HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1962-03-15, Page 3Getting Away
With. Murder
The wife's hometown Weekly
newspaper a r ri V e ti yesterday
morning paying news of a
drunken driver who drone on the
wrong side of an tuilOading schOel
bus, struck and killed a six-year-
old girl getting off the bits at her
farm home.
The penalty meted out to this
"businessman gone astray" was' a
$1,000 fine and a five-year sus-
pended sentence. It cost him leas
to kill a first grader than it did
to buy the ear that killed her,
A rare miscarriage of justice?
Not at all, It happens every day
of the year in this enlightened
country of ours,
Last year a local, driver re-
ceived an identical sentence, less
the tine, for killing a mother and
two children of a. family in an
accident on the freeway south of
Eugene. Returning home from an
all-night party at Cottage Grove,
the young driver entered the
wrong lane of the freeway and
struck the family station wagon,
kilning three of five members of
the family. .
Questioned, the judge said that
Oregon law forced him to be
, concerned with rehabilitation of
the convicted killer rather than
punishment.
A few years ago we were in-
volved personally in the after-
math of an accident in which the
mother, father and two of three
children in a family were killed
on a vacation trip by a drunken
driver roaring down the wrong
side of the highway at 80 miles
' an hour.
Part of a two-car caravan go-
ing to the lake for a two-week
vacation, the family driving in
front hit the ditch to avoid the
onrushing drunk. The second car
was a sitting duck for a head-on
crash,
The penalty for this quadruple
murder was a $100 fine and no
sentence, suspended or otherwise.
And so it goes ... ad nauseam.
Who's to blame for this accept-
ed state of affairs?
You are ... the.smug, compla-
cent citizens who cluck like an
old hen over murder at their back
door and neither say nor do any-
thing about it.
The drunk driver is still "so-
cially acceptable" . . . a poor,
unfortunate critter who has
simply had one too many and too
little sense left in his, befuddled
bead to know better than to
drive.
Their hands dripping with the
blood of innocent bystanders,
these killers have no more right
to be returned to a "normal" ex-
istence by our courts than the
"mad dog" killers who wander
loose with a shotgun.
The drunk driver is jitst as
mentally crippled as the insane
.. . just as potentially dengerous
to the people around him as the
psychopathic maniac . . . with
one significant difference.
The drunk driver makes his
own mental instability ... delib-
erately and with ill-considered
forethought, He gets drunk by
his own volition . . , his deadly
condition is self-induced.
The insane might be excused
for a condition over which he has
no control . , . the drunk driver
does not have this excuse. Nine
times out of ten he'll loudly pro-
cfaim his fitness to drive even
if he can't talk.
Yet our courts, under existing
laws and social pressures to keep
them ineffective and hamstrung,
mete out suspended sentences
end retatiVely insignificant fines
for bloody murder arid thousands
of crushing, crippling pain-
wracking injuries day in and
day out,
Concerned about' rehabilitat-
ing the poor, unfortunate drunks
F
ho drive, the courts turn them
ose to kill again . .. turn them
esOse where other potential
drtmken killers can take heart
from their freedom . , . can see
ow little it costs to drink and
drive and kill.
Why shouldn't the drunk drive? -
What has he got to lose if the
worst happens? What is there to
make him pause before getting
behind the wheel or to ask some-
one else to drive?
It's a matter of court record
right here in the Emerald Em-
pire that he can get away with
mueder for relatively nothing.—
Emerald Empire News (Eugene,
Ore.)
"Is there a Cure for absentee-
ism?” asks an etriployer. Yes,
pay day,
SAVE A 'LIFE -- Police Chief
Adolph rlaggi follows the Bib-
lical proverb "A good name,
etc.," in making Argyle, Wis.,
a model of traffic safety. At
his own expense he provides
jolting road signs at village
gateways, eschews electronic
traps which, he says, "give a
town a, bad name. Signs bring
no fines, just save lives."
FARMS FOR SALE
FOR sale, $6,500 cash, 100 acres, Hot.
land township,trreY county, 90 Mlles
Mirth Of Toronto, For further particu.
lam' apply Winner Clark, Route 1, Senn:icy.
FARM, 100 acres, near Brooxadate, BAN) sq. ft, boa Sam, excellent lane an workable, Donald J. lanes, Enibre
TODACCO farm, 109 acres, fully equipi
4P7e5d" 447 acresX S leeption near vienna, phone Pert Burwell 074.
