50 Years Ago

Royal Soucy jogs to Ottawa on Canada Day: Sixteen-year-old Royal Soucy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilles Soucy of Shawville, decided to run down the highway to Ottawa, a distance of fifty miles, on July 1. He set forth at

Administrative appointments at Pontiac Protestant High: The Protestant Regional School Board of Western Quebec announces the following Administrative appointments at Pontiac Protestant High School: Mr. David Conrod has been selected to replace Dave Mackenzie as principal. Mr. Ellard Perry, a

Farewell tea for the Sisters of St. Joseph Campbell’s Bay: On Sunday, the parish of St. John the Evangelist of Campbell’s Bay held a farewell tea in honour of the Sisters of St. Joseph who are closing the convent there

A million dollars for roads in Pontiac County alone: The Minister of Transport of Quebec, Mr. Raymond Mailloux, has announced paving contracts for a total of four million dollars covering 136 miles in West Quebec, one quarter of which are

Dredges being built at Norway Bay: Ontario Hydro commissioned the building of three huge barges.They will be welded together and railway tracks affixed to their tops along which dredging machinery will work to dig out the river bed near Arnprior

Olympiades de Pontiac at Fort Coulonge school: Two regional records were broken at the mini-olympics held in Fort Coulonge last week. The entire event was organized and extremely well carried out by Jean Rock Bernard, who says he had 50

Jack Horner, M.P. guest speaker at Orange Lodge banquet: One of the highlights of the Grand Orange Lodge of Quebec was when over 200 people sat down to a turkey dinner in Shawville. Roderick Brown, past Grand Master and Orange

Police news: Portage bridge safety issue: At Portage du Fort, a routine inspection of the substructure of the bridge across the Ottawa River revealed cracks which were deemed to be sufficiently serious to close the bridge pending further investigation. Monday

Shawville Lionettes host 14th annual District Rally: The 14th Annual District A-4 Lionettes Rally was held on Sunday in the Shawville Community Hall which was decorated in purple and gold. One hundred and fifteen Lionettes arrived around 11 a.m. in

Ken Kelly speaks at Pontiac Historical meeting: The guest speaker at the April meeting of the Pontiac Historical Society was Mr. Ken Kelly of Ottawa. Mr. Kelly is Secretary to the Board of Governors of Heritage Canada. He showed slides