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ori^ of a blinker fight at
Intersection on High -
y gs recommended by a cor-
tlry meeting u Stratford
night. The jury returned
ti verdict in an that
hat
edin the death William
am
i%eilly, 76, of Dublin, Decem-
er; O'Reilly died about 9 pin. in
Memorial Hospital, Seaforth,
it three hours after being
k by an eastbound car, driven
Solomon Gerofsky, 61 Mercer
Stratford, while crossing the
ay.
F;fl Healy, R.R. 1, Dublin, jury
fat' an, announced the verdict.
Otb jury members were Reuben
Aikens, R.R. 1, Dublin; Glen Pep-
per,,: Ross Pepper and Russell
Roney, all of R.R. 3, Mitchell. Cor-
oner Dr. K. W. McLandress, of
Mitchell, was in charge, with
Crown Attorney W. E. Goodwin,
conducting the questioning.
Cause of death was attributed
to brain damage by Dr. M. W.
Stapleton, of Seafortli„ who attend-
ed at the scene and, at the hospi-
tal. Mr. O'Reilly also suffered a
compound fracture of his right leg,
and 'a severe scalp laceration.
Mr. Gerofsky said, that after
noticing Mr. O'Reilly,yon the north
side of the pavement he blew his
horn and applied the. brakes. He
said;, the man kept ,on walking
south across the highway and that
after being struck he was carried
on the hood of the car until the
vehicle finally stop d.
"Did you attempt to. turn your
vehicle?" the Crown Attorney ask-
ed.
"A11 I could think of doing was
trying to stop," Mr. Gerofsky re-
BLINKER LIGHT
plied,
The driver said be slowed to
about 30 miles an hour after en-
tering Dublin.
In
other evidence, d nee, Provincial
Constable Ross Parker, of the
Stratford detachment, who investi-
gated the accident, said heavy tire
marks extended westerly for a dis-
tance of almost 70 feet from the
point where the ear came to a
stop.
Earl Ruby, proprietor of the ho-
tel in Dublin, said Mr. O'Reilly
was a member of the club at the
hotel and had dropped in each
afternoon for cards.
Mr. O'Reilly had been in the
hotel for about 10 minutes and
had consumed one bottle of beer
before leaving to return home
about 6 p.m., Mr. Ruby said.
Another witness, Daniel Costello,
Jr„ of London, said he heard the
squeal of brakes and looked out
to see the body rolling forward
from the hood of the ear onto the
pavement.
Entertain Choir
Of Carmel Church
The choir of Carmel Church,
Hnnsall, their wives and husbands,
were entertained at the home of
their leader and organist, Mrs.
Harold Bell, Thursday evening.
At the conclusion of choir prac-
tise, members and guests, num-
bering twenty-five, enjoyed a so-
cial hour of progressive crokinole
with six tables in play. Winners
were Mrs. Clarence Volland• and
Jim Love. Delicious refreshments
were served.
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YOU'RE
NOT •
A GOOD
DRIVER
IF YOU DRIVE WHEN TIRED
Driving a car when you are tired is a danger-
ous highway habit. You cannot drive safely
in modern traffic if your reflexes are slow
and your eyes are half closed. If you feel
weary -pull off the road and take a rest.
HOW GOOD ARE
YOUR DRIVING HABITS ?
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS -ONTARIO
old inaugural
The 1957 inaugural meeting of
the Logan Township Council was
held
Bornholm
with all ese t. mem-
bers
r
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P n The Rev. ,C. Wages
presided for the dpeping religious
ceremonies.
Reeve William H. Chaffe ad-
dressed the council, asking for the
co-operation of all, members in
1957. The declaration of office
having been subscribed to, council,
got down to business at hand. The
report of W. G. McGeorge on the
south portion of the Logan Road
Drain was read and adopted. The
road superintendent, reporting $54,-
685.40 had been spent on township
roads in 1956, the reeve and clerk
were authorized to make applica-
tion to the Ontario Department of
Highways for the statutory grant.
The treasurer. reported 1956 taxes,
amounting to $20,099.76, were still
outstanding and was authorized to
continue the collection with the
same powers as in 1956..
