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The Brussels Post, 1977-09-21, Page 9Business Directory 170 Wallace Avenue N., Flower Phone 291-2040 111,404VEr 9raTilt Ltd,. ED VAN GEEST LISTOWEL,' ONT. YOUR PERSONAL FLORIST WITH WORLD-WIDE CONNECTIONS V.==1111111=11, BELGRAVE CO-OP For Feed & Fertilizer --- Petroleum Products Hardware and Appliances Universal Milker Equipment and Cleaners BRUSSELS WINGHAM 887-6453 357-2711 McGavin's Farm Equipment We specialize in a Complete Line of FARM EQUIPMENT Sales and Service Brussels Seaforth 887-6365 Walton 527-0245 Mrs. Yvonne Knight Agent for Elma Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company R.R. 3 Brussels, 8'87-6476 Anstett Jewellers Ltd. Watch and Jewellery Repairs — We Sell and Service — BULOVA — ACCUTRON — WATCHES 3 Stores — SEAFORTH — CLINTON — WALKERTON Bray Chiropractic Office 197 Josephine Street Wingham, Ontario Phone 357-1224 BRUSSELS TRANSPORT Livestock Trucking and Shipping Service Local and Long Distance Phone 887-6122 (Evenings) George Jutzi; Brussels H&N Dairy Systems Ltd. Sales,Service and Installation of STA —RITE pipelines and Brussels mi king parlours 887-6063 Merwood C. Smith,Ltd • R.R. 2 Listowel 291-3810 TV Refrigeration & Appliance Service Pardys',, Dairy Supplies, Brussels Boat : 139' Brussels WORLD WO THE BRUSSELS, POST. SEPTEMBER 21, .1977-9. H e Glenn .Ha ProVincial. Judge dies Judge H. Glenn Hays, successively Crown Attorney, Magistrate and Provincial Judge in Huron, died suddenly Sunday in Kitchener, in his 64th year. At the weekend he had taken his younger daughter, Roberta, to enroll at Wilfred Laurier University. Judge Hays had suffered from heart trouble for some years. He was appointed Crown Attorney in 1948, continuing private practice in Seaforth until 1956, when he . became Crown Attorney full time and moved to Goderich. He held that office for more than eleven years, then in 1959 succeeded the late Dtulley/ Holmes as magistrate and judge . of the Juvenile' and Family Court for Huron. In July, 1968, he was appointed a Provincial Judge: In Goderich, Judge Hays was active in many organizations working for the betterment of the community, and was an elder and member of the board of managers ,of Knox Presbyterian. Church. He is survived by his wife, the former Roberta, Johnston, and two daughters: Sarah (Mrs. Samuel W.J. Lawlor) of Burling- ton and Roberta J., at home. He also was predeceased by his parents and by three older brothers, Howard, Archibald and William. The funeral took place Wednesday. The casket, after resting at the residence, remained in the narthex of Knox Church from 1 p.m. until the time of service, 2:30. Britannia Masonic Lodge 170, of Seaforth, of which Judge Hays was a life member, held a service at the' residence on Tuesday evening: John F. Butson is Master, Rev. R.C. McCallum, assistant minister of Knox Church, conducted the service at the church and Maitland Cemetery. Pallbearers named were Paul Parsons, David Parsons, Scott Hays, Frank Gardiner, Brian MacDonald and Henry Albert. Honorary pallbearers: Harold Bettger, Judge Francis Carter, L.E. Graham, Gordon McManus, Beecher Menzies, Donald 1. Stewart, John K. Sully and Dr. John Wallace. Stiles Funeral Home was in charge of ' the arrangements. Harry Glenn Hays was born at Egmondville, in Tuckersmith Township, on March 30, 1914. His great-grandfather, Robert Hays, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, migrated to the •United States, then to Waterloo county, where he founded Maysville','. and in 1844 arrived in Huron,. purchasing 200 acres in Concession 3 of McKillop. James and Sarah (Archibald) Hays, Glenn's parents, lived at Egmondville and Glenn attended Egmondville school and Seaforth Collegiate. He took a year's course at Stratford Normal School in public school teachingLater he read law with the firmi of Hays and Meir, Seaforth, and Arnoldi, Parry and Campbell, TorontO, for two years, and after three years at %.90cle Hall, Toronto, graduated as barrister and solicitor. Re was called to the bar 10 1938. He was partner with Patrick D. McConnell, Q.C. hi eaforth from 1938 to 1951. In the' former Year, when 24, he had become active in South Huron Conkrva- tire Asqoeiation, but terminated ail activity, upon his first a ppointment to public office, Re Was solicitor for Seaforth and several townships, a member of ceafortll LiOns Club and the Royal yatiadian Legion bratith here. Nth 1940 t 1046 he Served, in Commissioned lieutenant in 1942, he was appointed to the semi- legal post of naval representative of the Dependents Allowance Board in Western Canada. A.. brother, Dr. Archibald. Hays, served in the Royal Flying Corps. When he left Seaforth to reside in Goderich, Glenn Hays was living in a house on James Street, adjacent to the former Scott Memorial Hospital building. His marriage took place in 1950, and in July , 1952; he acquired the former resident of Judge E.N. Lewis, 85 Essex street, with spacious grounds which Judge and Mrs. Hays, continued to beautify. Judge Hays was a member of Goderich Horticultural Society, president in 1953-54. He was a founding member of Huron Historical Society, and for some years had been chairman of the constitution ,and bylaws commit- tee. He was secretary for some years of the Huron Bar Associa- tion, and was a former president of Huron Tuberculosis Associa- tion. He was an elder of Knox Presbyterian Church and a. past chairman of the Board of Managers. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1950: County History Judge Hays was greatly interested in county history, and took pleasure in driving about Huron, especially the pleasant byways of Tuckersmith. He• often dropped in at the homes of old residents or their descendants, received invariably with great pleasure. When he was appointed magistrate, the Huron Expositor recalled his Tuckersmith nativity, adding: "Interest is by no means confined to the Seaforth area, and there will be general expressions of good will toward Magistrate Hays, and inherent in these will be the wish for a long and successful career on the Bench." At the opening of court in Goderich on Monday, members of the legal profession spoke of Judge Hays as a man of great understanding and of compassion, who took great care to look into ^ all matters before him, giving as much time as necessary to ensure that defendants or accused persons understood the case. The swearing-in as magistrate in 1959 took place in the chambers of Judge Frank Ting- land in the courthouse, witnessed by quite a large' gathering of lawyers, members of the county staff, provincial and Goderich police and representatives of the Children's Aid Society. In his first public statement as magistrate, Glenn Hays stressed the import- ance of matters affecting child and youth welfare. He said: "Anything touching the welfare of children and the youth of our district, and indeed the whole country, is of paramount importance. . .When you. get- down to real values, the question of care and guidance of children probably transcends the alloting of dollars in, other types of cases in court." Seaforth, Exeter and. Wingham throughout the year, whatever the weather. As Provincial Judge, he took these courts only when there were criminal charges. JUDGE H. GLENN HAYS the Royal. Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Reform In his second .year on the Bench, he said his aim was to mete out sentences de'signed to reform individuals, not to have them return to society embittered, but rather "to be equipped with gainful employ- ment in a competitive society." He greatly increased the number of probations, where such seemed appropriate. Judge Hays AdVer tiSing .. sometimes visited reform - institutions and training schools, . and in 1961 attended the Canadian Congress of Corrections at the University of Toronto. The duties of magistrate "for CANADIAN ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD Huron" involved presiding over, court sessions at Clinton, saves you time!