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JUDGEMENT . RESERVED
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Brooks were' subpoenaed. Miss
Henderson did not take -the
stand Friday:. and was ` not re-
quiredy to return Monday. ' Mr.
;Havens and Ross Irwin were not.
called to testify. but Mr.. Haven's
statement ' at a previous hearing
in Walkerton on November 29th,
before both counselswas" ..read
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into the records. by ' R. S. Hethe-
rington. r,. L ,
Condition Of Walk Big Question'
Mrs. Culbert fellin front of
the premises owned .by :Miss
Elizabeth Henderson, 'iminedi
ately east of The .Sentinel Of-
fice, 'and which .' premises was
vacant . since . Allan Reed had
moved to another. location.
'An accumulation: of . -snow,de-
scribed .' by . variouswitnesses as.
from .6' to 8 inches. had become
compacted in front of the -'vacant
building resulting in a ridge on.
'the sidewalk between the two
buildings mentioned, and which
extended eastward on a decreas
ing elevation, it seemed generally
agreed, to a point. near the east-
erly side of the. Mayfair Restau-
rant; although at least one .wit-
ness said the accumulation end
ed at a east of the Henderson
building'
Somewhat' parallel. `. to ' the.
Henderson building on the . outer
.side of the :sidewalk: for an *un-
certain 'length was claimedto be
'ai depression, referred to ,as ,a
"gouge" and a "dish", apparently
resulting from snow removal of
the banks that are pushed back .&
built . up on the • roadway along
the sidewalk.
Those ,_ who picked ' Mrs. Cul-
bert up after her fall,, Mrs. ,Alvin.
Hamiton . , and L.. C. Thompson,
testified that her fall was on.
the edge of. this gouge, two to
three feet to the 'east of the,
ridge between The. Sentinel Of_:
fice : and the Henderson. building.
There were .various statements.
as . to the condition of the eleva-
tion .in question, with some re-
garding it as hazardous. and
'slippery and other:: stating they:
did :not regard it as such.
Under cross-examination by
Mr. Grant, 14.,C. Thompson stat-
ed that he'.considered it slippery
and "dangerous, and immediately
after Mrs Culbert's fall, had ta-
ken an., axe to the : slippery,
rounded edge'; where Mrs.: Cul
bert : 'fell and ::also to . the. -ridge
which. existed between the two,
buildings, in. an effort to .rough,-.
en it up to "avoid another trag-
edy." ; . .
Question. Sanding Operations.,
• Snow removal operations on
the Campbell. Street link • of
Highway' 86, snowplowing '..and
sanding of : other Village roads,
and sanding 'operations on Camp-
bell Street sidwalks weremat-,
ters that , were gone- into • quite
thoroughly. In his' cross examin-
ation of .members of the Village
Council's road. committee R.' S.
Hetherington sought ' to • estab-
lish what the .Committee's. policy
was on sanding.
The Department of t Highways
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,JOHN Ws .HENDERSON
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is responsible • for plowing and
sanding Campbell • Street' : road -
Way. The 'Village 'plows and
sands ;, other Village • roads,'' but
Makesno effort '.to keep side-
walks open as; the "cost would
be unreasonable.":
' .The Departrnent of Highways
pays 60% of the cost„ Of snow re-
moval that is :'plowed back and
shovelled .Off along ' Campbell
Street; and . also the same per-
centage .of the cost. of ploughing
and sanding .other Village roads
Ainy expenditure on 'sidewalks.
is bdrn ;100% by the Village.
.The Campbell Street sidewalks
are cleared by 'local .. merchants,
and where this is , not done,
•snout accumulates. and . ,becomes._
Compacted..
Testimony was that the Town
Foreman receives his orders
frorn,,the.''Reeve. Mr. 'Joynt was
asked if ,he gave any direct ord-
ers for a, particular sanding job.
He 'replied to the .effect that he
was' :in touch with the Foreman
every day, who • inspects the
streets and. knew his j ob , ., well
enough . to do .an efficient job.
The evidenee of -other members:
of the; committee appeared to sub-
stantiate that it was up to the
Foreman' when such work was'
done. •
'From Mr: .Haven's; previous'
statement. it was pointed out he,
was aware of the accumulation
at this: point and its approximate
depth, but there • were ,worse.
spots on Campbell Street, at the'
east 'edge of the business section.
There had been no considers-
tion 4iven to its rernovaI, the
statement said. It was indicated
that sanding would be done:
ter rain or sleety '.
The daily time sheets filled
out` by the Town Foreman at the
Municipal 'Office' covering hours
spent daily on village, . hydr'o St
water system work were requir.-,
ed to be brought to court 1 y
Clerk, L".
It Agnew, .,;as well as
the expenditures on snow. reY
moval, sanding ' and • plowing,,
during: the winter of 100,60, in
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DRAW BANTAMS,' MIDGET
HOCKEY .SCHEDULES.•
WEDNESDAY,DEC. 14th, 1960
Ripley, Wingham, Kincardine
and Lucknow Bantam and Mid
• get hockey teams have .. drawn
their ' schedule with the local
boys playing their firstgame in
Wingham on - December 30th.
Bantam and . Midget.. games will
be played on thesame nights as
doubleheader!. Donald. MacKin-
non is looking after the "Bantam
team 'with the Fire Department
steering the ,Midget team. Bill
Johnstone . asks that all Midget
-,,ers • wishing to play contact
him • mediately, .
Deeernk
30 Wingh . at Lucknow
January
3 Lucknow , at Ripley
6 .. Kincardine at Lucknow now .
