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The Huron Expositor, 1961-02-09, Page 10XP; --TEE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT-, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 ANNOUNCEMENTS - Mo. . J, G, Commerferd, 199 On- tario St„ Stratford, announces the engagement of her eldest daugh- ter, Sharon Irene Prike, to Ernest Henry Marshall, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Marshall, of Stratford.. The marriage will take place Sat- urday, March 4, in Seaforth. Mr, 'and Mrs. Clayton Dennis, Seaforth, wish to announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Dianne Jean, to'John Duncan McCowan, sou of Mr. John M. McCowan, RR 3, Seaforth, 'and the late Mrs. Mc- Cowan. 'blue coal' Champion Stove and Furnace Oil WILLIS DUNDAS DUNDAS and LONEY Phone 573 or 138 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH REV. D. LESLIE ELDER Minister H. A. KEMPSTER Organist and Choir Leader 4- 10 A.M. Church School and Youth Fellowship Class. ' 11 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP 4:30 P.M.—VESPER SERVICE Mr. Elder will conduct both Services. Everyone Welcome ! Church Notices McRILLOP UNITED CHARGE Duff's, 10 a.m., Bethel, 11;30 a.m.; Cavan, 2:00 p.m. — Rev. W. H. Summereli, Minister. NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH Worship, 11 a,m.; Junior Church School will meet during the wor- ship period; Senior Church School, 10 a.m.; Communicants' Class in preparation for full church mem- bership1 2 p.m.; Worship service for Senior Members of the congre- gation, :30 p.m. (transportation to and from Church to be arrang- ed by Members of Session); Sun- day evening meeting for adults, 8 p.m.—Minister, Rev. J. C. Britton, B.A. Seaforth Legion Ladies' Auxil- iary met Saturday with 17 ladies present. The 8:30 draw was won by Mrs. CIara Little, and mystery prize by Mrs. Liz Edgar. FIRST CHURCH CGIT MEETING First Church CGIT meeting was opened by the vice-president, Jul- ene Elliott reading the Call to Wor- ship. The Scripture was read and the minutes of the last meeting read by Elizabeth Stewart and adopted. The offering was taken by Eleanor Keys, followed by the offering prayer. The business was taken by Mrs. D. Morton, and it was decided to have a skating party Friday, Feb. 16. Lunch committee was chosen which included Elizabeth Stewart, Nora Gorwill and Eleanor Keys, who are to plan party preparations. The worship was also taken by Mrs. D. Norton, and after a hymn was sung the meeting ended with Taps. CONCRETE SILOS' We are now starting our 27th year in construct- ing Concrete Silos, and have erected a second and third silo for our first customers. Thanks to our manys friends for their confidence in our world We are anxious in having anyone intending to build this year, get in touch with us now, to get your job done at a proper date, as we have a large list of outside prospects. Phone or write at once: JONATHON E. HUGILL (Three Miles West of Seaforth, on Highway -8) Phone: Seaforth 667 W 1 — Clinton HU 2-9822 Headquarters for-Jamesway Silo Unloaders, Bunk Feeders, Milk Coolers, Stable Cleaners — in fact, All Modern Barn Equipment. She'll love the gifts you choose from our large variety of VALENTINE REMEMBRANCE GIFTS ! RUSTCRAFT VALENTINES DISTINCTION Assortment of Valen- tines for Children and Cut -Out Books The Largest Selection of Cards Available ! LARONE'S SEAFORTH 50 TO STATIONERY $1.00 STORE -- GIFTS LOCAL BRIEFS Curlers from Seaforth won sec- ond prize in a bonspiel at Wing_ ham on Saturday. Taking part were E. C. Boswell, N. Scotus and E. Durst. Mr. W. E. Southgate and his son, William, were in Toronto over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Boyes are visiting in Baltimore, Maryland, this week. Their daughter Phyllis, who has been visiting at her home here, returned with them. Mrs. Gladson Campbell, Brigh- ton, was here last week attending the funeral of her niece, Miss Mar- ion Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Boshart at- tended the capping ceremonies at the nurses' residence of the Kit- chener -Waterloo Hospital on Wed- nesday, Feb. 1, where Miss Doro- thy Jackson and Miss Judith Bosh - art, nurses -in -training, received their caps along with 34 other stu- dent nurses. Mrs. Alex Wright has returned from Hamilton, where she spent the past month. Miss Nancy Nott, Kitchener, and Miss Sally Nott, London, spent .the weekend with their mother, Mrs. Raymond Nott. Miss Sharon Hotham is practice teaching in Victoria School, Gode- rich, this week. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McNichol and Michael spend the weekend in London and attended the Lafete- Gelinas wedding on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Aubin spent the weekend in London with their daughter, Mrs. Montague, and Mr. Montague and family. • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams and daughter, Joan, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams, of Whitby. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Reynolds and daughter, Nora, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hamilton, Whitby, Mrs. W, A. °Wright has returned home after spending some time with her daughter, Mrs: Hal Din - nen, and Mr.' Dinnen at Petrolia. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Johnson, of London, spent Sunday with Mrs. P. J. Johnson.. , Mr. Michael Williams and ' Mr. Joe Williams attended the NHL hockey game at Maple Leaf Gar- dens on Saturday night in Toronto. Mrs, Gordon Wright underwent a major operation in- a London hospital last week, Mrs. Mae Dorrance and John Dorrance, of St. Catharines; Mrs. M. H. McKenzie, of Oshawa, and Miss Joan Govenlock, Simcoe, leave Feb. 9 to spend three weeks in Florida. Mrs. Clayton O. Martin,' Clinton, and Mrs. Norman Habkirk, of De- troit, Were guests of Miss Minnie Habkirk and Mrs. Harold Dale last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cleland; of Listowel, were guests of Mrs. R. K. McFarlane on Sunday. s' Miss Shirley Foster, of London, was a weeknd guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Teall. Mr. F. C. J. Sills was in Toronto this week attending a hardware convention. FUNERALS MRS. JOSHUA J. POLLARD Mrs. Joshua J. Pollard, Seaforth, passed away suddenly about 10:45 on Sunday, Feb. 5, in her 82nd year. She was stricken as she was entering Northside United Church to attend the morning service. She was born in East Wawanosh Town- shipand was married on Nov. 8, 1905; to Joshua J. Pollard. Her hus- band predeqeased her on April 10, 1950. She 'is survived by a son, William H. Pollard, of Stratford, and two grandchildren. The for- mer Mary Catherine Thiel, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thiel, ,of East Wawa - nosh Township. Mr. and Mrs. Pollard farmed in Morris before retiring to Blyth. They came to Seaforth in 1926. Mrs. Pollard was a member of Northside United Church ,and a member of the Women's Association and WMS. The body rested at the G. A. Whitney funeral home until Wed- nesday, at 2 p.m., when Rev. J. C. Britton conducted funeral ser- vices. Temporary interment was in the Ritz Memorial Mausoleum, Mitchell. Pallbearers were Frarik Rober- ton, Harold Connell, Ross Murdie, Frank Lamont, Donald Wood and Elmer Larone. DANCING BRODHAGEN Community Centre Friday, Feb. 1Qth Elgin Fisher & the Rhythmnaires ADMISSION 75 CENTS 48 OUNCE LYN VALLEY JAM . • . 690 HABITANT — 28 ounce PEA SOUP . 2/33¢ KAM • McGonigles' PHONE 166 -- • • 18 OUNCE AYLMER KETCHUP . . 29¢ SHERIFF'S MASHED POTATOES 6 oz. 290 • 2for73C, LUCKY DOLLAR STORE SEAFORTH BLAME EXCESSIVE WEEP (Continued from Page 1) investigating officer with measure- ments. Asked if he could identify. any of the persons who were pres- ent at the inquest, he named Miss Ashton, driver of the second car, Clarence McGraw and Reg Smith, a passenger in the McGraw car. The constable said Miss Ashton appeared to slow down as though she saw what was about to . hap- pen, but he -didn't observe the ac- tions of tiee other drivers, only that the driver of the first car stopped following the crash. Estimating the McGraw speed at 70 mph, Constable Calder relat- ed his eye -witness account of the accident. He said the yellow con- vertible was about 100 feet from him when he first noticed it. The car passed the Ashton vehicle with- out a collison, but turned back in, to the south, and angled into the ditch. When it hit it stopped dead, he said, and he viewed two bodies hurled by the impact. The first flew up about 20 feet, related Mr. Calder, did two complete flips and landed about 40 feet from the car. The other flew up slightly and landed about 30 feet from the crashed car, Asked about weather conditions, he described the day as sunny, bright, perfect visibility, and the road was bare and dry. Mr. Kingsley Langford, St. Marys, driver of the No. 1 car, took the witness stand and related how he first became aware of the accident. He heard the squealing of tires, he said, and glanced in the rear view mirror. Seeing the rapidly approaching yellow car, he shifted his '55 Chrysler into pass- ing gear and accelerated to get out of the road, The crown attorney asked if his car gained momen- tum and Mr, Langford replied, "It sure did." • Describe Scene The second car was about six or seven car -lengths behind, he thought, but he had not observed the Calder car. Through his mir- ror he had observed objects leav- ing the car, but was not able to see what happened. He could not recall hearing a horn, only the tire noise. Cpl. Lewis Thomas Newell, of RCAF Station Clinton, told of iden; tifying the girls by their RCAF identification cards and numbers and of having their personal be longings released to him followin the mishap. Miss Jean Ashton, driver of the second car, recalled passing a car just at the last sideroad as she neared Seaforth with her father's taxi. She remembered` 'seeing the Langford car well out in front. When passing