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The Seaforth News, 1961-02-09, Page 1The WHOLE Sf03W8a, VOL. 82 Phone 84 Seaforth, Ontario, Thursday# February 9, 1961 News six° . Yeas Authorised 114 Sawn! Olues mMN,: Poet office Dept„ Ottawa Snowdon Drag„ Pu*,11ehers atalty is Blamed on Excessive Speed and Reckless Driving VERDICT We the ;jury,,,lind that }Mies Donna Edith Harrison of RCAF Station,- Clinton, Ont,, died at ap- proximately 4,30 a.m. Oct, 11th, 1900, in Westminster Hospital, London, Ont,, ae a result of ae accident with an automobile, and driven by Clarence McGraw of Clinton, Ont„ on No. 8 highway approximately 2/10 of a mile west of Seaforth town limits, at approximately 3,45 p.m„ Oct. 10, 1960. The said 'automobile was driv- en at an excessive rate of speed and in a reckless manner. And we find that no blame can be placed on. the weather, or road conditions at the time of the ac. cident, INQUEST "Excessive rate of speed and driven in a reckless manner" was a"trhe cause of the death ot Donna Edith. Harrison on October llth following an auto accident the day before on No. 8 highway 1000 feet west of Seaforth town limits. The car was owned and operated by Clarence McGraw of. Clinton, This wasthe verdict of a coron- er's jury held in the town hall here on Friday at 10 am. Members, of the jury were: Amos Corby, foreman, Scott Hab- kirk, J. M. Scott, Victor Lee and Allan Campbell. The coroner was Dr. E. A. McMaster. J. W. Bushfield ot Wingham, crown. attorney, interrogated the witnesses. Constable Bowering of the Provincial Police was in charge of, the witnesses. ;-S Dr. Malkus The first witness was Dr. Ed. win Malkus of Seaforth, a gradu- teutile of Dusseldorf 'University. On Oct. 10 he had been called half'a mile west of Seaforth on No. 8 highway. The weather was fine; and it was Chid -afternoon. There were injured people, two ladies and a man out of the car and two men still in the car. Asked by coroner if he knew the ladies, Dr, Malkus said no. but he had learned their names later at the hospital. The ladies -were in civilian clothes and one was identified. as Donna Edith Harrison. Dr. Malkus said she was lying on the south side of the bank, and the car was in the ditch. Another lady was lying closer to the ,car, the doctor said, and she waslater identified as Mar- ion Agnes Bittman. It was apparent Miss Harrison had a brain injury, she was fairly conscious at the scene of the ac• cident, butbad lapsed into un• consciousness at the hospital. The doctor said he had not had much conversation with her. She had complained of severe head- aches. Asked to describe her in, juries Dr. Malkus said the head injuries were most serious. Other injuries were not visible beyond a few cuts. Dr. Malkus said both women were taken to London after about four hours to Westminster Hoe pital. Asked by Mr. Bushfield who had identified the women to him, Dr. Malkus said he believed it was the nurses at the hospital here and Corp. Newell of the RCAF Clinton, Dr. Smith, Dorchester Arthur W, Smith, of Dor- chester, coroner for Middlesex County, described for Mr. Bush - field the method of identification of Miss Harrison's body after she died in Westminster Hospital on Oct. 11th at 4.30 a,m Cause of death, subdural heamotoma. Asked by Mr. Bushfield to tram slate this into non-medical terms, Dr. Smith said it was known as hemorrhage of the brain. There had also been a fractured wrist and other injuries,' Dr. Smith told the inquest that he had gone to Westminster hospital about noon on Oct. 11 to investigate the death of Miss Har- rison, which had been reported by Dr. Collyer and others on the hospital staff. He had gone over the medical records and been quite satisfied with the diagnosis, Miss Harrison had come to the 'hospital in an unconscious condi- trrn and had never become -con• scions. He had seen the temple bones. There was no doubt of the cause of death, He had called the Huron County Crown Attorney, Following Dr. Smith's testi. mony the doctors were excused from further attendance atthe