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Village Squire, 1978-12, Page 48ll PEOPLE The minister's fascinated by murder The minister is fascinated by murder. The minister in this case is retired Anglican minister Orlo Miller who is perhaps better known to the general public as an author. Earlier, Mr. Miller, now living in London, delved into the Donnelly legend of Lucan with two books, The Donnellys Must Die, a non-fiction work and Death to the Donnellys, a novel. His latest dealing with murder is Twenty Mortal Murders released in November by Macmillan Company of Canada. The book deals with bizarre murder cases from the past. One such case is the mysterious disappearance of Ambrose Small the owner of a string of theatres across southern Ontario. He sold the chain and quickly disappeared. Many speculated foul play but his body was never found. His spirit was said to haunt the old Grand Theatre in London and there was speculation that his bores might have been found there during the recent reconstruction but they weren't. A second case involves the murder of MacDougall Tuer of Mitchell in 1973 for which his brother was sentenced to life imprisonment. Mr. Miller was a minister in the Mitchell area and at Sebringville from 1965-69. One of the Clinton area's favourite artists was lost Nov. 2 with the death of Agnes Moon of Brucefield. Mrs. Moon had portrayed the area in oil landscapes over the past 24 years and her work had found a place in many homes in the area. She also worked as an industrial therapist at the Huewater Centre in Goderich. Back in 1922 George Taylor arrived in St. Marys for a weekend visit. Now 56 years later, he's still there. Mr. Taylor was honoured for his long service to the community at a special dinner in November sponsored by the St. Marys Lions Club. The town's only black man took a job as the town's garbage collector soon after his arrival and in 1936 started a boxing club for youngsters of the community. One of his former pupils, town clerk Bob Cousins said M. Taylor never asked for fees for the lessons except payment through good manners. The Brantford native was amateur boxing champion of Canada at the 128 pound class in 1913. He trained two fighters who went on to make marks for themselves in the game: Jack Billings, a contender for a spot on one of Canada's Olympic boxing teams and Bobby Hesson a former Canadian lightweight champion. From a farm home in McKillop township near Seaforth to a place of honour in the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame, that's 46 Village Squire, December 1978 the road travelled by Helen McKercber Miss McKercher spent a long career as director of the home economics branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food working with women in rural areas throughout the province before she retired to Stratford where she now lives. She was inducted in the Hall of Fame when her portrait was unveiled in a ceremony in the hall. Bob Trotter well known through his syndicated column in many Western Ontario weekly newspapers called One Foot in the Furrow recently took a step back into the active world of journalism. Mr. Trotter, a veteran of stints on five newspapers and three radio stations has been program co-ordinator of the journal- ism program at the Doon campus of Conestoga college but in October he became part of the team operating the fledging Sunday newspaper Newsday in Kitchener -Waterloo. The move came about because of his association with Doug Hoch, a former advertising representative of the Kitchener -Waterloo Record who is now marketing director for the paper. Mr. Trotter says the chance to be in on the birth of a newspaper as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. He holds the post of editorial consultant for the paper. It's become so frequent an occurence that it almost doesn't rate as news anymore when a Seaforth area man wins a world championship. Still, Russell Bolton captur- ed his seventh straight World Hay Championship last month at the Royal Winter Fair. The prize is one of a number of world championships for crops given annually at the Royal but one that seems to have reduced world competition to one Huron -county farm. A former Perth county resident who's familiar with museums professionally expressed his hopes that the county will soon have its own musuem. Bob Carbert, general manager of the Ontario Agricultur- al Museum at Milton told the annual meeting of the Perth County Municipal Association in Listowel that a museum would show that Perth county has done more than "revitalize Will Shakespeare." Ile recommended a museum be located at Stratford saying the museum and the Stratford Festival would complement one another. He said that while there was no exciting happenings such as Indian massacres in the history of Perth county there were such things as the history of the railway at Palmerston. the salt industry at Dublin. the normal school at Stratford and famous athletes such as Cyclone Taylor from Listowel and Howie Morenz from Mitchell. Buying a gift? Going to travel? Choose from our complete selection LIGHT STYLISH STRONG By •Samsonite •Dionite •National MATCHED SETS SINGLE CASES FLIGHT BAGS ATTACHE CASES TOTE BAGS Gift leather goods By -Buxton -Tilley (Gold initialled free) •Billfolds •Wallets •Keycases •Clutch Purses •French Purses •Utility Cases AIKEN'S 482-9352 CLINTON, ONT.