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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-07-16, Page 12Bantams Get 12-5 Win Over Goderich Team The Clinton Fish and Game Ban- tarns got back in winning ways as they defeated Goderich last Tues- day evening, on the local diamond by a 12-5 score. Laurie Colquhoun led the Clint- on attack as he banged out four hits in five tries. Bob Livermore, Don LockwoOd, and B. Betties each had a Paw of hits. Don Col- quhoun, A. Durnin and J. Cooper each had singles. Don Lockwood did the pitching for Clinton and allowed Goderich Only six hits while striking out six. R H E Goderich 100 010 22— 5 6 3 Clinton 700 004 lx-12 13 6 Williamson and Doak; Don Lockwood and Laurie Colquhoun. a Park Board Sets Supervised Hours At Wading Pool Due to some slight misunder- standings over hours and use of the children's wading pool in Clin- ton Community Park, the Park Board has set a schedule of hours when the wading pool will be un- der supervision. The supervised hours are 10 to 12 a.m,; 2 to 5 pm, and 7 to 8 in the evenings. Children may use the pool at other times, but must be accompanied by an adult (pref- erably a parent). The board regrets any incon- venience which has been caused by irregular hours in the past. Ken Doig Wins Golf Tourney at Goderich The Men's Invitation Gollf Tour- nament held at Maitland Golf Club, Goderich, proved very suc- cessful. 70 golfers took part and competition was keen. Ken Doig and Jack Price tied for low gross honors, and in the sud- den death play-off, Ken Doig em- erged as the winner of the John Labatt Trophy. 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(ZINTON NEWS-RECORD 5141RSDAY, MJ.LY. 16, MO "144=p441111111111 IOW After Two-Day Court Hearing In. Goderich Youth Committed For Trial This Fall Jocelyne said she had been in the bush once before with the. Guides, but not with Steven. Flight Sergeant C, W. Gaudet confirmed his daughter's evidence that someone had come to the house door ,at 6 p.m., but he did not know who it was. Lynn Johnston, 14, recalled see- ing Steven at the swings behind the school ablaut 8.15 p,m. He trad- ed bikes with his brother Bill, lqa- ving his racer bike, and taking the other one home. Richard Gellatley, 12 years old, was at the river on June 8, and went home to get his trunks to go swimming. He met Steven and Lynne on the county road about 7.25 p.m. He got his trunks and wore them back to the river. Philip Burns, 10 years old, al- though he was not sworn, answer- ed questions earnestly. He said he had left the bridge about 7 p.m„ because he had gotten the time from Mr. McCafferty, He met Jocelyne Gaudet at the corner of the bush closest to the station, as he walked home. He also met Ar- Corporal Sayeau said that the nold George, He did not see R. body was found 82 feet from the Gellatley, Steven or Lynne. north edge of the bush, covered On the bridge, Philip recalled with freshly broken branches. Two a car stopping with four men in- dark hairs found on the fence side, and one of them gave his near where the locket was found, friend Chris Higgins a piece of were mid to be animal hairs, by cake and a piece of pie. Chris did biologist Brown. not want them, but gave them to A hair found on a canvass shoe Philip who ate them. The car was had been analyzed also by Mr. greyish-black and was going to- Brown, and he reported it was ward the highway. human head hair. Sergeant McCafferty recalled Mr. Brown identified a blouse giving the time of ten minutes of With which the girl had been st- i 7, or 7.10 to a young boy who asked him. He did not know the tangled; a pair of shorts taken from the person of S. Truscott at the county jail on June 14; a twig and some leaves found under the girl's body in the woodlot, and red jeans taken from the base- ment of the Truscott home. Stains of blood on both leaves and twigs, was of Group A, a type of which the blood of both Lynne and Stev- en belong. He noted that the button int- roduced as exhibit 8, compared with the one on the blouse. He said the red pants showed stains of chorophyll at the knees, and that they had been washed since they were last worn. Canvass shoes from the Truscott home were clean, with no earth on them. Jocelyne Gaudet, 13, said that on June 8 she had told Steven about a calf in the Bob Lawson barn. He said there "might be two new-born calves on the county road on the right hand side by the woods", and would she like to see them. Jocelyne said she had to go to Guides that night, but they arranged at 6 p.m. Tuesday to go see the calves. Jocelyne said Steve told her not to tell anyone, and not to bring anyone. At 6 on Tuesday, Steven called for her, she said she could not go, and he left. Half an hour later she went to the Lawson barn, and then went on her bicycle down the county road to the