inquest, Constable. Calder Andrew Calder told the inquest he was a constable on the Sea. forth police force and he lived at R R 2, Seaforth, west .of the town, He had been going westerly oh the afternoon. of Oct. 10 on highway'8 on the north lane and there were no cars ahead of him proceeding westerly. There were four cars coming easterly on the south side of the road. The third car Was later known as the Ashton car and the fourth car Was the yellow convey tibia soon' to be involved in the accident, In answers to questions Constable Calder estimated the speed of the various cars for the inquest. Constable Calder said he saw the ,yellow 'convertible -travelling at, considerable speed pull into the north lane to page the Ash., ton car, and then the driver evi dently saw the Calder car. The yellow convertible pulled 'ahead o the Ashton car and ran off the road on the south side and into the ditch, Constable Calder told the in- quest the various rates of speed, he estimated for the cars in volved. I pulled as far as possible off the travelled portion of the high- way onto the north shoulder," Mr. Calder said. Mr. Bushfield asked -how many people were in the,yellow convey. tible. Mr. Calder said there were five in the convertible, two girls in the back and three men in front. Mr, Calder said he had phoned Constable Bowering, provincial police officer at Seaforth, and a doctor. He had subsequently learned the names of the ladies in the convertible, Miss Harrison and Miss Bittman, Asked by Mr. Bushfield, Mr. Calder said he thought the Ash- ton ear had slowed down when the convertible went past. He said his car was about 100 feet away at the time of the accident. He had not observed what the two cars in front of the Ashton car had done. Mr, Calder described the events after the convertible hit the side of the ditch, The two women flew out of the back seat. One went farther than the other going up in the air 20 feet and taking two flips. The other girl flew straight up onto the bank but did not go nearly as high, landing about 12 feet from the wrecked car. The first girl, said Mr, Cald- er, was about 30 feet from the car, Asked about conditions Mr. Calder said there was a 45 mile an hour speed zone in the area. The condition of the road was dry, and the weather bright and clear. Mr. Calder told the inquest that he had determined that all the passengers were living, the two girls breathing. The girl farthest from, the car seemed un- conscious and the other •girl was moaning. He had then gone for assistance Mr, Calder said that later he had assisted Constable Bowering in taking measurements. Coroner asked what distance had there been between the Aida- ton shton car and convertible when he had first seen them. Three or four car lengths, said Mr. Calder. Allan Campbell asked if there were any blown tires. Kingsley Langford Kingsley Langford of St. Marys said he was going east on the afternoon of Oct. 10 on highway 8 west of Seaforth. There was a car ahead of him and two cars behind him, all going east in the south lane, He heard the squeal of tires and looking in the rear view mirror saw the last car had pulled out of the south lane and head for the ditch. He was driv- ing' riving a 65 Chrysler with automatic drive and he accelerated, greatly to;provide as much room as pos- sible for the yellow convertible to get back into the south lane. Mr. Langford said he was too busy to see what the other ,cars did, He saw the ladies leave the convertible and he went down the road 100 feet and stopped, and walked back. Asked .how far over the con- vertible went to pass the Ashton car, Mr. Langford said it did not go off the north lane .of the road at all. Mr. Langford said he had made no examination of the injured. He recognized the two boys who were in the convertible and Miss Mitten who Were atthe inquest; He did not recognize Miss Bitt- man who was present in uniform. Corporal Newell Cpl. Louis Thomas Newell was stationed at the- RCAF Clinton on Oct. 10th. He was not acquainted with Miss Harrison' or MissElia man until after the accident, They were .both airwomen at the RCAF Clinton. He bad identified them at the hospital here by their identification cards, He Was sat- isfied Miss - Harrison was not conscious. Both the airwomen had been removed by air force ambit.