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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-02-02, Page 4Gingham Dance undlnr the auspices of the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary Legion Hall, Seaforth FRIDAY, FEB, 10th. Dancing 10.1 Admission $2 per couple Students lie Dancing with Ian ld'ilbee's Orchestra EVERYBODY WELCOME Huron Boy Cited Twice for MC By W. B. Elliott Last Post notices in the Le - glossary for January fill five col- umns. Deaths of more than 160 ex -service men had been reported in one month by the Royal Cana- dian Legion's official magazine. They included veterans of every war in this century, members of all- three services in U.K. and. Canadian forces, and even indi- viduals who had served in Rus- sian, Italian and French armies, Most names, of ,coarse, are Cana- dian, and among them we find that. of Lieut. Harvie James Dor- rance, MC, MM, 1st Canadian In- fantry Battalion, who died at Vic- toria, B. C., Nov. 15, aged 67, Harvie Dorrance -was a McKil- lop Township boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dorrance, He was in the Canadian West when the First World War broke out, and returned to go with the Seaforth party to Valcartier. He was just past 21 when he enlisted, and gave his occupation as farmer. with most Western Ontario vol- unteers, he found himself in the 1st Battalion. It was to be his home for 42 months, With it he fought in 23 battles, was twice wounded and twice decorated for bravery. He reached France in Febru- ary, 1915, suffered a gunshot wound in the thigh in April and was sent to hospital in England but got back in July. By the fol- lowing January he was corporal; in April be put up three stripes. Soon after, a citation appeared in the battalion honors and awards file over the signatures of Lt. -Col, F. A. Creighton and Brigadier General Garnet Hughes, recom- mending Dorrance for the. Die- tiguished Conduct Medal "for conspicuous bravery and coolness during the enemy attack on Hill 60 on the night of the 26/27 April, 1916." It continued: "After his of- ficer and senior NCO had been killed or evacuated he was left in command of the trench with a number of the enemy occupying a sap in front. He at once pro- ceeded to place his trench, which. had been badly knocked about, in a state of defence and posted his men with great skill and judg- ment, at the same time establish- ing touch with both flanks and sending back information to his company. He held the situation well in hand until the arrival of an officer and the organization of a counter-attack, which drove the enemy from the sap." The Military Medal was awarded. In May, 1917, Dorrance was again wounded, this time in the arm, and was sent to No. 35 Gen- eral Hospital. He did not take advantage of his "Blighty" and' was back with the battalion on May 19. In September he was OE RIOT yWHEN YOU 1IV grr - 4064 xhifee, The addresses on eat► letter and parcel Mold ■hew ■ the fell name of the person who is to net it. ■ the correct apart- ment number,, Street address, rural route number or poet office box number. ■ city, town or vIl. laps, and postal zone number where necessary. ■ your name and complete retort'',,. address In this tipper lett-hand owner. See the yellow pages of most telephone directories for complete pedal information A correct pastel address speeds accurate delivery. PO -60.4C sent to England to take on ..OTO course and qualify for a commis' Wen, Ota January 29, 1918, he was commissioned and rejoined the let, September found his name a- gain in the honors citations. "DU - lug' operations at the Nord Can- al," Lt:Ool, Sperling wrote, "the situation on the right flank be- cause obscure, owing to a German counter-attack. This officer took a patrol of three men and entered the village, got the location of. German advanced troops, then got in touch with our flank troops, This was executed under heavy shell and MG 'fire, His reports, were most admirable and all dis- positions were made on' these' re- ports." • The recommendation was for the Military Cross, It did not cone through right away, and Col. Spatting later repeated the recent• mendatlon in a new citation, Lieut. Dorrance at this time was Scout (or Intelligence) Officer and his reports were highly com- mended, which perhaps reflects sound basic training at SS No, 2 McKillop, "On Oct. 1, during the Battle of Cambrai, this officer perform. ed valuable service under very trying circumstances. Time and again he made daring reconnais- sances and the information thus gained proved of inestimable val- ue. He was untiring in his efforts and moved from point to point supplying information; keeping in touchand assisting in reorganiz- ation. Previously, during opera- tions on Sept. 27, he performed difficult tasks of reconnaissance and liaison, continuing in his du- ties until forced by utter exhau- stion to discontinue," This time, the Cross was awarded. Back in Saskatchewan after the war, Harvie was chosen by Tis- dale Liberals as candidate ter the Legislature, and in 1934 defeated Hon. W. C, Buckle, minister of agriculture in the Anderson (coa- lition) government, The Parlia- mentary Guide at that time gave his post office as Lens. In the 1938 contest he was defeated by J. H. Brockelbank, CCF. Mr. Brockelbank had served in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. (He entered the ministry, held various offices and now is minister of mineral resour- ces under Premier Douglas.) In the Second World War, Mr. Dorrance served again, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Some years ago he removed from So, skatchewan to Victoria, B,C. Mr. Dorrance is survived 'by his wife, the former Nina Copeman, of St. Thomas; one daughter, Mrs. Don Gatenby; also a brother, Guy Dorrance, and one sister, Mrs. James Kerr, both of McKillop. On that great day in April, 1919 when the 1st Battalion marched through London, Ont., behind