she recalled her speed s about 60 to 65, but slow- ing down, knowing that she near- ed a 45 mph zone. At the time of passing the car, she recalled seeing the yellow con- vertible about seven to eight car - lengths behind. She said she knew it was behind her, having observ- ed it in the distance, about one mile back earlier; and also hav- ing passed it on the edge of Clin- ton, while the yellow convertible was stopped. She placed her speed from Clinton to Seaforth at 60 to 65 mph. She said she first observ- ed the car about 11/2 -miles from Seaforth, and that it was gaining on her. She next observed it when it attempted to pass her, while approaching the Calder vehicle, She placed the distance between her and the next car- at about 100-120 feet. From then on, she said, every- thing seemed to happen at once. She said she applied her brakes slowly, then saw what was about to happen, and jammed them on, nearly stalling the engine. She said she recalled gravel flying around her windshield as the McGraw ve- hicle hit the shoulder, and seeing something flying from the con. vertible. She brought her car to a halt almost beside the convert- ible, to the north of it. Asked if she had gone to see the extent of the injuries suffered, she said she went tothe car to talk With her cousin, Reg Smith. She asked Mr. Smith if he was all right, and he replied that he couldn't move. The two airforce girls were on the ground, she said. One was moaning, while the other ,seemed to be. quite still. Question- ed if she had seen them in uni- form at any time, she said "No," but because they weren't local, had concluded they were from the RCAF base. Describe Events First passenger called to the stand was Reg Smith, 18, RR 4, Clinton, who suffered injuries to his pelvis and a chipped spine, as well as cuts to his arm. He re- construeted events leading up to the accident, relating that he had just got off work and drove Bob Robinson up to the McGraw house, so that he could, get a ride back to Kitchener where Robinson and McGraw were employed. The Smith lad said he didn't know Mc- Graw, only to see him, but bad known Robinson for four to five years. The trio decided to go for a ride, he continued, and while driving down the Main Street in Clinton picked up two girls. I was sitting on the extrenie right, he said, and the two girls were in the rear seat, Miss Harrison on the left, and Miss Bittman on the right, and Clarence McGraw was driving. Set Program For Day Of Prayer This year the theme for the World Day of Prayer service on Friday, Feb, 17, is "Forward Through the Ages in Unbroken Line," Each year since 1930, the service has been written in a dif- ferent country. The 1961 program was prepared by a group of wo- men in the United States. The service on Friday, Feb. 17 at 3 p.m., will be held in First Presbyterian Church. Officials hope that as many as posible of the wo- men in the community will be present. The address will be giv- en by Miss Jennie Hogg. We stopped on the edge of town (Clinton) so that Clarence could fix something that was sticking out of the trunk. While stopped, the Ash- ton vehicle passed, he said. We could still see it when we took off, he related. Asked about speed, he said he could recall looking over at the speedometer at one point and it appeared to read 65 to 70, but we were slowing down for the 45 mph zone, he recalled. He said he re- marked, "Here comes Calder," as they were about to pass, but pre- sumed McGraw didn't hear him. He said he must have passed out about that time, as he didn't re- call the accident happening. The Ashton car was always in view from Clinton down, he thought, and that they Tined on it when it slowed as t e driver approached a line of traf Tined Ques- tioned several times about the driving speed of the vehicle in which he was riding, the witness said they might have been going 70-75 when they passed the Ashton vehicle in the 45 zone. Mr. Smith said he didn't think the driver had any intention of trying to pass the two cars, as he could see there wasn't enough room. Before leaving the stand, the jury inquired if there had been any playing around—"I pass you, you pass me", between the Ashton vehicle and the McGraw car be- tween Clinton and Seaforth, but the witnessfsaid he couldn't recall pass- ing the Ashton vehicle prior to the crash, but that they might have passed it once. Last person to take the stand before the noon -hour recess was Clarence McGraw, 23, of Clinton, who was driver of the car which crashed. Mr. McGraw testified the only time the Ashton vehicle had passed him was while he was stop- ped, and the only time he passed it was at the time of the acci- dent. Cross-examined after telling his account of events leading up to the accident, Mr, McGraw admit. ted that Miss Ashton was right when -she said that her vehicle was about one mile in front of his just a short distance from the scene• of the accident. He admitted speeding up as he neared Seaforth to