The equity, 24 juin 1998, Special souvenir edition for Shawville's 125th anniversary

[" III b ni \\ V) Il lv \\ \\ 77 T D é t i * 4 < V* ft t ** ?A « V4 ' foi* Second section 115th Year.No.25, Wednesday, June 24, 1998 The Voice of the Pontiac since 1883 7l W ( 1 F# The way we were, 125 years ago 3 t « m % 6 mm* * i » Ml m ¦m I i ^1 w* \"A , J# # v # * *\u2022* » t 1 I kl, ¦ ;S j! # 1 w h&m 1 » I I * w*.fi Ci t / » %Ya US '/\"1 >.< tv 1 n a few days, we\u2019ll begin the celebration of Shawville\u2019s 125th anniversary.It was 1873 when Shawville was incorporated as a municipality.But the town\u2019s history goes back much farther than just the last 125 years.To quote from The Shawville Historical Walking Tour \u201cThe earliest history of the Shawville area remains shrouded in the mists of time.The region as a whole was occupied by Algonquin hunting peoples.For millennia they roamed the vast forests of the region, setting out occasionally on the great river we now call the Ottawa to trade with tribes farther in the interior of the continent or eastward to those on the St.Lawrence.\" The Ottawa River continued to he a major source of transportation when the area now known as Clarendon and Shawville was settled by European immigrants in the early 1800s.Many of these immigrants were Irish, eager to escape the religious turmoil and later the famines of their homeland.The huge stands of tall, straight pines growing along the Ottawa River, west of Bytown (now Ottawa) was especially inviting to immigrants, who saw the timber as a means of survival.The British-French wars were nearing a climax, and Britain was in bad need of a new source of timber for His Majesty\u2019s ships for its all-important naval power.Clarendon was the heart of that forest.But life wasn't easy for these early pioneers.If they survived the II-week ocean crossing, they were faced with a lack of food, an abundance of flies in the summer and bitterly cold weather in the long winters, not to mention they were thousands of miles across the ocean from friends and family.Child deaths were not uncommon in those days.There was a constant dread of black diphtheria, whooping cough, and tuberculosis.First pioneers Two of the first pioneers who did survive those hardships were John Dale and \u201cTipperary Tom\" Hodgins.They paddled up the Ottawa River, blazed a trail into the virgin bush of Clarendon and found a fresh flowing spring where they decided to homestead RjHB 1821.would later become I I i I Ik- : x ?*- i # 4#% ; I ~-V.me 4# ¦ 1 «\"* * * ¦ ü j» M 3% net ï I X - # Mf j X H F X Walking Tour says: \u201cBy the 1840s, Clarendon Centre had become a small, but thriving, village.As the farms grew and prospered, so did the village.\u201d The township was eventually split into two municipalities because of a dispute over road labor, says the Shawville \u201973 booklet printed for the town\u2019s centennial.From the \u201973 booklet: \u201cRoads were built and maintained by a road labor system.Difficulties were engendered by the fact that road divisions were very large, and within these, the annual labor was assigned to location determined by the councillors and paymasters \u201cThe Clarendon Centre people would sometimes be required to do their work a couple of miles east or west of the village.\u201d \u201cThis difference of opinion incited the residents of >%¦* I >.I - p## * ¦ % J ¦ *» Up \u2019I - 4 m b* * S54 < H ê % 4 < 11 c'a P % ' y à A , of the century WM ast around tho^turn n i ÎTLLI i i i K » I % i x ey* M ewsi ¦ J .i ?i - \u2022 * f f >»« urn Langford\u2019s Grocery was horn under tragic circumstances in 1923.John Langford\u2019s grandfather, Stanley Langford, died in the flu epidemic, leaving his wife, Mabel, with no means of support for their five young children.Faced with the threat of having her children taken away from her.Mabel borrowed $1 .