its colors, for demobilization, a pho- to was taken showing officers and. men grouped closely at a plat- form from which someone was making a speech of welcome. In the front row, between Lieut. Hemsley and Capt. Scott, is Lieut. Harvie Dorrance, medal rib- bons visible, face upturned to the speaker. He was not quite 26. To 'many of us, he will always be re- membered as on that day. Bayfield Man Held For Murder Believed the result of the at- torney -general's department's de- cision in December to check all unsolved murders in the last 25 years, Arthur Kendall, of Bay- field, was charged with murder of his first wife Friday. The woman, a mother of five children, vanished eight years ago while the family was visiting in the Johnston Harbor area of the Bruce Peninsula, The 50 -year-old Kendall, a la- borer and market gardener, was arrested at 7.35 a, ra. Friday as he reported for work at the RCAF station. The crown is expected to sup- port its case on the evidence of a secret witness. No part of Mrs. Kendall's body has been found, according to police, Last March after his first wife, Helen, 30, had been declared of- ficially dead, Kendall married Beatrice Hogue, a widow with six children who had been a friend at Monkton in Blma Township. Kendall was taken to Walker- ton and arraigned before a jus- tice of the peace. He was remand- ed until Feb. 2. The arrest was made by provincial police inspec- tor H. H. Graham, who has been in charge of the investigation since the woman's disappearance in July 1952. Inspector Graham was accom• panted by Staff Sgt. Charles An- derson, of Mount Forest OPP, and Sgt. Harry Barker, Goderich OPP. In 1953, a dump and a gravel pit in lllma Township, near At- wood were 'dug up and searched without result, Assistant OPP Commissioner Wilford Franks, of Toronto, said that even without finding Mrs, Kendall's body they have suffici- ent evidence to lay a charge of murder. A murder charge without the victim's body is unusual but not unique. A justice department offi- cial in Ottawa said yesterday there have been two such cases in British Columbia alone in the past' lb year(, As far as Inspector Graham is concerned the file on Mrs. Ken - (Tail's disappearance has never been closed, although investiga- tion has been intermittent he said, The RCMP has also been in. volved in the case since the plede where Mrs. Kendall was last known to have been is on an In- dian reservation. They conducted a search of the waters of Lake Huron following a report of a wo- man's body being seen, At the time of the disappear. The board of police village trustees for Dublin, in Perth County, this year is made up of three newcomers to munielpal politics, and they all agree with their chairman that they are "green." They are seen here at their inaugural meeting at Dub- lin, Part of the meeting was de- voted to searching through old records to determine mules of Procedure, Front the left: Joseph Cronin, public utility chairman; Louis Looby, inspecting trustee; which makes him board chair- man; and Donald J. MacRae. ance, Kendall and his ,children said the woman had just walked away from the cottage in which they were living, She said she would never return, Kendall had taken the family to Johnston Har- bor after he got a job in a saw- mill there. Assistant Commissioner Franks said police action followed re- ceipt of information this week from a witness whose name is being kept secret. The initial . investigation was sparked by OPP Cpl. W. F. Muff, who wee stationed at Wiarton in 1952, but has since moved to the Kitchener detachment, The second Mrs. Kendall's mar- riage to the accused man is her third. She was once widowed and once divorced. She told the seven children now at home that their father would not he back. About 9 a;m. police had knocked on the door of the house to return Kendall's lunch pail. Beatrice and Kendall married on the understanding' that their marriage would be dissolved if the missing "woman ever showed up. Beatrice, divorced front her second husband, Thomas Hogue, in 1963, later became Kendalls' housekeeper. She and her six children, plus Kendall's five chill, dren lived at Monkton, She was first married to Har' tis I•Iooey, who died in 1937; She married Hogue in November, 1938, For the past five years, Mr. and Mrs, Kendall have lived near St. Tlilil SIOAF OR'1'i-1 NNWS (Phone 24,) Tliursd4'y, February 2, 1901 Joseph then later near the out- skir is of BayElfro Kendallhair o cc Slating – Market gardener. Living in the Kendall ltoiil6 SEAFORT'M ARENA are James Kendall, $1; Wilfred Rogue, 10; James Hogue, 10; Mary Kendall, 10, and Jean Ken- dall, 141 Shiney Ilomie, 14, and Barbara, Hogue, 19. James, Mary, Joan, Shirley and L'larbsre attend $6 3, Stanley, near' their borne. SET TO PROCEED ON SEWAGE WORKS Details for proceedingon ;sow age works in Ontario ander the new federal government legisls• lation (Bill C42) which provides financial aid to municipalities wishing to undertake such pro- jects have been worked out be- tween the Ontario Water Re- sources Commission and.Central'' Mortgage and Housing' 'Corpora- tion, Ilon, W, K. Warrender, Q.C., .Minister of Municipal Affairs, told the Ontario Legislature. The OWRC and CM &' HO are the provincial and federal govern. mesa agencies, respectively, in- volved, while Mr. Warrender is the cabinet minister who reports to the Ontario Government on behalf of the Commission, Mr. Warrender's statement: Since the federal government, announced legislation (Bill C42) which will provide financial as- sistance to municipalities wishing to build sewerage works, the Ontario Water Resources Com- mission has been co-operating with Central Mortgage and Hous• ing Corporation in arranging to get work underway, The details for proceeding on these sewage works now have been worked out between the OWRO and Central Mortgage. 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