- lance mbo-lance to the DVA (Westminster) hospital in London. He did not go to London,. He left the identi- fication cards with the hospital here. He returned two pairs of shoes to his superior. Asked what time he arrived at Seaforth hos. pital lie said 1800 hours (6 p.m.) Mise. Jean Ashton Miss Jean Ashton told the in, quest she lived in Clinton and on Oct. 10 in the afternoon she was driving to Seaforth with a pas. senger Mabel Smith, She was driving her father's car, a 58 Ply. month which has a taxi sign on the roof, She gave an estimate of her speed and how far the yei. low convertible was blehind her car,' She knew all three boys in the convertible which she had seen around Clinton. She had passed the yellow convertible Continued on Page 4 Winthrop Blanks Blyth 7 to 0 Winthrop Warriors shut out Blyth 7 to 0 in a WOAA Interme- diate hockey game in Seaforth on Tuesday • night. Winthrop goaltender Hugh Flynn recorded his first shutout ot the season and the first shut- out to be recorded by any team in this group thus far. The first ,period was scoreless until the 16 minute mark when the Warriors hit for two goals, one by 'Tom Love and one by brother George Love, leaving the score 2 0 at the end of the lst period, In the second period Tom Love. scored his second goal and Ken McClure notched one as the War- riors led 4 - 0 asthe period closed. In the 3rd period Winthrop scored three. goals, 2 by Bill Kerr and Ken McClure got his second goal of the night. Hugh Flynn turned aside many a scoring threat and kept the Blyth team, off the score sheet for the entire 60 minutes. Seven penalties were handed out by referees Geo. Hildebrand and Jack Lee with Winthrop serving four and -Blyth three. Winthrop next home game will be on Feb. 14 when Atwood will supply the opposition. This is Winthrop's last home game be- fore the play-offs. Winthrop: Goal, H. Flynn; de- fence, R. Elliott, W. Dolmage; Centre, W. Kerr Wings, D. Mc- Clure, T, Love. Alternates: K. McClure, 11. McClure, G. Love, W. Powell, R. Powell, J. Strong, . A, Strong, G. McClure. $lyth; Goal, Barrie; defence, Campbell, Howson; Centre, Mc- Donald; wings, Foster, Elliott; Alternates, Doer, R. Reid, Hag- gitt, Campbell, McDougal and Higgins. CATHERINE A. MARTIN The death occurred in Scott Memorial Hospital of Catherine A. Martin, RN., 91, Goderich St. E„ after an illness of six weeks. She was a native of Ladysmith, Quebec, where she attended school. She trained as a nurse at Women's Hospital, Montreal, Miss Martin had been a resident of Seaforth for seven years and is survived by one sister, Mrs. David S. Ryan, Goderich St. East. The remains rested at the Whitney funeral home and ser- vice was held on Monday after- noon at St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Rev. H, Donaldson offici- ating. Temporary interment was in Ritz Memorial Mausoleum, at Mitchell, The pallbearers were Dr. Mc- Gregor, Toronto; Walter Morgan, Hamilton; Walter Murray, Ted Southgate, E. C. Boswell, Frank Lamont. RECEIVE CAPS Miss Judy Boshart and Miss Dorothy Jackson, nurses in training at the Kitchener -Water- loo Hospital received their caps at a capping ceremony at the Kitchener -Waterloo hospital on Feb. lst. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jackson and Mr, and Mrs. Lewis Boshart of Seaforth were present at the ceremony. The A. Forbes 40th Anniversary A. family dinner was held on Saturday, Feb.,4 at the home of Mr, and Mrs, 'Hen Forbes, 139 Union Blvd., Kitchener, Ont„ in honor of their ` parents, Mr, and Mrs, Adin Forbes who celebrat- ed their 40th ;wedding anniver- sary on: Feb, 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. •Forbes were mar- ried by Rev. Mr. Ferguson, of Cavan Church, Winthrop, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr, and Mrs, James S. Smith, llth concession of McKillop in Feb., 1921. Library Use At All Time High The annual meeting of the Sea - forth Library Board was held on Tuesday evening, Feb. 7th, The chairman, Miss Mabel Turnbull called on the Seo.