4301 or write P.O. Box 30, Vienna.
FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
D.2 CATERPILLAR crawler, Bulldozer
and Subsoiler, used 2,6Q0 hours; new
TALC, Farwell 46QD; new 'F.13.5 MO, crawler; Cockshutt 40D and Super C
fast Hitch with cultivator and mower.
12 used Tractors to sell; 70 inch Rotor
Tiller. Special prices and terms. Os-
trander Sales & Service, 901 Talbot St„
St. Thomas. Phone ME 1-0307.
FOR SALE — David Brown 850 Dem*
onstrater, 1957 Ford Tractor with Dear.
born loader and blade excellent, Mas.
sey 44, Massey 101, Doter blade with
Pump and controls, Davis T66. Trench.
Ft demonstrator, Howard 3PT Rote-
vator demonstrator, Seaman 50" Til.
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Transplanter demonstrators, Post Aug-
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Pumps, Philbri Farm Equipment,_,
Vineland, LOgan 2-4513.
FRUIT PLANTS
HOME GARDENER save on quality
perennial fruit plants — 20 Strawberry
plants, 12 raspberry, 2 grapes, 10 as.
paragus, 2 black currants, 2 red cur-
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2 rhubarb roots, All nine varieties for
$12.00 postpaid, Order direct to Spring
Valley Nursery, Box 722, Milton, On.
Lurie, .for Spring planting,
FOR SALE — MISCELLANEOUS
CUT YOUR OWN HAIR
With Penn's "Easytrim" haircutting
comb No skill required. Saves barber's
fees, For men, ladles' and children's
hair. Only $1.50 prepaid, Hugh.sons.
W., 16, August AVenue, Scarboro. On.
tario
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Fix any standard faucet in 3 minutes,
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seat of faucet. Solid brass and neo-
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post paid $1.00.
TUCK ENTERPRISES
627 WIllard Ave., Toronto
or R.R. No. 1, Milton, Onf.
3 LBS. Velveteen or print cotton $1.98.
Remnants Assorted colours. Make kid.
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caps, overalls: Also 20 yds. quilted silk
remnants 52.98, 4 lbs. yard pieces, no
batting necessary. 3 lbs. leathercloth
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lbs. $1.98 Elastic 1/4 ".2" width, 2 lbs.
$2.50. Satin ribbon, 4" to 7" wide, 20
yds. 51 00: printed, 12 yds. $1.00.
row ribbon, 300 yds. $1.00, Cotton bias,
navy brown. black, 300 yards $1.00, Re-
mit $1.00, balance collect. Schaefer,
Drummondville, Quebec.
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EXCELSIOR AGENCIES
522 Hamilton Rd. (Rear)
London, Ont.
HORSE SALE
Quarter Horse Sale
APRIL 14, 1962
3rd Annual
MICHIGAN STATE FAIRGROUNDS
Detroit, Michigan.
For Catalogues Contact
Bud Leetch or Tom McKinley
Fenton, Mich., U.S.A.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
SUNNY Southern California jobs in.
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mail big Help Wanted Ads. Send $2.00.
Vern Ardiff, 323 No. Soto, Los Angeles
33. California.
MEDICAL
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OTTAWA
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&matte, self fitting. First, time offered,
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Appliances, 609 East 3rd Street, New-
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Sent Post Free art Receipt of Price
PRICE $3.50 PER JAR
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1865 St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto
PROPERTIES FOR SALE
EXECUTIVE dream home in Highland
Park, Preston, Private master bedroom,
3 other good sized bedrooms, one in
knotty pine, entrance hall and dining
area in lovely panelling. Living room
ideal for formal entertaining, all the
desired built-ins in the kitchen, two
fireplaces, game room, utility room,
storage room, Call, collect, or write .
John Reeve, Real Estate Broker, 449
King St. E., Preston, Ont, Dial 6535456.
POULTRY CRATES FOR SALE
HAULING poultry? Do it with Stad
Poultry Shipping Crates. Write today
for your free folder and price list. Stad
Manufacturers, Box 53, St, Jacobs. On-
tario.
SEED FOR SALE
DO YOU WANT QUALITY? You pay
no more for the best. That's "Gold
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dealer to show you a sample of the
Russell, Rodney or Garry oats we have
to offer. Compare and then place your
order. Be sure to specify "King Gold
Seal Brand", King Grain and Seed
Co. Ltd., Chatham, Ontario.
