50 Years Ago

Tentative agreement in C-B strike: Robert Pelletier, president of Local 420, Canadian Paperworkers Union, announced at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday that the union had come to a tentative agreement with Consolidated Bathurst Limited. He and his negotiating team had been meeting

Bank of Montreal wins Community Bonspiel: The Community Bonspiel for 1976 is now history. This all-week event involved 192 curlers and numerous other watchers, cheerer-onners, organizers and sandwich makers. There is no doubt it will become an annual event and

PC leadership candidate visits Pontiac: Joe Clark candidate for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party came to Pontiac last week. This young man spoke with enthusiasm and optimism about his Party at a public meeting in St. Paul’s Anglican Hall,

Teachers practice for strike nobody wants: Teachers at all the schools in Shawville demonstrated outside their schools before classes last Thursday morning. Teachers at the two Protestant schools are disturbed by what seems to them to be delaying tactics of

Foster parents of Pontiac name 1976 executive: Laurent Lamadeleine was re-elected president of the organization of foster parents in Pontiac County called “La famille d’acceuil du Pontiac”. On the executive are Maurice Jobin of Norway Bay, Patrice Larose of Quyon,

Crowning of Centennial Queen in Otter Lake: Saturday, January 10th, a very special day for the people of Otter Lake when a talent contest was held at St Mary’s School. There were eight girls participating in this contest. They were

Moorehead Island Lodge burns to ground Christmas Eve: At 7:30 on the evening of December 24th, the hotel on Allumette Island at the Quebec end of the interprovincial bridge, burned right down to the ground. Moorehead Island Lodge was currently

While this issue was not used for The Way We Were, we are adding the PDF to ensure all issues from 1975 are available to our readers.

While this issue was not used for The Way We Were, we are adding the PDF to ensure all issues from 1975 are available to our readers.

Police News: The road blocks in Shawville Monday were part of a search for hold-up men who robbed Glenwood Five Station in Lucerne at 1:30 and the Imperial Bank in Hull at 2:30 the same day. It may have been