The salaries for 1957 were set as
follows: Clerk -treasurer, $2,000.00;
assessor, $600; road superintend-
ent, 90c per hour; maintainer and
truck operators, $1,00 per ho
and other labor on roads, 85c pe
hour. The clerk. was instructed
call applications for assessor,
be in by February 4.
The meeting adjourned to me
again February 4, at 1 p.m.
MORRIS COUNCIL
ter, fox bounty, $1; Town of Clin-
ton, debenture on High School,
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$ 39.03; Hydro Electric,Belgrave
street lights, $104.50; Waltona
g
Street
lights, $52.25; Howick Fire .Insur-
ance Co., insurance on hall and
shed, $10.70; Pollards Chain saw,
Sawyer Drain, $125; relief acct.,
$15; G. W. Montgomery, grant to
Crop Improvement, $25; Ontario
Good Roads Association, fee, $10;
Harvey Cook, refund of part of
taxes, $10; Howard • Smith, refund
of part of taxes, $21; Robert Coul-
tes, refund of part of taxes, $50;
Selwyn Baeker, dog tax refund, $2.
The following officials were ap-
pointed by By -Law No. 1, 1957:
Clerk, George Martin; treasurer,
Nelson Higgins; assessor, Addison
Fraser; poundkeepers, Carl John-
ston, Stewart McLennan, Frank
Shaw, Robert McMurray, John
Bowman, Stanley Hopper, Robert
YuW, Mervin Pipe, Robert Gras -
by, William McCutcheon. Ernest
Mighie. Robt. Bird, Bernard Craig,
Ross McCall, Albert Nesbitt, Geo.
McArthur ; Livestock valuators,
Bert Garniss„ , Thomas Miller;
ur, fenceviewers i northwest, Harold
r Procter, Milo Casemore, Bert Hast -
to ings; Northeast,' Charles Anderson,
to William Peacock, Frank Sellers;
' Southwest, Albert Nesbitt, Bruce
et Smith, James Phelan; Southeast,
Clarence Martin, Leslie Beirnes,
Harvey McCutcheon; weed inspec-
tor, Robert Michie; gra.dermen,
Joseph Smith, Jack Lowe; truck
driver, Harry Workman.
Morris Council met in the Town
ship Hall on Monday with all th
members present. Rev. Lane,
Brussels United Church, opened th
meeting with a devotional period
Reeve Bailie Parrott thanked him
for coming out and speaking
the council. Stewart Procter als
spoke words of appreciation,
a
Walter Shortreed presentedM
Lane with a copy of the history of
the township.
Reeve Bailie Parrott welcome
the new member, Gordon Wilkin
son, to the board. The followin
signed the declaration of office
eeve Bailie Parrott and Council
ors Stewart Procter, Ross Duncan
alter Shortreed and Gordon Wilk
son.
The following motions were car
ied:
Moved by Stewart 'Procter, sec-
nded by Walter Shortreed, that
e give a grant of $25.00 to the
rop Improvement Association.
Ross Duncan - Gordon Wilkinson:
at the fee of $10.00 be sent to
e Ontario Good Roads Associa-
on.
Shortreed - Duncan: That . By -
w No. 9, 1956, charging ratepay-
s for the use of the fire truck,
e rescinded and that the rate-
ayers who have already paid for
ese services be refunded the
mounts they have paid.
Walter Shortreed - Ross Dun-
n: That Harry Workman be paid
.00 per hour while operating and
pairing machinery, and all la-
robe paid 85 cents per hour.
Stewart Procter - Gordon Wilk -
son: That Bylaw No. 1, 1957,
ppointing township officials, be
ssed as read the first, second
d third times.
Walter Shortreed - Stewart Proc. er: That the road bills as pre-
nted by the road superintend.
t be paid.
Ross Duncan - Gordon Wilkin -
n: That Bylaw No. 2, 1957, auth-
izing the treasurer to borrow up
$70,000 from the bank be pass -
as read the first, second and
rd times.
Stewart Procter - Walter Short-
ed:
That William Elston be re-
mmended as a representative on
e Wingham General Hospital
and for 1957.
