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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-06-29, Page 2if PAGE _TWO . THE` L UCKNQW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO The LUCKNOW SENTINEL _. Inquest Into Triple Fataiity LUCKNOW, ONTARIO .f"The Sepoy Town" On the Huron -Bruce Bakundary Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Established1873--Published Each Wednesday Afternoon Member of the C.W.N.A. and O.W.N.A. Subscription Rate, $4.00 a year in advance -- to the . U.S.A., $5.00 Donald C. Thompson,. Publisher WEDNESDAY, JUNE ,29th, 1966 Rev. Benson Cox Has 92nd. Birthday Wednesday of this week,. June 29th .the Rev. George Benson Cox of Kin, lough observed his 92nd. birthday. He was born in Kinloss township.on June 20th , 1874.,• the son of John Cox and Mary :Boyle,. He attended S , S . N'o . 3" Public School , was a:'member of the Church of the: A scension Choir and later taught • in the 'Sunday • School . A fter attending High. School at Kincardine he took teacher train- ing. at rain;-mg:.at' Kincardine Model School . He taught for three Years in the Purple Grove Public School, Rev, Cox received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from`the University of Western Ontario and gradtated from Huron College London. •He •was ordained by Bishop W illtams•. , He served, as rector at Hanover and Allen Park for three years.: The. `degree of, Bachelor of: Sacred Theology. was conferred upon him • by Trinity.. College., Toronto, and ',after a years study at Columbia University, New York, he was awarded his Master of 'Arts degree. He later studied at thefGenerah Theological' Seminary in :New York Rev,, Cox served 14 y .Pauls Chapel, lower Broadway , New York, and was on the,staff of Trinity Church, Wall Street. 'He was 'a few: years at St, Clement's Church west of Times Square and later was in charge of Trinity Church Valley Stream, Long Island New York,, for. 23 years. At his retirement he returned to' his boyhood home on .Con., •.10 Kin- loss where he continued to be ac= church Kin- . ' - lough. ,Eie has visited more than. 50 countries acting. as ship's chap- lain including an •around the world voyage,, a trip around; South 'America -and to the South.Seas• tive in iris •home at to F3 • Alberta Graducite Today's Smile Small boy at. piano to,his mother: Gee: ,' mammy, I wish you hadn't bee4i deprived of so• many.things. as a child. - r 411111Pwami 011111110 RsooBEAD { THE 'THURS., FRI., SAT., JUN ':M,J LY. 1,. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21411,_ • Jury Recommends Improving Corner Police Officer Considers It Dangerous °•. A coroner's inquest last Thursday afternoon returned a,.recommend- ation that Kinloss Township make improvements to the intersection: of sideroad 15 and the 2nd conces- sion of Kinloss as they see•fit. The corner, a mile north-east of Luck- . noe, was the location of the single, car accident on the. night of A.prii 30 which claimed' the • lives of Jack • Mullin; 18 of•Lucknow , Madonna Graham, 17 of Kinlough and David O'Neill, 22 of•Kintail and seriously injured Edward O'Neill, . is of ' . Kingsbridge. ' The findings of the jury',, compri- -sed of five Kinloss Township men, Frank MacKenzie, foreman, Lloyd. MacDougall,' Allan Graham„ Currie Colwell, George, Lockhart was as follows: "We, the jury, have come to the conclusion that'John Wayne Mullin.came to his death as a .re- sult of an accident in a car driven by a driver who'had been drinking T beer• and that death was due to; a • fractured skull anda broken neck. We the jury, recommend that . the corner be improved as they township would "see fit: ` . The inquest was: into. the death of Jack Mullin, one of the.three passengers .in .the; car driven,. by ,Edward O•Neill who was the.only Gold#oot and BIKrnI Machine”' ithwent Prim, Frankia Avalon. 'To Trap A S .. �Goior Obert Vaughan, David McCallum • Alan Kenneth Chin,. youngest .son of Mrs. Charles. Chin of Toronto, recently graduated from the University of Alberta. This Month Alan commences graduate studies at the• University of Oregon on a Canadian Govern- ment Scholarship., . Those in attendance at the. . Convocation included friends and •relatives: Mrs. Charles Chin, ,0 Mr. Sacra Chin, Mr,, and Mrs. George Chin of Calgary,. and Mrs. Kong Kai of Vancouver. SUNDAY MIDNIGHT Committee leeks mbulance Info A• meeting of•the special committee set up to study" am- bulance service for this .district was held at the W ingharn and District . Hospital presided over. by.R. B:. Cousins. of Brussels . Th committee is ;composed of the -e ecutive committee of the hos- pital bOard os-pital:board along with George Joynt of Lucknow, Frank Field. of Teeswater and Stewart Pro - ter of Morris Township, who represent the municipalities JULY, 3rd concerned Atragon Ninth an ally cast in colour • `Tyro' hi colour 'and adult entertainment ;Starring` Barry Sullivan Tickets will go' on sale at • :11:00. p.m. • Show starts at 12:65 MON., TUES., WED., • JULY 4, 5, 6 'Sandpiper' Starring ` Richard . Burton Elizabeth Taylor, Adult Entertainment Also / • Palm Springs Weekend • T.he chairman pointedout that a statement had .been made in regard td ambulance service since the :fast meeting and, re • quested the secretary, 'John Strong to read excerpts froman address by the minister of .h-ealth .for •the province . Theminister had.stated thata .task. force would be set up at once to study the entire ambulance • question and that effective at ii once the department would as- '. sttrile, 50 ,E of the "amount ex- pended;...