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Twenty-five years ago

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Courtesy Michel Goudreau Collection

This tinted postcard from the Michel Goudreau Collection is of the road bridge over Christopher Brook in Tide Head by Tide Head Beach. The photo likely dates from about the beginning of the 20th century. Note how open the brook was then, and how prosperous was the farm on the hill to the west of it. Log drives were conducted on Christopher Brook in those days and there was a mill at its mouth.

(1983)

Charlo residents protest pig farm

Residents of the Mountain Brook Street area in Charlo held a demonstration over the weekend to protest the "foul odour" generated by 1,800 pigs at a local farm.

Andre Maillet, one of the members of the Citizens' Action Group of Mountain Brook, said the peaceful demonstration was well attended and they are satisfied with the public support. Although, it is "too soon to tell" the government's response, the Minister of Agriculture, Malcolm MacLeod, has promised to send a representative of his department to the area for one week to investigate the situation.

Restigouche East MLA Rayburn Doucett met yesterday with concerned residents to further discuss the situation.

Maillet said that the main objections are not aimed at the farmer, Terry Sullivan, but at the lack of government regulations. At present, there are no laws regarding piggeries, just guidelines.

The residents are claiming that the continuous smell from the piggery has resulted in a substantial loss in property evaluation; the inability of area citizens to take part in outdoor activities; the inability to leave windows open or to dry clothes on an outdoor line; also considerable mental stress to individuals.

The problem has existed for over four years. The farm developed in three phases with the building of the first barn six years ago. The business has since expanded from a small farm with 200 hogs to "full-scale manufacturing" with 1,800 hogs, according to Maillet…

Terry Sullivan, who operates the farm, replied that he has approximately 1,700 pigs all year round and that the odour is a natural consequence of farming. The smell results from the gases that are formed from the organic breakdown of the manure.

He said "it is unfortunate for the homeowners, who built downwind of the farm, but I had asked the Charlo council to put restrictions on building permits and they have not yet done so." He added that when his first barn was built in 1977, only about one-half of the present homes had been built. The landed is zoned as agricultural and the homes that were built later should have been aware of this.

Atholville ceremonies largely attended

The official opening of the new council chambers and the lighted ball fields Saturday highlighted events held during Atholville Day.

The council chambers were officially opened during a brief ceremony Saturday evening when taking part in the ribbon-cutting were Mayor Raymond Lagace, Justice Minister Fernand Dube, Restigouche MP Maurice Harquail, and Knut Grotterod, present of Fraser Inc., and Mrs. Alphonse St. Laurent, Atholville, mother of the year.

Mayor Lagace, Dube, Harquail, and Grotterod also cut the ribbon at the official opening of the softball field. The opening was held prior to a girls' softball game.

An exhibition game between Metros and Royals was arranged for the baseball fields and the four dignitaries each threw one ball.

Following the opening of the council chambers, visitors were taken on a bus tour of Atholville to visit recent areas of achievement. Atholville Day was held to commemorate progress in the village during recent years.

Waterfront development outlined

An outline of things to come on the Campbellton waterfront development was outlined to officials of Metro Fuel here last Saturday by finance director Gilles Soucy.

It will be the largest development in the city's history, with the project having the backing of both federal and provincial governments.

With Mayor Arnold Firlotte and members of the city council in attendance, Mr. Soucy directed a bus tour of the waterfront project, telling the Metro officials they were the first to visit the full length of the city's expansion area.

The new waterfront project will start at the site of the former McLennan Foundry, west of the bridge, where a mini-industrial park is being laid out. Gray's Ice Cream Company is already located in one of the buildings in the park, with others scheduled to follow.

Among other features to be added to the waterfront project in the next few years are a marina, a yacht club, a motel, a boardwalk, a bicycle trail, a four-lane highway extending the length of the city, and a mini-railway.

The engine for the railway has already been built by city workers, under the direction of Bud Perkinson. Soucy said the value of the engine on the market would exceed $100,000, although the cost of the materials for the engine totalled only about $7,000.

On the site where Gray's Ice Cream Company has stood for the past half-century, the city will erect a mini-railway station, designed to look like the CN station on Roseberry Street, before it was replaced in the late sixties. The structure will house a railway museum, featuring the history of the railway in the Maritimes, where at one time, Campbellton was a main centre.

Fifty years ago

(1958)

Hong Kong vets to meet in city

The National Hong Kong War Veterans' Association will hold a convention in Campbellton on Saturday and Sunday, it is announced here by Reginald Law, regional director of the group, who is in charge of the arrangements. It is the first gathering of the veterans' group to be held in New Brunswick and plans are going ahead rapidly to make it an outstanding success.

A highlight of the convention will be a Saturday evening banquet at the Legion Hall when delegates from across the nation will be welcomed to the city by Mayor Charles E. Tingley. Charles Van Horne, MP will be one of the guest speakers. Lester Dow will represent Campbellton Legion members at the banquet.

The ladies will be entertained at an afternoon tea earlier in the day at the Hong Kong Legion branch in Matapedia.

The Hong Kong subdivision of the BESL originated in Quebec after the Second World War and has a large membership from coast to coast. Members are especially numerous in Campbellton and Bathurst districts of NB and the Matapedia district and Gaspe coast of Quebec.

Seventy-five years ago

(1933)

Irvine Campbell, 44, killed in fall from wagon

A tragic accident shocked the entire community yesterday morning when Irvine Campbell of Richardsville sustained fatal injuries and his seven-year-old son, Henry, was also seriously hurt as they fell from a load of firewood and were crushed beneath the heavily-laden sloven. Mr. Campbell died shortly afterwards, while his son, suffering from a fractured skull, a broken arm, and possible internal injuries, is in the Soldiers' Memorial Hospital here.

The accident occurred about eleven o'clock yesterday morning while Mr. Campbell was hauling wood to the home of J. H. Barbour at Richardsville, with a team belonging to the J. & D. A. Harquail Co. Ltd. No-one witnessed the accident, but it is believed that part of the load of wood must have slipped off as the sloven was descending the hill into the Barbour premises, just south of the railway tracks. It is also supposed that Mr. Campbell's young son who was seated on the load beside him, must have fallen off, and that the father also fell when he attempted to save the boy from danger. The horses did not bolt, but with sticks of wood falling about their heels they were too startled to stop, and the low truck passed over both father and son.

Picnic King here on Monday

Hundreds and hundreds of children, happy and smiling, gathered in Riverside Park Monday afternoon to welcome J. D. O'Connell, well-known philanthropist and the kiddies' "Picnic King".

The party arranged through the cooperation of the Workmen's League and the Town Council was a success from every point of view. The weather was ideal and as usual the treat of Mr. O'Connell and the wild scramble that invariable occurs was greatly enjoyed, no less by the chief actor than by the kiddies themselves.

Mr. O'Connell has visited Campbellton on several occasions in the past and remembrance of his former kindness will be more firmly embedded in the hearts and minds of the kiddies because of the manner in which the event was handled on Monday.

Water Street opposite the park was closed to traffic and the youngsters were free to romp and play to their hearts' content.