woodlot, where she met and talked to Phil- ip Burns. Then she went on along the laneway beside the woodlot, pushing her bike and calling Stev- en's name. There was no answer so she returned to the paved road, and talked to Arnold George, ask- ing if he had seen Steve. She went down to the river, talked to the boys there, and then went back to the Lawson farm, getting there about 6.45 p.m. Kinsmen Peewees Still Undefeated In League Games Clinton Kinsmen Peewee base- ball team own two more games this week and remain undefeated in WOAA league play. Clinton 21--Seaforth 2 Last night they swamped Sea- forth 21 to 2 in the park here. Brad Dutot gave up ten hits while his team-mates collected a total of 16, Clinton scored in each of the six innings played, H Clinton 10 324 11-21 16 Seaforth 0 200 00— 2 1,0 Clinton: Brad Dutot and Jim Livermore; Seaforth: Wright, Pat- terson and Dick, Clinton 22—New Hamburg 16 Monday night in New Hamburg the local peewees won 21-16 in the highest scoring game of the season. R Clinton 810 391-22 9 N. Hamburg 121 705-16 8 Clinton: John Cooper, Brad Dutot, Laurie Colquhoun and Jim Livermore; New Hamburg: Ro- rnashyna and Baste. New Hamburg Earns 9-4 Bantam Ball Win The Clinton Fish and Game Bantams lost a 9-4 decision to the New Hamburg Batams last Thurs- day evening on the local ball dia- mond. Don Lockwood led the locals with two singles, Bob Livermore, Don Colquhoun, A. Durnin, Don Freeman, John Cooper and Mike Burns each had singles. Laurie Colquhoun was on the mound for the Clinton lads and allowed New Hamburg only six hits but five errors by his team mates kept him in trouble the whole game. Clinton's next home game will be tonight (Thursday, July 16) when they meet the Lucan Bant- ams. R H E New Hamburg 014 110 2-9 6 1 Clinton 200 110 0-4 8 5 Dehody and Daniels; Laurie Colquhoun and Don Freeman. you need 14 inch tires! HAROLD'S White Rose (Continued from Page One) ought, a red shirt with silver threads. Mrs. Dorothy Bohonis, also a Brownie pack official, said she saw Lynne about 7,12 p.m, with a boy and his bicycle. She did not know Steven at that time. She did not See them leave. Mrs. Bohonis said she noticed Lynne playing with something on a chain around her neck. Suckers were given out as prizes for the Brownies, and Lynne received one of them. Twelve-year-old Warren Hath- eral recalled that he was playing football on the school field when Steven and Lynne went past, and rode down the hill, with Lynne on the crossbar of the bike. This was about 7 p.m. Half hour later, he saw Steven coming back to- ward J. Block. Warren said he asked, "What happened to the Harper? Did you feed her to the fish ?" and he thought Steven an- swered "No." Eleven-year old Stuart Westie saw Lynne with Steven going to- ward the river on the county road on the boy's racer bike. He heard the question asked Steven when he returned a half-hour later, but thought the answer given was, "No I just let her off at the highway", Dr, A. H. Brooks, at that time senior medical officer at Station Clinton and Dr. J. A. Addison told of giving a medical examination of Steven Truscott on Friday night at about 10.35 p.m. Both re- ported a number of scratches and other marks, and one major bruise on the boy's body. Both felt the attitude of the youth was not what one would expect of a 14-year-old boy. They used words such as apathetic, too co-operative. Constable H. D. Hobbs 'reported on interviews he had with Steven Truscott. At the school on June 10 the boy told of picking Lynne up and giving her a ride on his bi- cycle about 7 to 7.30 p.m. He said "Lynne said she knew the people in the little white house on the highway and she migha go to see them, but she had to be home by 8.30". Steve said he drop- ped her off at the highway, went back to the bridge, looked back to the highway and saw her get into a car with yellow licence plat- es. On June 11 Constable Hobbs qu- estioned the boy again, and Steve told about the gold chain and lock- et Lynne was wearing. He said he had seen Richard Gellatley on the road, and also a grey Plymouth or Dodge with a man and lady in Clinton Soccer Team Loses Play-Off To St. Columban Clinton Soccer team lost out to the'St. Columban men last Friday when they met in the Highway 8 community. Score was St. Colum- ban 3, Clinton 1. The lone goal was scored by Frank Ogner. The local team will now go on to compete for the Marshall tro- phy. Nicky and Clare Sager, Goder- ich are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Arkell. F. M. Samis and family, Gode- rich, have moved to their cottage in the village. LOL No. 24 attended the Twelf- th of July celebrations at St. Marys this year. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prim, Det- roit, were at "Holly Lodge" for a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs. M. Aikenhead visited in Wingham and Wroxeter last week. George Lindsay and Alfred Sp- encer, Paris, are visiting the form- er's mother, Mrs. George Lindsay, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Heard and baby Donald Gordon, from Top- ping, visited relatives in the vil- lage on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Manness visited recently with their son, Armand Manness and family, in their new home in Orchard Park, London, Miss Kathleen Reid, Windsor, came on Monday to spend a vaca- tion with her mother, Mrs. A. W. Reid. Miss Rose Snowden, who has been a patient at Queensway Nursing Home, Hensall, returned to her home last Thursday after- noon. Mr. and Mrs. William White with Cathy and Larry, Berkley, Mich., are holidaying at "La Vrangue", Bluewater Highway, Goderich Township, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rock, Riverside, visited her mother, Mrs. W. Helps and Mrs. A. W. Reid at "Enfield" cottage over the week- end. Mrs, J. M. Atkinson and grand- son Guane Johns who were at her home on Colina Street returned to St. Clair Shores, Mich., with her husband who was here for the weekend, John Scotehmer, Sr., Goderich, is spending the month of July with his son Gordon D. Scotchmer and family, Bronson Line. His wife is visiting her sister Mrs. Mary Cober in Winnipeg, Man. Mrs. Jean Wilson, Norfolk, Vir- ginia, is the guest of Mrs, George Lindsay and Clarence Pugh, who accompanied his mother is visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. Alan Galbraith. Mr, and Mrs. Earl Galster and twin daughters, Alma and Alice, Fremont, Mich.; Bert Galster, Hol- land, Mich,, visited Mr. and Mrs. Gordoti D. Scotchmer, Bronson Line, Stanley Township, from Thursday to Saturday. the car, The license plate was 981666, Also Steve said he had waved to Arnold George at the river, and on the way back from the river had stopped and watch.'" 0:1 the boys at the swim hole. The owner of the car with that licence, George Thompson, Bramp- ton, said he and his wife had been in Brampton that night, and had not been in Huron County for some years. On the second day of the hear- ing Constable Harry Sayeau gave evidence in connection with a number of articles taken to Elgin Brown, biologist at the Attorney- General's Department, Toronto. In- cluded was a locket and chain found on June 19 (by a nine-year old child) on the fence along the road leading into the section of the woodlot in which Lynne was found. Goderich Pavilien—Every Friday Teen-20 record dance, 9 to 12 p.m. Every Saturday night, dancing to Paul Cross and his Orchestra, Lions Bingo every Wednesday night. 25-35b Thurs., July 16—Bingo in Leg- ion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street, at 8.30 p.m. 15 regular games at $5; Jackpot $58 in 58 numbers; 3 door prizes, $2,50 each, Admis- sion 50c. 20-tfb boy. Mrs.. Beatrice Geiger, went to the river on her bike about 6.15 p.m. At that time Steven Trus- cott passed her on his bike alone turned around on the bridge and went back, meeting her again on the railway track. She saw Philip Burns at the river, and heard the man give him the time of about five to seven o'clock. She did not see the greyish-black car. She re- called that Richard Gellatley ar- rived about the time Burns left She stayed at the river until 8.05 p.m. Brian Glover, 14, said he left the bridge about 7.10 with Tom Gillette, each on his own bike. He met Jocelyne Gaudet about 7.30 talking to Arnold George. Jocelyne was in the lane about 30 to 40 yards. He did not see Steven or Lynne. The next day, on June 10, he was at the bridge with Steven and Arnold George, and other boys. Brian said that Paul Desjardine asked Steve why he went into the woods with Lynne. Brian said Steve answered he had heard a calf in there and took her in to show it to her. Brian did not re-, call them saying anything else. Paul Desjardine, 14, Grade 9, said he went fishing at the river about 6 p.m. He saw Steven half way up from the woods, alone on his bike, circling on the highway. The next day, Julie 10, he said he asked Butch (A. George) if Stev- en had taken Lynne into the woods, and Butch said, "I asked him the same thing; and lie said he had." Tom Gillette, 14, told of conver- sation at the school on June 10, when the youngsters were asking Steven about Lynne being miss- ing. On the way into school Stev- en had told him about the calf. That night at the river, he said Arnold George was under the bridge throwing rocks and he said, "I saw you going into the woods with Lynne." Steven said, "What was that again, Butch?" and Geo- rge repeated it. Steven said, "I didn't go into the bush with Lynne." Tom said it sounded as if Steven was threatening Butch, Tom also recalled that at Mc- Ewan's Custard Cup about 8.25 p.m. Tuesday night, June 9, he had talked with Arnold George, and