-Treas,, Mrs. Jos. McConnell to give the annual reports. Members of the board had at- tended the Ontario Library Asso- ciation Convention in. London and three Huron'. County Library Co-operative meetings, The financial' report was satis- factory: The report of the librar- ian, Mrs. Gordon Wright was very. gratifying. There were 510 adult and 340 juvenile members, an increase of 207 over the ,previous year. The circulation of books rose to 21,056 in 1960, an increase of 3,757 over 1969. 441 books were added to the library. All officers and committees were 're -appointed,. Miss R. Fen- nell taking the place of Mr. Jae, Wallace, POST -NUPTIAL SHOWER On Saturday evening last about 45 friends from Egmondville and. Seaforth gathered at the home of Mrs. James Rose to honor Mrs. Ray Oke, formerly Bee Finnigan, The evening was spent in games, contests and readings. Miss Nan- cy Nott, Kitchener, gave the ad- dress. Many beautiful gifts were presented to the guest of honor by Miss Marian Chamberlain, Mrs, Eric McCue and Mrs. O. An- drews, Clinton. The bride was assisted in opening the gifts by Mrs. Gar Baker. She replied and thanked everyone for their gifts. After singing -"For she's a jolly good fellow", a delicious lunch was served by the hostess, MRS. MARY C. POLLARD Mrs. Joshua Pollard, 82, of Sea - forth, died Sunday. Mrs. Pollard Collapsed in the lobby of North- side United Church. 'as ,she enter- ed to attend the morning service. The former Mary Catherine Thiel, she had been a resident of Sea - forth for 35 years, and was the widow of Joshua J. Pollard to whom she was married on Nov. 28, 1905. She was a native of East Wawanosh Township, and had also resided in McKillop Town- ship. Surviving is one son, Wil- liam H. Pollard of 27 Young St. Stratford. Also two grandchilden, She was a member of the W. A. and W:M.S. The body was at the G. A. Whitney funeral home, Sea - forth where_ the funeral service was held Wednesday at 2 p,m, Temporary entombment will be in the Ritz Memorial Mausoleum, Mitchell. Rev. J. C. Britton offici- ated. The pallbearers were Frank La- moat, Elmer Larone, Donald Woods, Ross Murdie, Frank Ro- berton, Harold Connell, Organize Fund for Fire Loss Fire destroyed the duplex house containing three apart. menta owned by John Muir on the east side of Jarvis street on Fri- day at the noon hour. Damage is estimated by Fire Chief Jack Scott at 512,000. Besides Mr, and Mrs. Muir and their two children, Danny and Barbara, the building was 'occu- pied by Mr, and Mrs. Carl Holmes and two boys, and the third apart- ment by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dale. The Muirs are temporarily re- siding in the Dick House, the Holmes family have moved into a house on Side street and the Dales are with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dale, Coleman street. The fire broke out during a snow storm while water pipes were being thawed out under the house. Gas from the 20 -Ib. ,pro- pane gas tank supplying the plum- ber's torch took fire. The fire quickly spread up into the house apparently following the seeping gas. The occupants of the house es- caped with some of their belong- ings, but most of the contents of the building were destroyed. The firemen brought the fire under control in less than three hours, with the frame walls still standing. Both fire trucks were called out. The front part of the roof fell in and the remains will have to be torn down. Neighbors gave the families temporary shelter. For many years the house be- longed to the Broadfoot family which had an interest in the Broadfoot and Box furniture fac- tory at the corner of Market and Jarvis streets. The house was purchased from the Broadfoot estate by the late A. W. Dick and more recently was bought by John Muir. The loss is partly covered by insurance. During the weekend a meeting