Clifford Lloyd Cone, seen here beside one of his taxis in 1972, bequeathed more than $500,000 to the Western Quebec School Board to set up a scholarship for PHS students. The top boy and girl enrolled in post-secondary will each get half of the yearly interest from the endowment.
Chris Lowrey
SHAWVILLE Sept. 26, 2017
A generous donation by a local citizen will help Shawville student’s with the burden of post-secondary education costs.
The Western Quebec School Board (WQSB) announced the creation of the Cone Taxi memorial scholarship at its commissioners meeting on Sept. 26.
The scholarship was made possible by the late Clifford Lloyd Cone, who bequeathed $578,295 to the WQSB specifically for the students of Pontiac High School.
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