(XX) from a man in Shaw ville and began selling groceries out of the living room of her modest, brown, stucco home beside Shawville Milling.She continued to sell groceries for 25 years.Shortly after Mabel\u2019s store closed, her son, Seldon - or Selly as everyone called him - opened his own grocery store in the H.I Hobbs building.Langford's Grocery then moved next to Finnigan\u2019s Hotel.About 20 years ago, Selly and son John built the present-day location.m Sylvia Poisson Hodgins\u2019 First taste of retail was 42 years ago, when, at the age of 17, she first worked for her father, J.C Poisson, at the General Store in Bryson.On July 1, 1961, Sylvia began working for Morley Hodgins Inc.in Shawville.There she spent 28 years in the retail lumber, hardware and decorating business.After a four-year stint at Sc heel Windows in Arnprior, Sylvia opened J7JIU1 Décor Sylvia on Nov.4, 1994, the only full decorating centre in Pontiac.Today, Sylvia continues to offer extensive consultations on interior/exterior decorating, and she sells top quality SICO paints, Sunworthy wall coverings, window coverings, accessories, and much more at her present location (the former Morley Hodgins Inc.store) at 443 Main Street, Shawville.t ¦ =9 U l I *3 ; r?f.\u2022 \u2022 s Ml 1 m tt'J ! # T i S £ The store in 1890 .and today.\u2022 \u2022 \u2022 1857 - W.A.Hodgins Store - 1998 Selly Langford and his son, Hugh, at Langford's Grocery in 1950.At the back door is Emmerson Horner.Finnigan's Hotel can be seen through the window.In 1996, John sold the business - which had been the livelihood of three generations of Langfords - to Donna Presley, who continues to offer her customers the convenience and friendly service of a small town grocery store.departments.Today, they run a business which sells lumber, building supplies, hardware, gift ware, dry goods and cards.Through 141 years of progress and six generations of the Hodgins family, one thing has remained steadfast:\tfriendly and knowledgeable staff who are always eager to help as soon as you walk through the front door of the Main Street store.Edward Hodgins had a vision of building a small business in Clarendon village.In 1857, before Shawville even existed, Edward floated his merchandise up the Ottawa River and then carted it by pack horse to his store.In 1890, he moved his business to a new building located where the hardware store is today.William Edward's son, took over his father\u2019s business in 1906, expanding the grocery counter and adding clothes, shoes and dry goods to his inventory.This was the creation of \u201cW.A\u2019s,\" known as \u201cthe finest store in the Pontiac.\u201d W.A.\u2019s two sons, Arthur and Edgar, took over their father\u2019s business in 1936.Arthur expanded the grocery section into a food store, while Edgar built a clothing department for men, women and children.Mickey, Edgar's son.entered the business in 1947, running the hardware business.Upstairs, china, dry goods and clothing were sold.In 1966, Mickey built an addition to the grocery store, and in 1973, a shopping mall adjacent to the grocery store was erected.In 1980, Mickey sold the grocery store, and he and son, Ronnie, renovated the hardware and ladies' It til A- « n »i ii i I ft\u2014 ?V-J v _ *\u2022 5 V -, # % 1 4 Alexander, Forty-two years in retail business.Municipality of Shawville PON The earliest meetings of Clarendon township were held in Robin McDowell's tavern at the far western edge of the village that would become Shawville.Refreshing themselves with strong grog often led to a failure of decorum among the councillors.Disagreements became brawls that - to put it mildly - interfered with the normal process of governments.The councillors decided they might improve the situation by building a town hall a mile east of the tavern.The hall stood where Memorial Park is now and served admirably for decades.The present Shawville Town Hall was built in 1927 and served as the village post office from 1927 to 1972, with Ernest Dean being the last postmaster to serve in the old location.home of our council and business administration.It is 1972, five different mayors have held office in this old Prior to Ernest, the postmaster was Clifford Woodley.In 1972, the town acquired\ta rather unique structure\tpost office and present town the building from the\tconveying an impression of\thall building.The basement Federal Government.After\tsolidity and permanence,\tof the town hall is home to interior renovations in 1973,\tThe exterior structure of the\tthe Shawville-Clarendon the old post office became\tbuilding remains unchanged\tLibrary, the new town hall and the\tand structurally solid.Since /I A « I' s 6 F~ « i f il 4 l>\u20ac « V W * < m 1 6*64 t Pontiac Dairy as it stands today.t * Pontiac Dairy Products m ¦ 11 in iii I !r ||fl| III purchased by Sterling and Weldon Hobbs.Eight years later, in 1987, it was bought by the Klukes.Today, Pontiac Dairy is a wholesaler tor Neilson