150 years ago
July 23, 1874
ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES of Boots & Shoes – Assorted sizes of Brogans & Slippers. J.G. intends making this an especial line. His long experience in the trade enables him to select the very best quality, which her will sell at the cheapest rates. He has pleasure in calling attention to his large and varied stock at the WEST END HOUSE.
N.B. – A quantity of Patent & Common Bee-boxes, also Bee-books, from experienced apiarians, for sale. JOHN GILMORE.
125 years ago
July 27, 1899
SAINT-ANICET: It is probable that the oldest inhabitant does not remember of so much thunder as was heard Thursday night and Friday. … It is said a heavy flash followed the lightning rod on the convent here and made a hole in the ground. … There was a narrow escape at the Newfoundout Factory. Young Garneau was unloading milk at the weighstand when a flash of lightning passed so close to the can that it coloured the metal blue. The horses sprang forward and Garneau fell prone on the bottom of the wagon and the can on top of him, giving him a milk bath. A wire fence nearby stopped the horses until they were seized hold of by standersby. Many people sat up most of Thursday night, being afraid to go to bed.
100 years ago
July 31, 1924
XMAS TREES CAN’T BE SHIPPED OUT: Ban Placed on Havelock and Hemmingford Trees – A federal quarantine against the importation of Christmas trees and greens from certain parts of the Province of Quebec has been put into effect by the Federal Horticultural Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. The necessity for the quarantine is the presence of the gypsy moth, a destructive insect pest, in northern Vermont, near the Canadian border, and the fact that it may shortly be expected to invade the Dominion, if it has not already done so, and may be spread to other parts of the United States.
75 years ago
July 27, 1949
NOTICE: The 3-Act Play “His Irish Dream Girl” by Lillian Mortimer, directed by Fred. W. Hutchings, will be presented in MacDougall Hall, Ormstown, Que. On Thurs. Evg., July 28th – Curtain 8:15 p.m. – For an evening of good clean fun. Don’t miss it. – It’s a HIT. – Sponsored by the Women’s Association of Ormstown United Church. Home-made Candy for sale. Adults 40 cents – Children 25 cents. This play will also be presented in the United Church, Huntingdon, on Friday evening, July 29.
50 years ago
July 24, 1974
‘COPTER TEAM EYES FLOOD AID CLAIMS: Seven applications for financial assistance because of spring flood conditions have been filed with the Quebec Natural Resources Department which last week sent an investigator by helicopter to the village to get more information on the claims. The departmental representative … explained that the helicopter carries a two-man team for the province-wide survey and that his colleague was working neighbouring parishes. In this way they cover a lot of ground in a short time.
AND A GREAT BIG CIRCUS IS COMING TO TOWN: Ormstown [Fair Grounds] that is and it’s Garden Bros. 3 Ring Circus. 2:30 and 8 p.m. July 30. Known as Canada’s Circus, this spectacular event is being sponsored by Ormstown and Valleyfield Lions Clubs.
ONE SMALL BOY TO ANOTHER – as they leave dancing class: “A little more of that and I’d be willing to go back to taking naps.”
BUT MAN – are the weeds in Lake St. Francis ever growing! Most of the bottom is covered with slippery and stinking algae, something new. If it’s bad this early, what will mid-August be like? We’ve been told that detergents dumped in the lake contribute to the appearance of the algae.