Ross Duncan - Gordon Wilkin -
n: That the meeting adjourn
meet again on Feb. 4, at 1 p.m.
Accounts Passed
tanley Cook, fox bounty, $1;
ssel Fear, fox bounty, $1; Geo.
ggins, fox bounty, $1; Ross Proc-
of
USBORNE COUNCIL
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The 1957 Usborne Council met in
inaugural meeting on Monday.
to Reeve Clayton A. Smith and Coun-
o cillors Harold Hern, Hugh Love,
nd Harold Hunter and George Frayne
r• elected as reeve and council for
1957, took their oath of office be -
,fore the Clerk and were duly in-
stalled. Rev. M. Moores led the
council in a devotional period and
g' prayers for divine guidance dor-
'
_ ' ing the coming year.
The ;reeve conveyed to Rev. Mr.
, Moores the thanks of the council
for his services and asked the eoun-
cil for their co-operation and as-
sistance in conducting the affairs
of the municipality during 1957 and
expressed the hope. that the busi-
ness of the township might be car-
ried on in the same harmony as
of former years.
By-law No. 1, 1956, appointments,
salaries and rates of pay was
amended or confirmed as follows:
reeve $225, council $150, reeve and
council to receive in addition $5.00
apiece for each special meeting;
clerk -assessor H. H. G. Strang, $200
per month; Treasurer N. G. Clarke,
$450; road superintendent, W. J.
Routly, $225 per month; tax col-
lector, William Johns, $140; audi-
tor, T. A. Wiseman, $150; solocitor,
W. G. Cochrane, relief administra-
tor, N. G. Clarke; school atten-
dance officer, William Johns; live-
stock valuator. Henry Coates; care-
taker of hall, John Kellett, $100.00;
power maintainer operator, John
Batten, $218 a month; crawler trac-
tor operator, Emerson Penhale,
$1.35 per hour and $1.15 snowplow
operator; tractor mower operator,
Laverne Kellett, $1.10 per hour;
inspector in charge of Livestock
Pasturing Bylaw, W. J. Routly;
township representatives, Hi g h
School, William Ellerington; Ausa-
ble River Conservation Authority,
W. R. Brock; Upper Thames Con-
servation Authority, C. A. Smith;
fence viewers, William Lamport,
Clarence Down, Gerald Paul, Nel-
son CouItis, ,Clarence Fletcher;
poundkeepers, Maurice Coates,
Robert Jeffery, Edmund Alexan-
der, Everette Skinner, Heber Shute,
John Bray, Thomas Yellow, Rus-
sell Ferguson, James Anderson,
Elson Lynn, Everard Miller; town-
ship labor rate, 80e per hour, mile-
age rate, 8c per mile; crawler
tractor and bulldozer charge rais-
ed to $10 per hour for work out -
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Jim's cheque is one of
two million
It's pay day --and in one quick trip to the bank Jim
will have his cheque cashed, a deposit made;
his bank bo
okI
wr tten up. He
likes
this s
afe,
convenient way of handling money:
Jim's cheque is only one of two million
written every day by Canadians, paying each
other for goods and services. They represent
90 per cent of all transactions involving
money, and speedy, skilled handling of
cheques by the chartered banks is essential
to the smooth functioning of the economy.
For customers' who write cheques frequently,
there is a current account; for people whose
main purpose is to save, a savings account.
Your local branch provides these and
other banking,.services of value to everyone.
1 THE CHARTERED BANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY
side of -township. The foregoing
was moved by Hern and second-
ed,
edb
and the cr •
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ewas
instructed to incorporate it in a
by-law for final passing at the.
February meeting.
Moved by Love and Frayne, that
John Batten be certified as a perm-
anent employee of the township
and the unemployment insurance
inspector be so advised.
Bylaw No. 2, 1957, providing for
borrowing up to a total of $4,500
for the carrying on of the affairs
of the township during 1957 was
given three readings and finally
passed on motion of Hein and
Frayne.
The treasurer was instructed to
prepay 1957 county rates by $10,
000.00, on motion of Love and Hun
ter.