Dairy.Tracey\u2019s ice Cream and St.Albert\u2019s Cheese.IM Dairy also produced cultured Kenny Morrison and Cliff buttermilk, cottage cheese and chocolate milk.Milk In 1953, Ebert sold his was delivered by horse and wagon, and bottles were returned to be washed and used again.In 1979, the business was Remember the days when ers were Ebert Richardson, empty glass bottles were left on the back step for the milk- Dale, man to pick up early the next day?Back in the days of share to the two remaining home delivery, the Pontiac partners.Back then, milk Dairy was built on John Dale brought in by the farmers Road in 1949.The first own- was processed here.The Mt < U i i » 1 «r W - « m Shawville Post Office when it was new, now the Town Hall.Tin building on right was George Wainman\u2019s tinshop and the one at the rear was G A Howard\u2019s business.Shawville United Church , * This year, the congregation of Shawville United Church celebrates its 164th anniversary.The first Methodist Circuit was established in 1834, with John G.Manly the first resident Methodist minister.In 1840, the first Methodist church was built on Lot 8, Range 7 in Clarendon.In 1852, a new log church, \u201cClarendon Wesleyan Methodist Church\u201d was built on the site of the present village cemetery in Clarendon Centre (Shawville since 1873).Area churches were built beginning in the 1860s.Zion Methodist Church, built in 1864, has associated always with the Clarendon Centre or Shawville charge.Austin Church, built in 1882, is now amalgamated with the Shawville Church.Although churches were built earlier in most of these districts, a separate Clarendon Circuit was established in 1902 with the following churches: Wesley (1900); Norman (1904); Radford Ebenezer (1906); St.Matthews (1865, burned and rebuilt * *» A i : I ?J! * * # * % ¦ ' xx l # 0 i The funeral of Jane Horner on May 2, 1918.W.J.Hayes is standing second from left.With him is the minister (unknown).f xr'.f ri * 4 W.J.Hayes and Sons Funeral Home Shawville Methodist Church, now Shawville United Church, of which the cornerstone was laid in 1890.building was built similar the fire, was used for some to the original one except time until it was replaced for the church tower and window.in 1931); and Yarm (1914).The Rev.Isaac Norman was the first to minister on this circuit.In 1890, a new Methodist church was built at the site of the present United Church in Shawville.It burned in 1906, was rebuilt and dedicated in 1908.This ily business.Ted worked at the funeral home as well as the paper mill until his death in 1971.Bruce began driving ambulance in 1963 at the age of 15 and has been here ever since.Mac ran the business William James Hayes 1977.started the undertaking business on the corner of was another responsibility Main and Centre Streets of the funeral home.The where the corner store cur- \"invalid coach\" service, as rently stands.He had previ- it was known, was operated ously worked as a mason until 1978.By this time the and plasterer and continued third generation of Hayes', that vocation on the side as Mac's sons, Ted and Bruce, the funeral business slowly had begun work in the fam-grew.The first funeral was conducted on Aug.2, 1915.The original corner building was destroyed in the fire of 1921 and subsequently rebuilt at its current location in 1922.Many additions have been built on since then.Joining W.J.in the business were his sons, Arthur in 1943 and Mahlon (Mac) in 1946.Upon returning from his war duties in the navy, Mahlon had opened a funeral establishment in Renfrew.After one year of operations, he returned to work with his father in Shawville.W.J.died in 1955.Mac and Art ran the business jointly until Art's death il The fourth generation, Bruce's son, Greg, returned to join the company in 1997.Currently, the company consists of Gwen Hayes, owner, Bruce.Greg, Willard Sparling, and from 1977 until his death in Glenn Hodgins.Art Carson helps on a part-time basis.The ambulance service by a bell from a Methodist church in Renfrew.The north large Special memorial windows Christian Education Build-were installed.The original ing was erected beside the oak pulpit was saved from church by 1962.the fire and is used in the In 1965, many area present church.The church churches were closed and bell, although damaged in many congregations joined with the central Shawville 1996.Church.Thus the area classes, congregations, and charges which had decentralized from the original church of 1834 of Clarendon Centre are, once again, centralized in one regional church Shawville United Church.Many ministers and lay persons have served these congregations during these 164 years.The famous Pokes Decades were the years 1931-1952 when the Rev.Dr.A F Pokes served faithfully.The present minister is the Rev.Mark Feamall.Note: A history of the Shawville United Church and area churches may be found in the book By Water and the Word, by Mayfred Homer Dods.