STAMPS
35 DIFFERENT stamps of Ghana, used,
no Gold Coast, some overprints, $I.
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TRADE SCHOOLS.
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Write, Joe Morgan, Dunkirk, N.Y.
LAB. RETRIEVER
PUPPIES
CKC Registered
Excellent show and field stock.
Pedigree furnished.
Health guaranteed,
Whelped 17 Dec., '61.
The world's best Retriever and
companion dog.
Also some trained pups, 9 months
old, from champion stock.
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1110 Lakeshore Rd.
FAMOUS RECIPES
18 TREASURED family Recipes from
the old. South, including Colonial spoon
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retninsd to Manic' Ulil'10 with.
$5,000 ad Seit'All clown to the
most jot, 114.1te ,gambling; FOSS1011
of his life.
lie still found time during
this period to fall deeply in love
with a beautiful English
Frances Shaw.
But her family would not hear
of her marrying an American —
and a gambler.
Darnborough, with a wry grin,
observed that his farming par-
ents were descended from York-
shire immigrants — and, went on
gambling.
At last he decided tp call
halt. In the preceding six
months, he and t e croupiers
had tossed to and fro the fan-
tastic sum of $250,000,000 on
which he had made a profit of
just under $25Q,000.
fie invested more than half
his winnings in reliable stocks
and used the rest to set himself
up in a car business.
Then he sought out Frances
Shaw,
"If you marry me," he said,
"I promise never to gamble
again."
She agreed — and Bill Darn-
borough kept his promise till the
day of his death, in his ninetieth
year, just three years ago,
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One Winner Who
Knew When To Stop
Teen-Age' Marriage
And Its Dangers
Going steady in the early teens
is one of the curious and disturb-
ing phenomena of today. It is
curious—at least in the eyes of
the older and parental genera-
tion—because in the past youth
was always bent on having its
fling before settling down to
the long, bard row of being
grown' up. This was not only tra-
ditional, and the subject of peets.
It seemed natural •and common
sense.
Now youth starts pairing off
almost before it is out of gram-
mar school. Since boys and girls
at this age are hardly old enough,
to now the meaning and import
of love, we cannot „call them
dewey-eyed. Instead, any mois-
ture is more likely to be a wet-
ness behind the ears. This is
where early going steady is dis-
turbing, because it often leads
to the rash step of early teen-
age marriage. And this, accord-
ing to the executive directer of
the American Association of
Marriage Counselors, is the great-
est threat to the family in
America today.
Dr. David Mace believes mar-
riage in this country is becoming
repetitive, and that teen-age mar-
riages are largely the cause. He
finds nothing in favor of such
ventures because, he says, a teen-
ager is not sufficiently mature.
When the teen-ager finds him-
self unhappy in his marriage, he
„simply ends it, Dr. Mace declares.
Thus the habit of changing mar-
riage partners throughout life is
established. The ultimate out-
come of the trend toward early
and repetitive marriages, ac-
cording to the counselor, is the
sabotage of our culture.
It would be unjust and inac-
curate to say that extra early
marriages always end in the dis-
card. They do not, Their out-.
come is often determined by the
previous discipline under which
the young partners were brought
up. But where self-discipline is
the determining factor between
success and failure, youth can-
not be counted on to be mature
enough to exercise it. This is
not true of marriage alone, but
in all the experiences the young
are called upon to face. The
trouble is, however, that mis-
judgment in most youthful de-
cisions affects only one person,
In, marriage it demands painful
payment from at least two and
usually from offspring born into
a world they never made,— The
Hartford Courant,
"Gossip is an excellent ther-
apy for women," says a doctor.
Could be, gossips seem to live
longest.
PHOTOGRAPHY
COUPLE WANTED
CATHOLIC COUPLE TO LOOK
AFTER APPROX, 6 CHILDREN
IN TORONTO. PREFERABLY A
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GROWN FAMILY. IN GOOD
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FOR CHILDREN. WOULD PRE-
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THE DAY BUT BE WILLING TO
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WILL ASSIST IN FINDING A
SUITABLE HOUSE AND PRO-
VIDE REGULAR REMUNERA"
TION FOR SERVICES.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CALL MISS A. SZAMMER 5,
CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S AID SO,
CIETY, 26 MAITLAND SKEET,
TORONTO, WA. 5.6641.