was held to organize donations to help the families in their loss. Rev- J. C. Britton was named the chairman of the fund-raising com- mittee when representatives of the ministerial association, St. James' Roman Catholic Church, Canadian Legion, Lions' Club, The Chamber of Commerce, Odd Fel- lows and Red Cross Society met at the town hall. Rev. Fr. C. E. Sullivan is hon ovary chairman; Mrs. J. B. Rus- sell, treasurer and Miss Mae Smith secretary. Donations will be accepted over a period of two weeks at any lo- cal bank in Seaforth. Word Received of Bank Amalgamation Mr, L. F. Ford, manager of the Seaforth branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, received a telegram on Saturday morning explaining the proposed amalga- mation of the Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank. The new bank will be known as the Cana- dian Imperial Bank of Commerce, CHIMNEY FIRE The fire brigade was called to the farm home of Charles Wil- liams, Hibbert boundary, Thurs- day afternoon for a chimney fire. There was no damage, SMOKE BILLOWS FROM BURNING BUILDING Three families were made homeless and nlost most. of cher posses- sions when -the large frame duplex house on Jarvis street, owned by John Muir, was burned Friday afternoon. P.M.... ,,,,,,, 0.......n,,.,,.1,uM...Wel.M..,M.............1„ 1 , Ulf .11.111181111,I„1,,,1!M,,.,,MI,11111111, B. nz 3 •S lverware Spedcils 1, 1847 Rogers Reflection pattern COFFEE SPOONS, REG, 1,00. Special price 49c each 2. 1847 Rogers Reflection pattern GRAPEFRUIT SPOONS. REG. 1.76. Special Prlce 99c ea, 3. International Sterling. Angelique pattern COFFEE SPOONS, Regular 2.26. Special Price 99c each • These are all Introductory Specials of two of the newest patterns in Silverware and Sterling. Make your purchase now before our present stock is exhausted • SAVAUGE'S JEWELLERY GIFTS Seaforth FINE CFIINA To Prepare Bylaw For Elgie Drain Tuckersmith Municipal Council met in the town hall, Seaforth, on Feb, 7th at 1 p.m. All remembers were present and the Reeve pre- sided, The Elgie Municipal 'Drains Re- port submitted by Messrs. Archi- bald, Gray and McKay was read and provisionally adopted. The clerk was instructed to prepare a Cash By -Law on the same, court of revision to be on March 7 at 2 By-law 1, 1961, authorizing borrowing of up to 5100,000 for current expenditures as required from the Canadian Bank of Com- merce was given its required readings as was. By-law 2, 1961, designating properties with 1957 tax arrears as liable for sale for arrears of taxes in 1961, Messrs, R. Dalrymple and F. McGregor waited on council and requested that council of the Township of Tuckersmith attend a joint meet- ing with the Brucefield volun- teer fire brigade and the Town- ship of Stanley. Council signified their willingness to attend the meeting on Wednesday evening, Feb. 8th. Charles Eyre was appointed weed inspector and Wilmer Broadfoot as warble fly inspect- or for 1961 at an hourly wage of 900 per hour plus 100 per mile while on official duty. Delegates to the Ontario Asso- ciation of Rural Municipalities and the Ontario Good Roads Con- vention are to be allowed 535,00 expenses per convention. Council acknowledged product - tion of Surety Bonds on the treaa, and tax collector and order- ed that they be kept in the safety deposit box, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Huron Crop and Soil Itnprove- ment Assoc. was made a grant of $25 and membership fee of 510 was ordered paid to the Assoc. of Assessing Officers of Ontario. Tuckersmith Municipal Tele- phone System requisitioned the Township of Tuckersmith as init- iating municipality for loan of $15,000 if and when required at current rate of interest and to be repaid on Dec. 15, 1961. The clerk was instructed to adver- tise Tenders for hauling and crushing approximately 12,000 0u. yds. of gravel to two. roads in 1961; for 600 lbs. of Wai'bicide in 15 lb bags; and for Warble Fly Spray. Tender ads will appear in later editions of this paper. At a Court of Revision the treasurer was instructed to strike off an amount of $12,68 as nncol- lectable tax arrears. Accounts passed included: As- sessing Officers Fee, 510,00; Hur- on Crop, grant 525,00; Egmond- ville water, 550.34; supplies, 583.