$ * the T- I n V V % Tk , i 125 years ago Contineud from page 1 Armstrong hotel keepers.Wagon mak ers were Duncan Ross and at the time.From The Shawville David Ross and Robert Historical Walking Tour: Armstrong were black- \"Samuel smiths.James Shaw and brickyard in the east end of R.R.Armstrong are listed town and Ralph Hodgins\u2019 as the town\u2019s merchants of prosperity in town that was reflected in a surge of building with brick.The east end of town illustrates the wealth of the merchants and professionals of the area.\" This week, we remember these pioneers, and the thousands who came both before and afterward to make Shawville what it is today.Dr.Lyon was the doctor Malcolm McRae Armstrong\u2019s similar establishment on Farmers in the village the Heath Road provided limits included Walker bricks for a growing town Fletcher, John Greer, .in the late 19th century.The Robert Dagg, Samuel coming of the railway in Armstrong and William the 1880s sparked a period it* I t - r m * % m \\ .k V» I I The Shawville Hockey team early 1900s * I I A \u2014, $r\u2019 ft *#?\t,*V- , sp ** MF-*\" » \u2022# i \u2022-\u2022> W ;'v 8 i* SKWvT &*e .irri a y «¦p»*-** + mwk mi 4tyr * r Shawville Methodist Church, now United, after the fire of 1906 h 4 ' II L r & f r h E f l rA'j 4L 4 The Pontiac House before its fire A z Bsr »¦# f An early exhibition at the Shawville Fair > : Page 4, The Equity\u2019s Souvenir Edition, Wednesday, June 24, 1998 Shawville\u2019s 125th Anniversary « ft V ' \"Z §P*/ Î V t I \u2022 t * \u2022\t' t./ /.» * t ** 4 * '! I > * i 4 ft 4 * # I r % - f- 1 % > ¦ À ¦ 11 \\ i: % 1 ft M f » ,v: >0 ¦ft MSS I « 4 / * mt v J h'.< y f \\ i # * * \\ ¦k I i ~1 4 $ < Hjû w* -y.-.,.* \u2018T 9 4k \u2014 1 > Shawville\u2019s 125th Anniversary r The Equity\u2019s Souvenir Edition, Wednesday, June 24, 1998, Page 5 We've reprinted photos of Shawville's Centennial celebrations of 25 years ago to get people in the spirit of celebrating our 125th anniversary next week.r \u2022 1 'i a md»' - F F O '4' ; | \u2019 ¦ I'.V* tT\"r+ 1 » a n H - 1 y % « aJ * >> .P .t.4 F\" % \" y: k r ' I ' .\t r t M u f > - I -I / i i/i\\ V i I \u2019 m ! £\\ f V j* ' L\\ li f .A1 ?6 : â I k m m, ; V / F V l*i < 'At t I» f ?y >.« ff* V & V 'à A4 I k.J m I /ear, bed races will replace the bathtub s of 25 years ago.For those watching on idelines, remember to bring your spaghetti tomatoes.Organizers hope this year s Miss Shawvllle-Clarendon Peach will come close to the entertainment value of the show 25 years ago.I Page 6, The Equity\u2019s Souvenir Edition, Wednesday, June 24, 1998 Shawville\u2019s 125th Anniversary J Shawville Wesleyan Church i i - w, m n i ; The\tyear\t1904\tmarked\tthe\tbegin-\tChurch in\tShawville and the sur-\tWesleyan Church is a body of people ning of the\tMinistry\tof\tthe Wesleyan\trounding communities under the\tcommitted to being disciples of leadership\tof Rev.George\tChrist.Our goal is to build people of Comerford.\tOver the past 94 years of\tfaith and inspire individuals to leave a H ministry, there have been many indi- rich heritage of faith behind for peo-B viduals who have contributed in a pie to witness in other times of cele-Wg rich way to the community in general bradons.FI and specifically the community of I faith at Shawville Wesleyan Church.I For both pastor and lay people we are I grateful for the rich inheritance of I faith we have received from each one who has gone before us.