Restigouche in history
Published Wednesday September 3rd, 2008
Twenty-five years ago (1983)
Sod-turning for Lions Complex Saturday
The new $850,000 senior citizens' complex which is to be built in Campbellton under the auspices of the Lions Club will hold a sod-turning ceremony here next Saturday, it is announced by club official, Terry Delaney.
The public has been invited to the ceremony which will be held at the site of the complex to be located at the end of Miller Street near the junior high school.
Guest speaker at the even and at the banquet to follow will be Maurice Harquail, MP, who assisted the club in receiving federal assistance for the project.
Under the assistance program, the federal government will pick up all but two per cent of the cost of the construction. In addition, the club received a Canada Works grant which enabled them to hire 15 men to work on the preliminary stages of the complex. A grant was also received from the energy secretariat because the new structure will be energy-efficient.
Hope for production at Fraser's
The $180-million modernization program at the Fraser Inc. mill in Atholville is nearing completion and company officials are hoping to have some production by the end of September.
Mill manager Everett McKinnon stated that start-ups will probably begin the third week of the month and that salespeople are presently visiting potential customers in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
Once the expansion is completed the mill will be producing bleached bisulphite pulp for market.
"The mill has about 250 regular employees, many of whom have been undergoing training for the new operation."
During recent years, poor market conditions forced a number of shutdowns at the mill and officials are anticipating that the new product will improve sales.
While efforts have been made to get operations going as soon as possible, time was taken off for Labor Day and the mill unions, who organized a number of events, challenged mill management to an exhibition softball game. Management responded with a 10-9 victory.
Fifty years ago (1958)
Campbellton rink will not sponsor hockey
The directors of Memorial Gardens have announced following a meeting here that the rink will no longer sponsor senior hockey in Campbellton. The only exception to this will be the continuation of minor hockey teams, in which the boys of the town take part.
As far as senior hockey is concerned, said W. M. Miller, speaking for the Gardens directors, any interested person or organization wishing to take over the Campbellton hockey team may apply at once to Gardens manager Carroll Bloom to work out details for the granting of a franchise.
The abrupt change in the rink's policy regarding the sponsorship of hockey has come as a result of criticism, especially on the part of municipal authorities, that the rink has lost substantial sums as a result of its hockey affiliations. Since the opening of Memorial Gardens here nearly 10 years ago, the Gardens has annually sponsored a hockey team, in several instances producing Maritime champions.
Hockey fans throughout this entire area have expressed growing concern at the prospects of the change in the hockey set-up here. Although there has so far been no announcement as to some group or individual taking over the management and administration of the hockey team, it is expected that some arrangements will be worked out so that hockey can once again be supplied for fans here.
Little is known so far of hockey arrangements in other towns along the North Shore or in nearby Quebec, where similar difficulties are being experienced as to financing and managing the teams. In many cases, the high salaries which have been demanded by some players have been held as the principal drawback to continued minor hockey in this area.
Seventy-five years ago (1933)
Rail crossings are very rough
Motorists are complaining about the rough condition of the railway crossings in this district. The crossings in this part of the province have always been rougher than elsewhere but this year in particular their condition is very bad. In many cases, a few hours work with a pick and shovel would help matters considerably. Most of the trouble is caused by motor patrol operators lifting their scraper bars on approaching the crossing causing a lump to form on each side of the track.
If motor patrol operators would watch this matter a great improvement would be noted.
At the present time every crossing in Restigouche County needs attention. In some cases the wood between the rails is in bad shape but in most cases the fault is outside the rails. In some cases repairs are necessary on railway property but in the majority of cases the fault is outside the railway jurisdiction.
Shiretown has big celebration
Local Unions, No. 164 Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers and Local No. 263, Brotherhood of Papermakers, turned out en masse on Monday to participate in the grandest Labor Day celebrations ever attempted in the Town of Dalhousie.
In the vicinity of 800 men and boys lined up for the mammoth parade, the feature event of the days' program at 10 a.m. near the court house. Under Marshall Gordon Brown, former corporal of the Marines riding to the fore of the throng, assisted by Lt. G. O. Fitzgerald of the North Shore Regiment, in mid-ranks, the parade proceeded down Adelaide Street in the following formation: Boy Scouts, carrying huge Union Jack, and under command of Scoutmaster Bill Edwards; 28 piece band, playing unexcelled music; Dalhousie Fire Dept. marshalled by fire chief, Fred Bateman, Local No. 263 Brotherhood of Papermakers headed by President Geo. Martin and banner bearers; Ed. Baker and Al. Esliger, Local No. 146 Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, headed by President Thomas Lawlor and banner-bearers, Arnold Smith and Wilfred Harquail.
From Adelaide St., the mammoth gathering proceeded down Renfrew and hence onto William, Victoria, and Montgomery Streets, finally winding up at the softball campus where the excellent 28 piece band rendered several appropriate selections prior to the speech making…
In the afternoon, a large and enthusiastic crowd witnessed a varied sport program, including softball and baseball games, a track meet, a tug-of-war, and sports for the children. Considered from all angles, the event was one of the most successful affairs of this kind ever held in Dalhousie.
Cross continent hiker in town
Campbellton had a somewhat unusual visitor on Tuesday when Emile E. Lessard, a native of New Orleans, La., passed through this district en route to Halifax on the last lap of a lengthy hike which had its starting point in Florida in August of last year.
Up until Tuesday Lessard had covered 13,784 miles on foot. His walking tour had its western terminus in Vancouver, and from there he came east across Canada, circled the Gaspe Peninsula and is now travelling south to this home. During his trip, the study hiker, a polite-mannered fellow of medium height, well-bronzed by exposure to sun and wind, wore out nine pairs of shoes, three pairs of moccasins, and 284 pairs of socks. Recently in Ottawa, Lord Bessborough informed him that he was the first man known to have crossed through Northern Ontario in winter without weapons or special emergency equipment.
Lessard carries with him 285 letters from government officials, mayors of towns, etc. which contain goodwill messages to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and which will be personally delivered by Lessard to the United States president. At the beginning of the long trip, Lessard had four companions. Three dropped out, having tired of the venture, while the fourth died in Calgary following an attack of acute appendicitis.
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