The tax collector reported col-
lection of all of 1956 taxes, ex-
cepting arrears, amounting to $5,-
75722 on December 31; total tax
arrears all years, $12,323.35 The,
treasurer reported balance on hand
as of December 31, $10,485.13 and
subsequent receipts of $59522 to
general account and $84 from the
road superintendent. The road
superintendent's report was accept-
ed and road accounts to a total
voucher of $1,130.79 passed for pay-
ment on motion of Hunter and
Love.
Memberships were taken in the
following municipal associations at
$10 each: Ontario Good Roads As-
sociation, Association of Rural
Municipalities of Ontario and As-
sociation of Assessing Officers of
Ontario, on motion of Hunter and
Frayne.
The road superintendent was in-
structed to advertise tenders for
the 1957 road gravelling contract
to close on Feb. 11 at 2 o'clock, on
motion of Frayne and Hunter.
Council agreed to hold a court
of revision on assessment at 3:00
o'clock 011 Feb. 11, to take care
of tax rebates and property chang-
es. Current accounts in th e
amount of $338.96 were passed for
payment ' on motion of Love and
Hern. A grant of $25 was made
to the Huron County Branch of the
Soil & Crop Improvement Associa-
tion on motion of Hern and Love.
Application for tile drainage loan
for $3,000 on Lots 11 and 12 on S.
E. B., was accepted by council and
directed to be sent to the Provin-
cial Treasurer for approval, on
motion of Hunter and Frayne..
The regular meeting date was
set for the second Monday after-
noon in each month at 1:30 p.m.,
in the Township Hall.
All motions were carried unani-
mously and council was adjourned
until the afternoon of February 11,
on motion of Love.
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Din p40e04 coins lt' V�itlii, a
tree: oaf ^"bat xr�ick` 4 St Sa?lys
Mor(<d y, ' nxg1 t to Pace Seafortli
Juniors to ap 8-2 O.I A: Judet"B"
victory over St. Marys Lincalna,
The Victory increased Seaforth, s
first place lead in the Western Di-
vision over the idle Sarnia Jun-
iors to a full eight points. The
loss left St. Marys ,a . scant point
ahead of fifth place London Lou
Ball Juniors with the locals hav-
ing played one more game.
Jack McElwain was a key man
for Seaforth, scoring once and as-
sisting on two other goals. Other
Seaforth marksmen were Howie
Griffin, Gord Oliver, Jim Thomp-
son and Clayt Thompson.
SEAFORTH-Goal, Verhove; de-
fence, Sawyer, Lockridge, J.
Thompson, Hodgins; forwards,
Griffin, Houghton, Smith, C. Thomp-
son, McLlwain, Pigeon, Oliver,
Boyes, Babinsee, RobinsorL
ST. MARYS-Goal, Little.; de-
fence, Rathwell, McHugh, McKay;
forwards, Ford, Girvin, Petrie,.
Vrana, Hogan, Noble, Douglas, Al-
dis, Hearn.
First Period -1, St. Marys, Pet-
rie (Ford) :19; 2, Seaforth, Pigeon
(MeLlwain) 14:43; 3, St. Marys,
Ford (Petrie) 17:07.
Penalties --Griffin 1:13, McCue
1:13, Hodgins 5:50, Sawyer 11:31,
Douglas 12:03, McKay 19:40.
Second Period -4, Seaforth, Grif-
fin (Smith) 8:42; 5, Seaforth, Ac-
Llwain (Pigeon, J. Thompson 19:41.
Penalties -pigeon 4.57, Lockridge
8:18, Girvin 11:18, C. Thompson
13:42, Hogan 13:42.
Third Period -6, Seaforth, Oli-
ver (Babinsee oyes) 4:35; 7,
Seaforth, J. Thompson (McLlwain)
8:21; 8, Seaforth, Pigeon (Lock -
ridge) :11; 9, Seaforth, C. Thomp-
,aou 19:54; 1Q, Seaforth, Plgep»,
16:2 .