• It was felt, however , that the statement is not .complete- ly clear in regard to What ,cx- .. •pend.itur"es would be covered However, the Municipal repre- sen'tatives all, stated that their and . councils'considered.the action taken so,far to set up an a,m- bulance service to be 'operated by the hospital is the only course for•this district, regard-` Less' of what action may be tak- en by the department of health., ' In order to speed the necessary information aboutequipment it was agreed that four or fi'ie • survivor', In a case of multiple death in an accident, it is the practice to pick one of the victims at random and con _ uct . e nevi s into his or her death'•which is suf- ficient. in this case' for all three of the accident victims, • . • The inquest was presided 'over, by . 'Coroner Dr. M. R. ,Helliwell; of Kincardine, Donald,'Waechter, , acting crbwn attorney for Bruce; ' London where she died later.of head injuries, Thomas Edward.O'Neill, owner and'.drlver of the car, .was at the scene and badly injured . Constable McPhail reported a clear night. fie said the 15th ide •road was 18 feet wide and was in. `good .condition as a avel road.. He said'that from the .t of th . �h. it was 360 feet to the intersection and clear view of the intersection and embankment'was in view for that distance., He•said there were no warning signs of any type, on- '.either..of the roads and the dead tend -intersection with no •markings of any type could be considered dangerous..He said. a .stop sign wa erected at the top of the hill since the accident but that it is not in the proper place t( comply with regulations: He suggested a warn ing on the hill, a stop at the inter section and possible even a check erboard to make the corner a safe one.' .T - Constable McPhail said.he .inter viewed the driver 'at '5:30a.m fol lowing the,aecident and with his permission a blood sample was' .• takenw,hi5h indicated .0010.alcoh He said •that it .wasdifficult io determine the marks from the crashed auto in view ofthe fact•th ambulances: and a tow truck had passed:'over the area prior .to his in vestiption of" the roadway in day- light:. :He .said' he could 'mit deter mine brake marks of the roadway, He said from the top of the. hill; 360 feet to. the intersect on - shoul give ample; opportunity tostop including the reaction and braking rime.. Evidence.by coroner. Dr, Helliwell stated that Jack Mullin questioned'the two witnesses; A lexi Havens ;was the constable' in charge of the jury. ' • Purpose of a coroner" $ inquest, is to determine where, when and by what means the subjects come to their death, No charges'of any type anis from a coroner's, inquest. One of the two witnesses question- ed by the crown was•Thomas Edward O'Neill,'•age 19, a resident of: Kingsbridge. in ,Ashfield Township., O'Neill testified that he had.pick- e.d; up his cousin David O'Neill• between 5, and .6 o'clock' on the Sat urday afternoon and had driven around the Kingsbridge-Kintail, area throughout the evening, About 10:30 p.m., they had happened. to Meet Jack Mullin, and Madonna Graham at the restaurant at the east. end' of. Lucknow and he' had invited them to go•for a ride. After driving about Lucknow•..for, a. short time, they proceeded.east on Highway '86 about...a mile: out of ,Lucknow and turned north on the Kinloss Town ship sideroad 15..' • Questionedby the crown as to their purpose, in driving across' the .. sideroad,.. the witness stated "for.. a beer,.Evidence indicated that the cousin; who. was of age, had purchased beer in.Kincardine that. day and'that the.wit:ness.had con sumed six or seven' bottles from ` had died instantly about 7 p.m, until the time of the accident.:. Evidence given said that 'the three boys were drinking while driving acros& the sideroad.. Edward O'Neill said that he recalls' 'Coming over the hill at between 50+55: m:p.h. butremembers no. otherdetails.before they accident. The next thing he recalled was; waking up in the car `and trying Ito get out before being removed in an injured condition: O'Neill said .he•.wass driving a 1057 Pontiac' car which .had been :pur.- chased by him. in 'Goderich earlier • RI •.^. FRIDAY, SATURDAY, JULY 1 Your Cheating Heart that day and had been certified Csao rge. Hamilton;Red Burtons roadworthy; This was ,later confirm, phi True Story of Hank Williams. ed after a check b'y'a Lucknow gar=' Country 1Vltusie to Delight All age following. the accident.. `Jack Mullin and. Madonna Graham were riding in the rearseat of the car, David O'Neill was in the front right and Edward O'Neill was driving. O'Neill said he' did, not I. ,• Fun forthe whole family, know the road andcould not rememm CARTOON. ber ever• being on it before The only other witness' :to testify fat the inquest was Constable Ed McPhail of the Ontario Provin- cial Police, Kincardine. 'Constable ,McPhail stated he had arrived at the sceneof the accident'about 3 lie said it had been. discov ered by• Peter Steer of R.R. 5 Luck- now who had returned to Lucknow to summon. aid. Time of the accident was pinpoint ed at between 10:30 p.m. 'Saturday and 1::10 a,;rn, Sunday. 'McPhail That Funny Feeling Sandra. Dee,; Bobby Darin arri roy,Dona ue , , members of the committee would and Connie. Stevens" . visit firms at St. Thomas and St. Both s+bovvs in cinemascope and Catharines, where ambulance ooloUr ' . conVersions are manufactured. They will bring back information relative to the designs available and the costs involved, • Another meeting of,the •full committee will beheld shortly FEATURING THE IARGEST SGREEN to make a decision about the purchase of equipment•and the erection of the necessary garage 11 THIS .; AREA accommodations • • said hefound the 105" 'Pontiac car driven into an earth embankment about 10 feet north of the 2nd con - cession and in line` with the 15th sideroad. The car was`extensively damaged at',the front. • He found 'Dai.id Martin. O'Neill dead at the scene with a fractured skull and John Wayne Mullin was also dead from a fractured neck and skull:. •An ambulance had removed Ma - SUNDAY' MIDNITE, MONDAY, JULY 3AND 4. Die Monster, Die Boris Kariof." The Ghost Adult Ent. 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