the 1977 Steam Show in Bristol.

At the Sheenboro Harvest Ball, held on the farm of John Brennan, Andrew Turner pitches a mean horse shoe. Turner is one of Waltham's best and a favorite of all competitions. — EXIF_HDL_ID_1

Charteris members of the Orange Lodge in the Derry Day Parade in August 1979.

Dianne Lacroix of Luskville manoeuvres her horse, Paul Hancock, over the logs during the 1977 Quyon Fair, as judge Dave Fraser looks on.

Fern Lafleur and Vital St-Aubin attempt to stay dry in the log rolling competition during Otter Lake’s Lumberjack Day in Aug. 9, 1978.

The team from the British Hotel took home $100 in the tug-of-war competition at a celebration of Eardley town hall’s 100th anniversary in 1977.

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