between 70 and 80. Cross-exam- ined, he said his speed would be closer to 80. He said he first saw the Calder vehicle as he was passing the sec- ond car (Ashton) and he tried to get to the lead car, but couldn't. He applied his brakes and the right front wheel pulled, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. Queried if he had experienced this trouble before, he said he had, but had neglected to get the brakes re- paired. Crown Attorney Bushfield ques- tioned whether he could have pull- t ed in safely if he had released the brakes, he said no, not at that speed. He said he heard screaming as the car hit the ditch, and remem- bered being removed to hospital, but later he couldn't recall any events. Mr. McGraw suffered cuts to the forehead, broken nose and broken ribs, and spent two weeks in hospital. During the course of the inquest, the Crown produced several photos of the car and accident scene, as supplied by the investigating offi- cer as evidence. Wanted Out of Car First witness after the noon hour recess was Miss Bittman, who ap- peared on crutches. She related heading toward Seaforth in the con- vertible, At some point, about 1-2 miles east of Clinton, she looked over the driver's shoulder and found he was going 80 mph. She said she screamed and wanted out, and then, fainted. She could not recall the accident, and had a complete loss of memory until three weeks after the accident, when her mother came to visit her in the London, hospital. She suffered a fractured right femur and shock, but no head injuries. Asked about the length of her confinement, Miss Bittman said it was -two months and nine days. She is now out of the hospital, but is still receiving treatment each week at London, and has not yet returned to her duties at RCAF Station Clinton. - Constable Al Bowcring, investi- gating officer, pointed out the placement of speed signs in the area of the mishap -45 mph—and just west of it, signs announcing the impending speed zone. He de- scribed the position of the calf in the ditch, and measurements tak- en by him and Constable Calder. The only impadt, he said, was when the McGraw vehicle hit the side of the steep ditch. No marks were visible on the macadam sur- face of the highway, but four marks were gouged in the gravel shoulder which led to the back wheels of the crashed vehicle. At the point where the accident occurred, the shoulder is 10 feet of hard packed gravel and 20 feet of grass, all sloping toward' the ditch, he said. The car' travelled 37 feet from the point'' where it left the high- way, according to the cqnstable's investigation. It then ftraveIled about 150 feet along the shoulder to the point of impact. The ditch, he recalled, is 19 feet from the north to south crown and six feet deep. At the bottom it is about eight feet wide, the constable said. Asked bi Coroner McMaster if the brakes were okay, the con- stable said he didn't have the wheels pulled, but that the brakes weren't locked. He also indicated thdr'e was no sign of liquor in the vehicle, which upheld the claim by th,e passengers that none of them bad been drinking prior to the accident. Instructing the jury, Coroner Me - Master summed up the evidence heard, that as a result 8f the acci- dent MistHarrison died of a subdural haemotoma. The car was going between 70 and 80 mph, and attempting to pass two other cars, and pulled in between Langord and Ashton. The driver was unable to straighten out because of speed, or brakes, and lost control, hitting the south ditch, the coroner conclud- ed. The jury then deliberated to review the case, and bring in their findings. The Car King Just Phoned From The Sunny South Sell at "THE CAR KING of Huron County The Car King's 'way down south at a U.S. car dealers' convention (at least that's what he told us). But he phoned last week to give us strict orders to knock car prices down to hot summer level. We (the staff) figure he's balmy in the heat but orders is orders! Here's a year -by -year sample of what we've done. Lots, lots more! • '60 Pontiac Convertible Power steering, power brakes, big motor, white- walls, radio, etc. This one's ready to head south, List price $5,000 $3499 SUMMER PRICE '59 Dodge Deluxe 2 -door,, radio, low mileage, one owner. $1595 SUMMER PRICE '58 Olds 88 Hardtop 4 -door, autolnatier4dio, beautiful Gothic gold color. See this one in the sun! $1795 SUMMER PRICE '57 Pontiac Sedan Pathfinder Deluxe, radio, rear front tires. - SUMMER PRICE speaker, new $1395 '56 Mercury Hardtop .. 2-door,radio, automatic transmission. for a small price. SUMMER PRICE Big car $995 '55 ' Chev. Sedan Automatic transmission, power steer- ing, radio. SUMMER PRICE $899 '54 -Buick Hardtop 2 -door, radio, automatic transmission'; needs a bit of work. SUMMER PRICE •375 '53 Plymouth Wagon One owner (we think), a handy dandy. $295 SUMMER PRICE ONLY 1O%DOWN 36 MONTHS TO PAY Phone 78 ZURICH RSON MOTORS LTD. "THE CAR KING OF HURON COUNTY" Phone 608 EXETER.' ., s • • • it