¦ One of the many highlights of the Q church's existence has been the rclo-gj cation of the church building from $ Radford to its present location on tK James Street in Shawville.The a ï > ?i - « \"0 i L- » I i w » y i * # n i À 63 a i t * 1\u201c B S X V; * I \u2014jW&Lûa process was a long one as they attached chains to the old building and drew it into town with horses, using logs beneath, to literally roll it along the old highway.This was quite I an undertaking for the people in 1926 and their pastor.Rev.Daniel U * p \\it Keeping with the old name of Bean's, the station has expanded to its present look today.en Bean\u2019s Service Station ta ¦ This photo token outside of the Summers, front entrance shortly after the church relocation to Shawville.gone many renovations over the Front row, Hubert Hamilton, Herbie years, and many pastors and lay peo-Wilson and Mervyn Dale.In the pie have served together in leader-back are Inez Wilson, Jennie Harris ship, the mission of the church con- The Shawville Wesleyan Church tinues to be the same.Shawville today.», Although the building has under- F he was 12 years old.The duo still use the name Bean's and employ the following people full time: Nelda Bretzlaff, who has been at the service station for 16 years, Frank Frost (10 years), Cory Leach (nine years) and John Bruce Numerous part-timers also help to make Bean's a thriving business.from $500 to $900.In 1974, Skidoo bought out Moto-Ski.Keith Bean rented Bean's Service Station from Fina Company in 1965.Prior to that, Fina owned the gas station for about 10 years.Other former owners include Bill McGregor, Boh Hodgins and a Mr.Hobbs.In 1967, Keith bought the service station and proceeded to own it for the next 21 years.Gas, back then was about 27 cents a gallon.Murray Richardson was the first employee Keith hired.Murray pumped gas at Bean\u2019s for about 15 years.Other employees at the service station were Francis Trudeau and Bert Sheppard.Keith celebrated his one-year anniversary in a big -and unique - way.A street dance was held and the band played on the roof of Bean\u2019s Service Station.It didn\u2019t take long for Keith to expand the business.He began by building a truck bay; the next year, he added an office, and the following year, he built the addition for snowmobiles.But in 1968, the snowmobile business was disastrous for Keith, selling only six Fox Tracs, a machine which turned out to be the lemon of snowmobiles.The next year, Keith began selling Moto-Ski snowmobiles.During the winter of \u20197273, Keith sold 96 Moto-Skis, which ranged in price business The was expanded to sell ice cream in 1972.A large cone was 25 cents, a small, 15 cents.In 1974, Bean\u2019s also started selling Columbia lawn tractors.and Myrtle Wilson.Laval lee\u2019s house (six years).* Although the house is 101 years old, little has changed since it was built.The intricate woodwork with Hodgins\u2019 initials carved into it is still present.The fireplace and mirror are original.Outside, the autographs of a young William McDowell (who later became Rev.McDowell) can be found on the brick walls.In 1920, William\u2019s father.Dr.S.E.McDowell moved in.For some years, part of the house was used as his operating room.In the late \u20194()\u2019s, Larry Hynes and his family moved into the second floor and operated their funeral parlor on the first floor.Apparently, competition between the Hynes and the Hayes\u2019 Funeral Home was stiff.If Hayes was having a funeral, residents used to tease Hynes: \u201cLost another one to Hayes, did you?\u201d In 1972, Larry Hynes was the last one to be waked in the original Hodgins home.The Lavallées moved in in 1974.When George F Hodgins struvtion of his massive lost his hid to become the brick home began, area's federal représenta- Apparently, his con-live in 1896.he decided to stituents were impressed, build a house to impress his and Hodgins was elected in voters, so the story goes.I9(X).On May 5, 1897, con- Hodgins was a wealthy In May, 1987, Keith sold Bean's to Bill McCleary and Lee Laframboise, who had worked for Keith since businessman who helped build Shawville.His name can still be seen above the Stedman\u2019s sign.Today, Donald and Louise Lavallée call the stately brick house home.jpwar » MM gSCS.* * MMfci k s behind the church off Lang next, ordinary folk, farmers worshippers ai Shaw \\ ill Street.