COLD-NOSED SLEUTH A state trooper fills out another
arrest report in which Rex, 94-pound German. Shepherd
assigned to Iona, Mich,, post, has played on important part.
Dog's keen nose has been responsible for the tracking and
the eventual capture of eight dangerous escapees from con-
finement in the nearby state hospital for criminally insane,
BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR SALE
FOR SALE — Grocery Store at Sauble
Beach, 8 ft. meat cooler, furnished
residence, arcade room, gas PtimPs.
Easy terms, Apply Mrs. Theo. Seaman,
600.6 Aye, West, Owen Sound,
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
BOWLING lanes, 8, completely equip-
ped, excellent condition, automatic foul
lights, complete snack bar, Purchaser
to remove lanes from municipality.
Owner moving to new location Open
for offers. David's Bowl-O-Drotne 31
bundas E,. Trenton, Ont.
ATTENTION MEN WITH INITIATIVE
AND DESIRE TO GET AHEAD.
SMALL investment required to get
started in a very profitable busi-
ness right in your own home town.
Limited number of dealerships
available in towns and cities
throughout southern Ontario. If
you have the required desire to
succeed we may have the oppor-
tunity you have been looking for.
For full information contact
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EXCLUSIVE Franchises open in varous
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no down payment necessary,
INTERPROVINCIAL HOMES
113 Ferguson N., Hamilton
LADIES' SPECIALTY SHOP
BLENHEIM, ONT.
Thriving, prosperous town, rich (411.
cultural area. Excellent location. Good
lease, low overhead. Good turnover
with great potential, Inventory and fix-
tures for sale of good clean stock.
Owner must sell on account of ill
health.
Write to Carolynn Shop
for appointment
NEW ROLL OF FILM
with each film developed, printed
or mounted,
Black & White Roll Film
8 exp. $1.00, 12 exp. $1,25
35mm 20 exp. 51.85, 36 exp. $2.85
Kodacolor 8 ex, $3.75, 12 ex, $4.75,
20 ex. $5.75
Anscochrome Elctachrome 20 exp. $2.85
Get 8mm Color Movie Film incl. pro'
ceasing $2.94
Money order or C.O.D.
Photo •Service, Box 10, Midland, Ont,
CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS FOR SALE
Full line of Construction machinery —
Bulldozers, Dragline shovels. Bridge
building equipment, Dam building
equipment, and Pile driving equipment,
with some contracts for spring, Phone
Port Burwell 074.4301 or write P.O.
,Box 30, Vienna.
COINS WANTED
COINS WANTED Pay for Canadian
cents Fine or better. 1922, $4.50: 1923,
$6.75; 1924, $1.50; 1925; $5.00. More
prices in thr 1962 Coin Catalogue 25c.
Gary's (8) 9910 Jasper, Edmonton, Alta,
DOGS
he entered the hotel business,
and for the next few years built
up his savings.
Finally, in 1900, he sailed for
Europe to put his vengeance
plan into operation.
He started in a shabby little
gambling club in Rotterdam,
learning everything he could
about all the games of chance
played in European casinos.
W h en he considered he was
ready, he descended on. Monte
Carlo, The ex - 'baseball player
gambled far more heavily than
the other glamourous figures
who attracted most of Monte
Carlo's fame, writes David Bra-
ham in "Tit-Bits:"
The total sum of money pass-
ed back and forth between him
and the croupiers often reached
over a million dollars a day. At
such times, spectators would be
packed six deep _behind his
chair.
Ile had a preference for num-
bers ending in nine, particularly
number twenty-nine. When the
instinct moved him, he would
relax and wait, not even touch-
ing the piles of gold coins on the
green baize cloth in front of
him.
Then suddenly his hands
would. flash out at lightning,
speed, straddling number twen-
ty-nine in every possible way.
In seconds, with his gold coins
placed on the number in full, on
the corners, and straddled with
adjoining numbers, he would
have staked anything up to
$5,000,
Although Darrdooroligh seem-
ed to be casual about money, it
was really just another exam-
ple of his careful planning.
He always collected his win-
nings in cash and returned
straight to his hotel. There he
gave $6,000 or so to the mana-
ger, asking him — in a loud voice
so that any potential thief could
hear — to lock the money in the
hotel sate.
