This Week in Local History June 15, 2022 The Review Archives 1972: WWF stars injured in highway crash 1922: Mystery of disappearing bridegroom…

10 Years agoZellers closes to make way for WalmartThe Review, June 13, 2012 HAWKESBURY Although the community knew it was going to happen, it was still a bit of a shock to watch as the familiar Zellers sign was removed from the stores long-time location on Cameron Street on June 7. After weeks of sales advertising that everything must go, the store is finally resigning to its fate to be turned into a Walmart.

25 Years AgoFour WWF stars treated at HGH after highway crashThe Review, June 18, 1997 HAWKESBURY Four celebrity wrestlers from the World Wresting Federation were treated at Hawkesbury General Hospital, after being hurt on Sunday in a single-car accident near Pointe Fortune on Highway 40. The wrestlers Sydney Psycho Sid Eudy, Charles Flash Funk Scaggs, Philip Lafon, and Dwight Furnas were in a Lincoln Continental that was heading from Montreal to Ottawa when the driver lost control of the car while adjusting the sunroof. Furnas suffered the most serious injury, with an apparent broken shoulder blade.

50 Years AgoTwo killed in head-on Highway 34 crashThe Review, June 14, 1972 VANKLEEK HILL Two Vankleek Hill residents died in a head on collision on Highway 34 about two kilometres north of Vankleek Hill. Rejean Morin, 33, and Dolores Sauve were in a 1965 Pontiac that collided with a 1965 Chevrolet containing three people. Yvon and Lise Lalonde and Danielle Filion, occupants of the second car were seriously injured in the accident.

75 Years AgoRecord cattle entries for Lachute FairThe Review, June 12, 1947 LACHUTE The Lachute Spring Fair this week promises to be an outstanding event. Dairy cattle entries have broken previous records, with 191 head of Ayrshires, 125 Holsteins, 20 Canadian and 25 head of Dairy Shorthorns. In sheep, there are 207 head entered and 100 swine. There are 165 heavy horses and well over 100 light horses. A catalogue listing the entries will be available at the commencement of the fair.

100 Years AgoMystery of disappearing bridegroom solvedThe Review, June 16, 1922 GLEN SANDFIELD The mystery of what happened to John McKinnon, a young and well-to-do farmer who disappeared nine weeks ago the day before he was to be married has been solved. In a letter to his friend Harry Gordon, McKinnon gave a detailed explanation of the real cause of his sudden disappearance. The letter, which is dated in the Nipissing District, is now in the hands of the authorities, In Glen Sandfield, the girl he was to have wed sits weeping and waiting for him to come home, however McKinnon states in the letter that he will not be returning.

125 Years AgoDiphtheria health resolutions must be enforcedThe Review, June 18, 1897 VANKLEEK HILL It is to be hoped that the resolutions adopted at the meeting of the Board of Health on Wednesday will be rigidly enforced. Simply placing a placard on the door of a house in which there is diphtheria is not a sufficient safeguard, especially if the door of the house on which the placard is placed is kept open and the placard obscured. The Board of Health is our health protector and we expect and demand protection its power is unlimited.

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This Week in Local History June 15, 2022 The Review Archives 1972: WWF stars injured in highway crash 1922: Mystery of disappearing bridegroom...