\tand teachers, homemakers Standard Church.As we celebrate the 125th anniversary of Shawville, St.Paul's Anglican Church has a special connection to this event, since the present church was erected in October, 1873, and it is the oldest church building in Shawville.The beginning of the Anglican Church in Clarendon took place much earlier, dating from the arrival of the first resident clergyman, the Rev.Daniel Falloon in 1841.The Anglicans were relatively late in establishing an organized ministry, hut many of the original residents were Anglican and the \"United Church of England and Ireland,\" as the Anglican Church was then called, had the legal right to baptize, marry and bury.Rev.Falloon found a loyal, eager and thankful people waiting for him and a church building being erected.For the first year he held services in the recently-built schoolhouse at \"The Centre\" as the town was then called, and the first building was opened in August 1841, in the present-day site of the cemetery.The generosity of those early settlers should he remembered, since times were hard and there was little money in circulation.This church served until 1878.It is interesting to note that the baptismal font was obtained by the Rev.James Samuel Sykes in 1855 from Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal.It had been saved from a fire in that church.The first rectory was built of logs on land bought John Dale.In 1866 the congregation enough money for a 500-pound church which is still in In 1965, the leaders of the church made the strategic decision to relocate further west on Main Street and erect a new worship facility.This visionary step enabled the congregation to more effectively minister to the needs of those families who made this their church home.Later, more property was purchased to enlarge the parking lot.In 1986, a new pastor's residence was erected on King Today, the church houses a baby grand piano % K # # 4- j - x .: II r l 4 * from / 1 «* Â* ms : * raised m % ¦ .Ê E r w \u2022 'Wmf w pi hell y St.Paul\u2019s Anglican Church, of which the foundation was laid in A proposal for 1873.The tower was later reconstructed to support the weight of a new church the bell, was made in 1869 and work began in\tchurch tower.1873.However, an eco- As we celebrate 125 nomic downturn forced the\tyears of community life in work to he stopped.The\tShawville, we also cele- arrival of the Rev.WH.\tbrate 125 years of faithful- Naylor in 1876 saw a new\tness and dedication to beginning and the present\tGod's work over the years church was opened on the\tby so many people.We are Feast of the Conversion of\tthankful for their work and St.Paul, January 25, 1878.\tcommitment as they cared The Bishop came by train to Sand Point and crossed the river to attend.It was a # Friday and the attendance fi| at the morning service was 400 persons.The present rectory was built in 1889.Rev.Naylor left Shawville in 1907 and he is buried in the Village Cemetery.His family and friends gave the clock tower in his memory.This is the reason for the change in the appearance of the use.Shawville Auto Service for their families, homes and community, building a foundation for those who follow in the present day.May Anniversary give us the same sense of service and concern for others as we look with hope to the future.Monel tv established business, Shawville Am Service, at Brunt Barr's I 1989.Murrav ami (iura bought the building Irvin Cone\u2019s estât 1997.the bus expanded to sell used e; off the jack and onto Irvin.The men at Shawville Milling heard Irvin\u2019s cries for help and managed to get the car off of him.The accident caused Irvin to lose his taste buds.1988, In 1946, Irvin Cone built In 1947.Irvin's garage the garage which now opened for business, with houses Shawville Auto Ervan Beattie as his lone \u2022 u Service at 475 Main Street, employee.The business With the help of Arthur sold gas, Austin Healy ears.Mayhew, Irvin drew\tRambler cement blocks in the hack\tAmerican Motors, of his car to build the In the early \u201970s, a near garage.this 125th I I I and ears 1 11 Murray tragedy occurred.A car fell\tRichardson and Gerald In us i IRVIN CONE 3K< 5 / Rambler Sales & Service e* Telephone: 647-2782 - SHAWVILLE, QUE.Res: 647-3753 I * r i ! 1 St.Paul's stands solid today.A building with a lot of history all in the car business.Shawville Auto Service occupies the building today The Equity Before The Equity mov-\ttwo years in the\t40\\s.Bill\tyears.