Then, before going to bed, he
wont out for a breath of fresh
air.
In reality, though, he strolled
round to the garage and put the'
bulk of his money — soMetirries
$50,000 or more under the
mat in his cat.
Even his own chauffeur knew
nothing about it. And 80 barn-
borough was never robbed,
Naturally, his luck Was not
always so good.
In October, 1910, however, he
"I've always wondered how It
would feel to be kissed by
someone WITHOUT to
mustache!"
How Can I?
By Roberts Lee
Q. How can I rejuvenate wilt-
ed leaf vegetables, such as let-
tuce, spinach, and parsley?
A, By soaking them in cold
water to which a slice of lemon
has been added. In an hour or
so, they will be as fresh as when
gathered.
Q. What can I tie when I have
inadvertently added too much
salt to food while cooking?
A. Stretch a clean cloth tight-
ly over the vessel and sprinkle
a tablespoon of flour over the
cloth. The flour will absorb the
salt, if allowed to steam for a
few minutes.
Q. flow can I add a dainty
aroma to our blankets, chenille
robes, spreads, and the like?
A. When laundering these
articles, add some of your fa-
vourite bath salts to the last
rinsing water, and let them soak
for about 10 Minutes, They will
be nice and fluif'fy, and smell
wonderful, too.
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Among ell the big-time gam-
blers who made real fortunes at
Monte Carlo casino, the number
who had the strength of will not
to try their luck any further can
be counted on one hand.
Chief of these strong-minded
exceptions was tough, American-
born William Nelson Darnbor-
ough.
In six months' continuous
play, he w o n nearly $250,000.
Immediately afterwards, this
one-time professional baseball
player g a v e up gambling for
good — to win the hand of a
beautiful English girl!
That Bill Darnborough was a
rare exception is shown by the
fate of a fellow-sportsman, the
great jockey Tod Sloan.
In ten years' racing, Sloan
made $250,000., Most of it went
on betting or stocks which pray-
ed to be worthless.
During his first year on the
British turf,, he had the amazing
total of forty-three winners and
twenty-one seconds out of only
ninety-eight mounts.
But in 1900 the racing author-
ities learned that he had backed
himself to win $300,000 on his
mount, Codoman, in the. Cam-
bridgeshire, and he was advised
not to re-apply for a licence.
(Codoman, incidentallly, came
in second.)
To get over this blow, Sloan
went to Monte Carlo and em-
barked on a wild gambling
spree. Soon he was down to his
last five dollars.
Undeterred, he borrowed $75
to enter a big shooting contest,
which he won. Now $2,500 in
pocket, he made straight for the
tables and, by the end of the
evening was showing a profit
of nearly $15,000.
But the ex-jockey made the
mistake of thinking he had
struck a long run of luck. He
returned to the casino next eve-
ning:, Two days later, he was
broke.
Sloan's up-and-coming gambl-
ing fortunes continued to the
e n d. Playing baccarat at Los
Angeles in August, 1933, he lost
$3,500 in an hour. Four months
plater, he died at the age of
fifty-nine — once again, a poor
man.
One of the biggest winners
was Andre Ardisson, known as
the "King of the Cardsharpers."
Though nobody ever detected his
method of cheating, he was
barred from all casinos.
But he was so skilled at dis-
guising himself that he continu-
ed to gullible at will, Once, dis-
guised as an elderly nobleman
in a wheelchair, he made $15,000
in a single night at baccarat. In
another weekslong session, dress-
ed as an Indian prince, he won
$30,000.
Ardisson's down f all came
when he convinced himself that
he was invincible at any form
Of gambling -- even the Stock
Exchange. He invested heavily,
but bad luck seemed to dog
every Share he touched.
Soon he was penniless. In
1922, unable to bear the stigma
of poverty any longer, he com-
mitted suicide, Where Bill Darn-
borough. differed most from the
big gamblers who didn't know
When to stop Was in his deter-
mination and long-term plan-
ning,
His very career as a gambler
was the result of a youthful
Yew of revenge,
It Started after he'd become a
professional baseball player as
a youth of eighteen, earning
*hat• was then big Money, His
first tnonth'S salary was $150,
Exhilarated by such a large
suit, he decided to have a flirig
at roulette. Twenty minutes la-
terYeVerY penny had gone.
Bill BarriboroUgh swore to
have his Vengeance on the
tablea.
To gel the necessary 'capital*
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