10' ,Lucknow at Wingham
13 Ripley at Lucknow
17 Lucknow at Ripley
27, Lucknow at Kincardine
.30 'Ripley at Lucknow.
KIDS,` DO YOU WANT
TO .PLAY HOCKEY? " •
The Lions Club ;again spon-
soring • three • series in ,minor
hockey ,this winter',— Squirt's
up to 10 years; Pee Webs up . to
12 years. and .Bantam'; up to 14
years, as at August 1st
A town and rural league• will
:be ,operated, as well as selecting
a ,Bantam team for W.O.A.A.
competition. •
The' Lions . are interested ' in
;having lads' ' from the _.country
participate in all series and re-
quest; that those wishing to play;
"sign up' :at 'once.' Leave your.
name at Webster . and McKin-
nons or . at the Ford Garage.
It is expected there will be
about 120. boy's `taking: part' in
these . Categories, oriel, : -and . the local
g
Teague will give every lad a
chance toplay.
INTERMEDIATES SWITCH
TO 'EIGHT TEAM ' LOOP
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Lucknow Intermediates , have
been switched to ''an eight -team
group similar to last . year. There
are four C. teams, Lucknow, Lrs-
'towel, Seaforth and Blyth and
four D teams,. Atwood, Monkton,
St. Colin -Oen and Winthrop. • '
Harold Ritchie and Allan
1Vianto are handling the squad
which had their first : workout'
Group I W.A. •
On December 13th the mem-
bers met in the church in the.
afternoon. with 15 members pre.
sent .answering the roll call to
(My favorite: •carol)._ Mrs. Hay.
ens . presided and opened the'•
meeting. by singing Silent Night '
and repeating the. W.A: motto .$
prayer. !The -annual reports were
given. Trea6suser reported. an:.
increase. _over .last year. the'sew-
ing ""
committee .reported ' Making
four quilts, one still on ;hand • for
sale, also .red, cross sewing was
done. The • cheerio committee
sent a number of cardsand gifts
to the sick and, shut-ins, 'house
Calls and hospital visits. Mrs,
Havens ,thanked the ladies for
their co-operation in . aiding her.
in ' the leadership and asked -to,
be releaved Of this, duty. .Mrs.
Russel Robertson offered to 'fake, •
care of the January. and Febru-
ary meeting's: Mrs. 'S. Alton and
Mrs: A-' Breckles consented to
take the Secretary 'and Treasurer
.again for !another year Mrs. Ver-
non Hunter' took charge of the
program. The ' theme • for the
meeting was, The 'Spirit 'of Man
is a..„ Candle ° Of the Lord.. Mrs.
John Nicholson ' read . the script- .
tire :' lesson and Mrs. Hunter the
Devotional followed by: a Christ-
teas. ' carol Christirias •. readings
were 'given by Mrs. Alex McNay'
and . Mrs. R. 'Robertson Eleanor '
McNay played a piano : nstru
mental. .The: Singing :of :a Christ-
mas ; caret , and. repeating. the
benediction closed the meeting.
In Mrs: Hunter's 'courtesyre-
marks,' she thanked-: Mrs., Hav-
;ens. for . her leadership for
past :two. Years. ar�
ye s Mrs; . Reber n
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had ' a 'Christmas 'contest. .The
committee in, charge served lunch
and .a .social hour -Was:' spent
United Church Explorers. ,
. The :.meeting opened with a
film. 'shown - by Mr. Strapp.: 'We
sang the hyrax' "This Ts My Fath-
er's
World." Ross Hallam read
the scription lesson. Nancy° ;Cor-
rm read ' 'a poem. Jane ..Joynt•
'read the • minutes. _The Keeper of
the log. then :' read her report.
Linda `Boyle `.played the .:piano.;
The •singing "Silent:_ Night".. and
"Joy to 'the. World",was follow
ed by 'a game. The meeting, end-.
ed with a'pet luck supper.
Monde 'Th . the.
y: 'The
open season:
with Winthrop . in ' • Seaforth on
Tuesday:. •/
The first home. game willnot
be played. until January 4th.
December '
20 . Lucknow
28 Lucknow.
,jarivary
4. Monkton-
11
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16' Blyth at
20 : Lucknow
2S• Listowel:
25 Lucknow
at Winthrop
at St.' Columbari
at •Lucknow
at Seaforth
at <Listowel
Lucknow
at Blyth
at : •Lucknow
rat Atwood
27 Atwood 'at Lucknow
February,
3 Lucknow at Monkton'
6 . Seaforth at. Lucknow'
10 Winthrop at Lucknow
13 St. Columban ., at Lucknow:
camparison with the' previous
WThe "time .sheets showed' that.
Norman Stewart • had spent one
hour sanding. Campbell St. side=
walks on each. -of the following
days, February 6th; February
.13th and March 12th: .
Mr. Hetherington. established
that the accident happened on
March 21st and two days later
the .snow' accurriulation in:, ques-
tion was removed.
It was stated "that . no comp
Taints verbal or .written ,were
ever , received by ..members of
Council or Village. Officials.;
'..;The .overall claim in the suit
amounted to • about $?,004. This
included hospitalization;and
other expenses ,incurred lnclud-
ing• medical, ambulance; etc. .to-
tailing. some $3,450;: other expen-
ses
Xpe 1'ses ,of about $400. ,and •personal
damages of $3,000. .
Summation of the case dccup=•
ied .'Monday afternoon. Irr view
of the great volume of evidence
recorded; a • judgement.. cannott'
be .expected '. for some' time.
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