The Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-06-26, Page 5WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26,
1963
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TRACTOR' *CLUB' : MET ' with , the roll'' call .arid 4:=H
•TOM •HACKETT'S.
The second ;Meeting of the
Juck.now..Lions 4-H Tractor Club,
vas ,,held• Tuesday, June • .18th at
i ;30 , p"m. • at Thornas H.ackett's
rnplement . shop. .
-The Meeting' . was . opened •'by.
he vice-president Barry'. 1VIenary; pone
pledge.. 'He then—'handed : 'the
Meeting • over to the new Huron
County , °Agricultural engineer,
'Bert M.oggach who , :intended to
shove slides' on . the importance
of air cleaners, but due . to ;the
'projector ' breaking this feature
of .:the meeting. had •to ".-be'"post-
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Jury F s Ashfield Youth's Death
ResuIted.From. SeIfI'nfIict�d: Woun.d,
(Goderich ` SignalaStar).
Evidence . at ,the 'caroner'•s in.-
quest,
in-quest, • last week; into the
death may lath. of Ronald James
,Petrie,, Ashfield township,. disc,
Closed. that Petrie, 17, .,had drunk
four or five ip�ints• of beer ,on, the
day . he was found' fatally shot
with a..22. rifle . in an • implement
shed 'oaf his ,farm(;horne . 'on, the
4th. concession: • Testimony v was.
g.iwen: ,as to . a quarrel With his
-girl ;friend, Janet Riseborough,
,over ,an ,abandoned i visit to the
drive-in. ,theatre; There a was • no'
evidence .P.f,--fartl play, and the
jury, of Which ,Cecil. Blake, ex
reeve' of Ashfield, was:,foreman,,
'found that the deceased "came
to lids death. :between 6:30 and
8, p.m. on the 19th of May, -cans-
ed by a • 'ruptured heart 'due' to
a .self inflicted wound:"
'Ten witnesses'' were ex,anrined
by drown Attorney.' W. G, ,Coch-
rane ' ?before Dr. N. ,,C.. Jackson;
H.urcin County coroner; 'who, in
summing up to`sthe jury: said:
The Evidence ••
•"We. • have evidence that at the
farmhouse ' •there, was, drinking .
g on • that .day Ronald Petrie
,a;ibeen ;using', firearms 'during
t,h.e'. d'ay. 'We ,haye' :evidence that
he had •. 8,onie beer, ..not.. enough'
to Make him '.intoxicated thug.' the:
equivalent , of three , to five:'toot,
''"We' have. " ev,idence ,that the
had had "a ,quarrel. with'' his girl
friend arid this• ,had. uipset• him
We. . have evidence ',:that • .this
young: -.man on various. 'oceasions
had threatened' to: commit • sui
c:de. That ', is not; very',good evi-
dence that he .'did, because peo-
ple do not often threaten if• they.,
intend." Ito; do it; but still 'he had
threatened that if his girl 'friend
ever stopped going With .hint he
would end`s his• life, This may..
show an :irnrnature ° outlo;ok • :on
life,: a • little bit mental im
ibalarce
t`We have evidence-a.nd
think this' is .prabaibiy .'most im-
portant of '611 -.--that there is no.
,bullet .hole ,through this man's
Shir.t Even .if he had. three but •
tong 'of. 'his shirtopen, if -anyone
were going to. shoot :°him it .Would
,be very ` hard without ibullets`
penetrating the shirt, .-,butif . he
is' going •.to shoot"himse,lf Lt' is
!almost /a .'nat'ural thing to
the , shirt out Of the way and
put, the :,gun .',against ,his.:ohest:-
There. •is ,. only one person who
could have been present •at the
time ' 'of the shooting, ';Lloyd
•Wolff. ' His . testimony , was
• straight -forward." e . '•
•D" ofStrates •
em
:OPP.. Constable Alex Twa'd
.dle, ;. at request of ":•>the. Crown'
Attorney, dere nstrated that it
would the '• "quite • • eiasy" for ' 6
person . of .Petrie's rbuiJd to,Shoot
himself . w•i'thh ,blie muzzle . of 'a'
_::; W.irithester • • rifle against lir
•ches•t.. •.._'. '
Dr: J '.L',: Pens4tan, •pathorhgist;
of ;SStratfard, had interpreted ,the
reports ' from'. ,the laboratory of
the Attorney Gen.eral's' ... depart- •
�" •+hent,: ,s'aying 'that the: evidence
"shows the. muzzle of the ;gun
Was aitmos:t certainly ; against" .the..
Wall. of the'chest.'' * ' ..w
With Mr:: `Biak,e on the Bury
were Ross ' ,Shields, • .Norman •
O'Connor, Carman •. ,Hayden,
Chester Hackett. all ' of Dunigan-•
non area.' .• •
' The Witnesses
Witnesses ..we're Mrs,' :Norman
..'Petrie, sister-in-law of deceased;
Lenore Petrie,, 1.5, sister; • Mrs.
William ;\/!•eli,ck , Goderich, • sis=
iter; Janet • I •iseborbugh, Who
had been "going with" Ronald
for the past year; Carman Brind-
, ley, ,R.,R, 6, Goderich, Douglas,
•Brown, 15, farm 'worker;.. Lloyd
Wa:lff, ,of•'' Nile, employed.' by
Ron,'ald's .father;. Charles Petrie;
Dr . , °Penistan; : OPP Constables
;Garnet Wray arid Meg Twad-.