George said then that he'd seen Steven go into the bush with Lynne. Arnold George, 14, was not sworn. He said he cut the lawn after supper on June 9, then took the mower home and went look- ing for Steven. He went down the county road about 7 p.m. and met Jocelyne Gaudet at the bush alone He talked with her and then went to the swimming hole until 8.30 p.m. He did not see Steve until about 9 at the Truscott home. At that time Steven was wearing a white T-shirt and red pants. Arn- old asked him where he went, and Steve told about taking Lynne to the highway where she was picked up by a car going toward Sea- forth. I asked him why he gave her a ride. He said, "Why do you want to know ?" I said, "I don't know, let's skip it. Let's play catch." Arnold said he did not know Lynne was missing then. When he met Jocelyne at the bushlot, he asked her if she'd seen Steve. She said no, she was look- ing for Lynne. Again at the river George said that Jocelyne asked if he had seen Lynne. George said he told her no, and then did not pay any more attention to her, On Wednesday Steven was ques- tioned by the police at the school and then spoke to George to get assistance with a story he'd told that he'd seen George at the river. Arnold said he had not seen Stev- en, but to help him, decided to tell the police he had. George said he did not see Stev- en go into the woods with Lynn. Wednesday evening at the river, he talked with the other boys about Lynne being lost. One of the boys asked Steven what he was doing up at the bush With Lynne, He said he wasn't in the bush, he was at the side of the bush, Steven asked Paul who said that. Paul said that I had. Steven said, "Yon didn't see me at the bush, did you, Butch?" and I said "No." Then we talked about go- ing to the carnival that night in Clinton, `Defence counsel F. Donnelly called two witnesses, Warrant Of- ficer and Mrs, Herb. Mellish, who were posted to England next mon- th,. They said they and WO and Truscott had gone to the Sergeants' Mess on Tuesday even- ing, June 9, and had stayed there- until after 11 o'clock. Sat., July 13—Bake sale, tea and bazaar, Trinity Parish Hall, 3 to 5 p.m. Auspices, Trinity Guild. 28b Wed,. July g2—Buffet supper._ Cold' turkey and ham. Hayfield United Church. Sponsor, Willing Workers, Served 5 to 8 p.m. Ad- ults, $1.00; children under 12, 50c. 281as Have You Renewed Your Subscription? COMING EVENTS News of Bayfield By MISS LUCY R. WOODS PHONE: BAYFIELD 45 r 3 Mrs. Manley Thompson, Cathy and Roderick who have been with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John MacKenzie returned to their home in Chicago with Dr. Thompson who was hare for the weekend. Mrs. Herbert Kirkham took her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson to the Orange Walk at St. Marys on Saturday. Her husband accomp- anied them on their way back, to spend the evening here before they returned to their home in London, Stewart Atkinson and small son David, St. Clair Shores, Mich., spent Saturday and Sunday with his uncle, D. A. Atkinson. Mrs. Norman McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. Reg Bohn and Johnny Tamanan, Detroit and Goderich, called on D. A. Atkinson on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy McClinchey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClinchey with Rodney and Don, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy McClinchey with Sch- erel and Susan, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kunzelman and Jerry, Stockbridge, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Holm, Mr. and Mrs. John Jefferson and Linda,- and John Bradley, Preston, spent Sunday in the village. 89th Birthday Congratulations and best wishes go to John Scotchmer, Sr., who on July 20 will mark his 89th birth- day. On Friday a birthday party was held for him and Earl Galster Whose natal day it was. All the members of Mr. Scotchmer's fam- ily and other relatives gathered for ,a picnic in Clan Gregor Square. There were 40 present, and a birth- day cake complete with all the trimmings carried happy birthday greetings, St. Andrew's W.A. The Woman's Association of St. Andrew's United Church Met at the hoirie of Mrs, Gladwin West- lake with 23 ladies attending. Mrs. Lindsay Smith, president, opened the meeting. Mrs. Charles Bell, secretary, read the minutes and Mrs. Josephine Stirling gave the treasurer's statement. Mrs. .L. Smith gave a reading entitled, "The Thirteenth Zinnia". Following the business session the president closed the meeting with prayer. Lunch and a social half hour was enjoyed after which a hearty vote of thanks was extended the hostess and ladles of the lunch committee, The next 'Meeting will be held in. August on Clan Greg- or Square to which the Mission Band and Baby Band are invited. A pot luck supper will be served,