- 09; 83:09; Huron Expositor59.75; Sea - forth Fire Brigade, 516.00; salary and allow. $221.46; income tax and unemployment, 52L18; supp.. allow. 530.00; nursing home, $150,08; roads, 53057.79; pension, 513.50. Meeting adjourned to meet on March 7th at 1 p.m. World Day of Prayer To Be Held Feb. 17 This year the thence for the World Day of Prayer service on Feb, 17 is "For'war'd Throught the Ages in Unbroken Line", Each year since 1930 the service has been written in a different coun- try, The 1961 program was pre- pared by a group of women 10 the United States. The service on Friday, Feb, 17 at 3 p,nt, will he held in First Presbyterian. Church, It is hoped that as many as possible of the women in the community will be present. The address will be giv- en by Miss Jennie Hogg, ST. JAMES' G.W.L. The monthly meeting of the C.W.L. was held in St. James' new school with a good attend- ance. Reports were given from different convenors. A visiting committee was named for this month, The St, Patrick's Dance will be held on March 17 in the Legion hall and tickets can be obtained soon. Plans for a garden party to be held this summer were discussed, Rev. Fr, Sullivan explained the history of the Bi- ble. Graduation pins were pre- sented to the following graduates by the President Mrs. John Ma- loney, assisted by Mrs. Michael Williams: 1VIary Eckert, Joanne Malone, Margaret Ellen Flannery, Betty Nigh. Ricki Willems, Bob Reynolds, Gordon Maloney, Ger- ald Van Den Hengel, Francis Ha- gan, Herman Lansiuk, . Kenny Devereaux, Peter Stiles, Ricky Fortune, Patti Matthews, Sr, Oli- via and Rev. Fr. Sullivan spoke to graduates briefly. Absent were: Rosemary Rau, Nicolle Buuys, Carol Van Loon, Ellen Van Vught, and Tommy Etue. Bob Reynolds thanked the C. W. L. for the help given the grad- uates and also gave thanks to Rev. Fr. Sullivan and the staff of the school. A draw for a mystery prize was won by Miss Marguerite. Dunn. Lunch was served by Mrs, C. Malone, Mrs. John Nigh and Miss Lillian Faulkner. The meeting. closed with prayer, JAMES WILLIAM MOWSRAY The death of James William Mowbray of Detroit occurred at the Thamer Nursing Home, Sea - forth, on Monday, Feb. 6, after a short illness. He was born in Us - borne Township in 1873. In Sep- tember, 1902, he was married at Walton to Mary T. Gardiner, who predeceased him on Dec, 1, 1960. He received his early education at Walton and attended college at Scranton, Pennsylvania and be- came a mechanical engineer. In 1920 he went to live in Detroit. He retired in 1949. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Surviving are five sons: John of Detroit; Gordon W, of Denver, Col., Peter M. of Detroit; Carl G. of Detroit and Thomas A, of Denver, Col„also one sister Mary Ellen of Walton. The fun- eral will be held from the Box Funeral Home, Seaforth, Thurs- day, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. Rev. J. C. Britton officiating, Interment will be the following day in Michigan Memorial Park, Detroit. OCCUPY ADDITION The rooms of the new addition at Seaforth District High School were occupied by the student classes on Monday morning. BRUCEFIELD Firemen were called on Thurs- day morning last week to a chim- ney fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cotneir, fortunately it was soon under control. Brumfield and community were shocked to hear of the sudden and tragic death of Mr. Lloyd Craig and children, Auburn. Mr, and Mrs. Craig made inany friends in Brimfield during their stay here. A number from here attended the funeral. Mr. and Mrs, L, Eyre, and Mrs. Douglas attended the funeral of Mrs. Frank Adams, Stratford, on Tuesday, Miss Barbara Crow, Brantford, visited over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs, John Bean, Stanley, Mr, and Mrs, Brad Hunt, Lon. donspent the Weekend with Mrs Hunt's parents, Mr, and Mrs, Jno Aikenhead,