\tDavid and Rosaleen ed into 133 Centre Street, the\tKinmond and\this wife\tDickson bought The Equi- building was home to a Ford\tChris Mac Kay,\tof Chart-\tTY in\t\u201953 and soon moved car showroom, a hardware\tcris, owned it\tfor eight\tit to\tits current location and appliance store and the - popular Blue Moon.Peden | Wilson built the place sometime in the \u201940\u2019s as a showroom to complement his garage next door.The upstairs was used for public meetings.Wilson sold the building to Kenny Pine, who used it as a Massey Harris dealership.At that time, the Blue Moon was born upstairs.The Blue Moon was a place you could go in, kick off your shoes and dance up a storm.The next owner, Ed Reinke, was a hardware and appliance nier- Pf chant.In the mid \u201950 s, the g building was sold to David and Rosaleen Dickson, who moved The Equity from its old King Street location.In its 115-year history.The Equity has gone through only four owners, and today it is one of the few remaining independent weeklies left.Smith and Cowan started the paper in Bryson in 1883.Soon after.Smith left, and the paper moved to the building on King Street.After John A.Cowan died, his children, Bill and Iva, took it over.When Bill died, Iva hired Fred Rogers as managing editor.Story has it Rogers would drink half a gallon of wine and then forget to put a paper out.Jim Gray owned the paper for a brief The Equity at its former location before moving to 133 Centre Street Their son Ross and Heather Dickson took it over in 1981 and are the current owners W Mb ?i* mm I h- 1 m à ,.* r.m# I-J» v \u2022 k .m % V i \\ /> # rf 9.Heavy snow forced the Richardson Rink to cave In during the winter of 1972.Ï1 The first skating rinks A a year to use for the Shawville Fair.That rink produced four NHL players - Frank Finnigan, Eddy Finnigan, Erwin (Murph) Chamberlain.and Terry Murray.In 1972, heavy snow on the roof forced the rink to cave in.Luckily, no one was in it at the time.Only a week earlier, the snow had been shovelled off the roof.The rink was never rebuilt, and today the lot remains empty The present Community Centre was built in the '60s.obstructing the ice.The rink was sold to the Richardson Bros, in 1947.Back then, adults skated for 25 cents, children, for 15 cents.Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays were reserved for skating.Hockey was played Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.The school rented the rink Friday afternoons for the students to use.The Rotary Club rented it Saturday afternoons to provide free skating.The Agricultural Society rented it three days first hockey was played.\u201d That rink was also the training ground of the famous \"Silver Seven\" hockey team.The third rink was opened by James Hodgins in 1896 on Princess Street.After several years without a rink, a corrugated steel covered rink was built in the late fall and winter of 1912 at the comer of Lake and Lang Streets under the leadership of Chris Caldwell.It was the first rink without supporting posts In his book.Clarendon Shawville, Lloyd and Armstrong describes the first skating rink in Shawville as \"a walled affair on the Turner property (on the north side of Main Street just west of the present Bank of Montreal).It was a small sheet of ice, without a roof, but many enjoyable evenings were spent there starting in December of 1887.\u201d The first covered rink was built across the street a few years later.Armstrong says: k < I i *.\u2022\u2022.v fera ,'Æ .w -< i H1 §Wmm * »s ¦ r 1985, the building was renovated into 13 apartments year to acquire the deed for for senior citizens.ft ft H I MB the school before a sales als.transaction could he completed since, unbelievably, no records were available of its existence.In 1985, w ith the addition of Donald Lavallée, After it was first built in the early 1900s, the school was used only by the children living in town; Clarendon children were schooled in the 13 one- school houses Douglas McLean and Dr.Earle Potvin, the home was Shawville High School official opening in 1913.built.But it wasn\u2019t without the board taking a risk.Before there was any guarantee of government It wasn\u2019t long before the grants, members of the school was bursting with board personally signed a students.In 1952, Dr.S.E.bank note of $160,000.The McDowell Elementary was government funding did being built - but not fast come through thanks, enough.For the first three oddly enough, to the months of the \u201952-\u201953 Victoria Avenue School n The family and many passers-by prayed when Jim finally had to perch on that roof to do the outside part of the chimneys.There were three apartments.The older section had eight rooms, and the newer wing of the school ti \u2018u.5 ft > # * .t room throughout the municipality.But as these country schools closed up, the students came to the Victoria Avenue School.\\ î