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Castor Review (Russell, ON), 16 Nov 1979, p. 3

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Happy Halloween "The best in years.'" That was the assessment of police and parents over the way Hallo- ween was marked in Russell Village and area this year. It was a night _ free of major incidents and marred by only a few scattered acts of van- dalism. It was also a night more young trick-or-treaters participated than in recent years. Parents reported that the number of costumed children banging on doors was as much as double that of last year. "The parents of Russell are to be congratulated," an OPP spokesman said, '"'they are obviously bent on returning Halloween to a the younger children where it belongs. It should be a fun thing for the © community."' He credited parents with making a special effort to know their children's whereabouts Halloween night and stop them from gathering at the corner of Mill and Concession streets the traditional hot spot of destructiveness. As it was, only a score of youths--less than half the number of past years--huddled on the corner, guffawing abuse and tossing the occasional egg. : 'What it amounted to was that the same handful of people who are at the centre of the disturbance every year gathered as usual but found that they didn't have much of an audience for a change. As a result, they all went home by about 10:30 and the rest of the night was generally quiet," the police spokesman said. 'CHRISTMAS DANCE sponsored by ' Metcalfe Community Centre Board Friday-December 14, 1979 at 9:00 p.m. Metcalfe Community Centre Music by - Ribbon Cutting The traditional ribbon cutting opened the new Russell Bank of Nova Scotia building earlier this month. Holding the ribbon at each end are Lise LeBland, operations officer, and Pierrette Guibord, loans officer. In between are, from left, Roger Morin, manager; Bill McMillan, Eastern Ontario vice-president and general manager; Gaston Patenaude, Russell Township reeve; Thomas Boyles, former president and chairman of the board for the bank and; Ron Robinson, Eastern Ontario district manager. 3 lveson Home to otay? Upper Canada Village may have to abandon its hopes of one day making Metcalfe's Iveson "Real McCoys" Buffet $7.00 per person Tickets Available from: Albert McKeown-821-2652 Gib Patterson-821-2018 Ken Kingsbury-821-2574 Don Gamble-821-1503 Don Hope-821-2255 Betty Cavan-821-1610 Kaye Stanley-821-2501 Metcalfe Community Centre-821-1237 -- CASTOR REVIEW CHRISTMAS GIFT CERTIFICATE This Certificate entitles the recipient to a one year subscription of the Castor Review. Just write the name and address of a friend you especially want to please on the Christmas Gift Certificate and mail promptly along with your cheque or money order ($3.50 in Canada, $4.50 out-of-country). Before Christmas a gift card inscribed with your name will arrive. Say Merry-Christmas to a friend with a Castor Review gift subscription. Send to the Castor Review, Box 359, Russell, Ont. Please send one year of the Castor Review as my gift to: My. gift catdto be signed aw. ee ae rt js Gs Name 'of Sender). 25: 22sec aa ees PO vee es Address-of Sender 3s. 4,..5...0 455 0 3 lenclose$..... or M.D. ROSS Realty Ltd. THE CHIEF THOMAS VAN DUSEN'S TALE OF DIEFENBAKER IN OPPOSITION CARTAGE LTD. CARTAGE Send $5 (which includes postage) to The Chief, Box 437, Russell, Ont. for your copy of this glossily-bound Lloyd 445-2820 | Call 445-5770 for more infor- mation. es ee ee ee ee eee ee oe ee ee Oe ee LOADER RENTAL , Crushed Stone ® Fill © Gravel © Sand book. Top Soil & Snow Removal RUSSELL TRUCKING Charlie 445-5344 House part of its collection of pioneer buildings. Members of the Osgoode Township Historical Society and Reeve Albert Bouwers have in- dicated interest in preserving the historical Victoria Street home within the community. And Bruce Renton, owner of the village landmark for the past four years, would love to see it transformed into a community musuem. Mr. Renton, an Ottawa resi- dent, said he'would-donate several artifacts discovered in the yellow frame building should it be taken over by the historical society. These include aged newspaper pages located behind layers of wallpaper, old coins, and _ in- sulators from the days when the house served as a telegraph office. Upper Canada has hoped that Wid ce. ey ee S For Quality -- S Christmas gifts > Call your Vanda beauty Ss Counselor. tS Muriel Lennard-445-2894 b Dawn Hulcombe-445-5591 > Judy Davidson-445-2059 Lola Wood-445-2976 V VV VOCVOY, Va yy VV Mr. Renton or the next owner would turn over to it the front sec- tion of the Iveson place to be restored at the Morrisburg site as an early Canadian tinsmithing shop. "It's listed for sale by Gerald Morris, on behalf of Mr. Renton, for about $32,000. The price in- cludes one of the finest lots in the village as well as a good barn which could serve as a second display area should the house become a museum. Three members of the historical society toured the house recently including Elizabeth Stuart of Ver- non who recognized the potential and historical value despite its cur- rent dilapidated condition. However, Miss Stuart. caution- ed that acquiring and maintaining the site might be beyond the socie- ty's capabilities. VeVEVVV WE E. A. 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