'die of Goderich,.. Corporal 1-$,
Snell' was in charge 0f,,th.e ,court
arrangements, • . • ' '''
Lloyd Wa1'ff •. told of target'
practice on ' .the afternllon ,of l
`
ay 19. He andRonald had.
fired at clothespins with 2.2 rifles
:at 30 or 40 feet, There w,a.s.'som.e
amnunitiori, left when they stop'-.
ped; ;and Wa:lff said he 7gave it
•to Ronald— Then they drove to
Port Albert for cigarettes•. He
had• sat' in' -tile car.when the a'-
gusnent with Janet took place.
Ronald said he was "not going
to take• her' to, the... .drive -id:
They went into •,the house .and
there was 'an ,argurnent there,
Ronald came ' out ,to ,the shed;
arid' when •wvitness. went in after
about :five 'minutes ,Ronald was
,pacing up and down., ' .'
"H'e. , told ',me," •witless said,
",to. go , out and. wait in the. car
and •he would out in 'a few
minutes;
'Ro'nald was• feux d :lying in :the
shed .two to ` five minutes later
,by . Brown. ' He . was ,taken • 'to
Alexandria Hospital, . Goderich,
but..pronoun•ce'd ,dead on arrival,
Dr, Penistan testified as to to
cation. and. nature ; of -thee bullet
wound.,The bullet passed through
the' base 'of 't.he' heart and struck
the, right-hand side of .the spine:
Part • of it was, found in the. right
lung. '
Not Soher
, The quantity of abcohol found
in•. the iboy's blood... was 0.76..parts,
per thousand, indicating ..in a
person of 'his weight ,around .four
or perhaps fisvepints' of • )beer or
shots of : hard .liquor, "It . might
not ,''affect ',Ms appearance ' 'to
'other people,. but he would not'
be • strictly • •sober," ' ;:the witness
said.
MRS.' JEAN QUIGLEY
DIED IN LONDON •
Mrs x T,homas • W R "Qtfi;gley the
'f• ormer'•'Je.an ;Long' sof' Ashfield
Township; • passed.:,away- in • Vic
toria ,Hospital, London, . 'on • Tues
day; . June's• her 518th'
year:
Requiem ,high mass' :was held
in Blessed •S;acrarneht,. •Church
on.: Thursday 'at 10`04 a.m: 'yvth
interMent in. St.. .Peters ceme-
tery; ' The rosary .4was recited 'on
Wednesday • evening. at.,Killings-
worth funeral: home..
1VLrs: Quigley is Survived ,by
%her Son Jimmy and two. sisters,
Mrs: G":V. ' Towle: (Mildred) •'of
Vancouver and , Mrs;'.: ;Ralph Hill
(ilVLaria) of „Ripley: 'Iter . husband
predeceased. her '
Vet:,What •'seems to a the'
trouble? • `
Kangaroo:don't., know" It's
just -that lately I don't feel
jumpy
!S. BRIEFS
FROM NEARBY
On Thursday, Jun e 27th the
residents ' of Blyth will go to the.
polls. to decide what ,has .been
a very Cgntentious. 'issue. in the
village •for the. past several
weielkS-L-4whether the local -hotel
will 'be licenced for beverage
rooms and dining lounge or not. •
* *
The • funeral ,,of William ,Seb-
.ben, age 36, if. R,R. 1,` Walden -
stein was ,held: at .•Milverton. Fast
week, Mr. 'S ebben,' operator of
1;000 • acres : •in • ' 'the . Linwood
area; was drowned in the Not
tawasaga 'River, near Wasaga
Beach -white . •on a fishing trip..
He • is survived by his, wife ,and.
.five children . ages 'ode to eleven •
years, . "•
* *
Dennis Riggin, of I1,i;neardine, • '•
a .sub -goalie for the Detroit ,Bled.
Wings;' was !guest speaker. at ,the
Clinton juvenile'�hockey banquet
recently Dennis, who has suf..
fered• ,a,. couple of serious eye in-
juries, completed. lastseason in
the .'NNL. with IFittsburg.•
* *.
Wingham. Kinsmen expect •to
net. more .,than , $2,000- from ,their
trade fair:
;<.
Russell . W. Treleaveen of Ham
-
Ilton, Grand'iMaster. of the• Grand'
Lodge of, .Canada, ':offiCiaited . at.
the: dedication °cerernony'of Har .
riston. Lodgei„AE '& AM, No. 262
• The :most disillusioned girls
:are, the ones :, who ,gat ` married
because they 'Were tired 'of •
working..
•.
Caller: ."Ma:dame, I'•m the
piano tuner.
Pianist:. "I : didn't.. send for a
;tuner"•
Caller "I know it lady, the
neighbors did:"
Attended Mitchell Wedding :.
Mr.: and Mrs. Ewart •McPher.
son and' 1VIr. ' and `TM,rs: Wililiarr
R; aou.l
were .•a't kitc+henl re-„
eently where -they ':attended 'the
marriage of +Miss Ruth:: Ehaine
P.ridbam, daughter,, of Dr" ' ,and;..
Mfs, W. H. Prid'ham of ,. MItchell
arid Ronald ; ,Lames . Reid;• son. of ;
Mr. and Mrs Jas. Reid of .'Mit
'hell, . in the United Church'
there. They also attended' .the
wedding • dinnerfor 110.'guests
,.;
in the S.B. room of the 'church:.
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1957. DESOTO 4 -door, fully equipped
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1957 DODGE ' 4 -door, fully: equip
1957 "' PLYMOUTH 2 -door hardtop, fully. equipped
1957 DODGE, coupe, fully equipped .. .
1955 PLYMOUTH STATION WAGON, new trotor
.1954 METEOR 2,door, with radio'
1954 PONTIAC , 2 -door, ab. ove ' average ` condition
1953 • PONTIAC . 4 -door, $95.00
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