Penalties-- C, Tl, oinpsbn
5;
4Rathwelt 7:08, Noble 11:47, Rath
-
we (miner, major) 13:P, ioek
ridge
(major) 13;34, Smith 13:30,
Douglas, A5:42, Sawyer 16:19, Grif-
fin 18:57.
OWEN SOUND WINS 1.4
Owen Sound Greys defeated Sea -
forth Junior 7-4 in Owen Sahnd
Saturday night in a Junior "B"
ORA. fixture,
The Greys outscored Seaforth
3-1 in the last period to take the
victory.
Eleven players shared in the
goal getting with Wayne Boddy.
Merv. King, Don Reid, Al Pasca1,1
Norm Armstrong, Andy Belanger
and Leroy. Cromwell scoring for
Owen Sound. Seaforth goals were
registered• by Dave Babensee, Bill
Robinson, Howie Griffin and Jack
McLlwain.
SEAFORTH Goal, German; de-
fence, Sawyer, C. Thompson, Lock -
ridge, Hodgins; forwards, Smith,
J. Thompson, McLlwain, Griffin,
Pigeon, Houghton, Boyes, Robin-
son, Babensee, Oliver.
OWEN SOUND -Goal, Long; de-
fence, graham, Cromwell, Arm-
strong;' forwards, Pascal, King, H.
Brainard, Leith, Reid, Belanger,
McBride, Boddy, Beatty, L. Brain-
ard.
Referees - Ed. Malcheski and
Lloyd Shuttleworth, Kitchener.
First Period -1, Owen Sound,
Boddy (McBride) 13:51; 2, Owen
Sound, King (H. Brainard) 15:31;
3, Seaforth, Babensee (Robinson,
Boyes) 15:58.
Penalties -Long (served by Arm-
strong 13:01.
tan Su iday, u t iaaye been tPr's,
i g ti►' f eat the ra way std
except. t4ea7 '!Nm� , PAi wropl
w!eR" fir., fakwg' .Clic 4`speecf&&
trona .:the C 1,;i . hiol ho4 a Clap ':
boys -aged
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nlne i and 12
1 yeaz6'.
--headed. Qut toward Godeiich on.
a di[#ereut ,sort . oi`: SIwdarr joy-
rider 'WY ;ode the rails to a
Point aboi►t three and a half :guile
west of Clinton, then •tramped
through the! snow to a farmer's
residence at Holmesville. The three
found a in err reception, consist-
ing of their'.parents and pollee„'
when they returned. -'l:he Hunan
County probation officer and rail-
way officials were called in to in-
vestigate t h e circumstances -
Goderich Signal -Star.
Sell that unnecessary piece of
furniture through a Huron Exposi-
tor Classified Ad. Phone 41.
USBORNE & AIBBERT
MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE CO.
HEAD OFFICE - EXETER, Out.
President, Martin Feeney, R.R..
2, Dublin; Vice -President, E. Clay-
ton Colquhoun, R.R. 1, Science.
Hill.
DIRECTORS -Harry Coates, R.
R. 1, Centralia; William A. Ham-
ilton, Cromarty; Milton McCurdy,
R.R. 1, Kirkton; Alex J. Rohde,
R.R. 3, Mitchell.
AGENTS -Thos. G. Ballantyne
R.R. 1, Woodham; Clayton Harris,
Mitchell; Stanley Hocking, Mit-
chell.
SOLICITOR - W. G. Cochrane,
Exeter.
Secretary -Treasurer - Arthur
Fraser, Exeter.
HAS YOUR COMMUNITY A LOCAL
NOW ENTERING 11
TA RIO VILLE
SAFETY COUNCIL
PROTECTED
awee?
Traffic accidents and fatalities can be reduced in
your community by the activities of a Safety
Council.
Many Ontario communities now have local
councils. The facts prove they are serving their
communities effectively and well -and saving lire&
Any civic minded citizen or organization can
take the lead. Complete "how to" information is
described in "How To Organize And Operate A
Community Traffic Safety Council," which
may be obtained by writing to either
Ontario Safety League,
1170 Boy Street,
Toronto 5, Ontario.
Hon. Kelso Roberts,
Attorney General.
Parliament Buildings,
Toronto, Ontario.
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