Clinton News-Record, 1977-11-10, Page 3People in profile
Luck, peace are success.
By Shelley McPhee
The secret of a long lasting marriage
for Morley and Florence Cooper is a
little bit of luck and "peace at any
price," according to Mrs. Cooper.
Obviously their formula has worked,
for.the Kippen couple celebrated their 50
• th wedding anniversary on Wednesday,
November 9.
"We've had our ups and downs like
everyone else," explained Florence,
however they managed to work a farm
and raise two sons, Jack, now of Clinton
and Lloyd of RR 3, Kippen. •
"The young people of today start up
with everything," Mrs. Cooper said. "I
remeber getting my first stove and
fridge, it was really something."
Starting off as newlyweds. was much
different 50 years ago than it is today.
When Morley Cooper and Florence
Robertson married, they had a small
ceremony at the Hensall United Church,
with Rev. Sinclair in charge.
The bride wore a mauve street -length
dress and was attended by Morley's
sister, now Mrs. Grant (Olive) Love of
Carol, Michigan. The late James
Upshall was the best man.
After the ceremony, the couple im-
mediately left by horse and buggy to
Seaforth where they caught the train to
Toronto. They spent their honeymoon
visiting with Morley's uncle and aunt,
"for one whole week," Florence
laughed..
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the gun had blanks in it and admitted
*that Ron wanted `to throw a little scare
into him'.
Leroy testified that he did not recall
Bullen pleading with them to get back
and he didn't back up a bit and he didn't
appear to be frightened," Leroy said.
In his statement to police after the
shooting incident, Leroy indicated that
A as he and his brother were backing out of
the driveway 'old man Bullen pulled a
gun on us, there was a shot and we saw a
spark but we thought he was funning us'.
Leroy added that as they were walking
towards Mr. Bullen in the driveway
there was a five foot space between
himself and his brother Ron and that
they were approximately 10 to 15 feet
away from Bullen when he fired at them.
He said they were not approaching
aiim in a rushing manner as others had
previously testified but claimed they
proceeded in a normal walking fashion.
He did, however, agree that there was a.
pause between shots fired by Mr. Bullen
indicating that warning shots had been,
fired.
Ambulance attendant Gary Renaud
testified that he attended to the injured
Leroy DeJong on May 22. He said as they
drove in the ambulance Leroy told him
not to blame Bullen for what had hap-
pened because 'we are known as
troublemakers'. -
The incident began shortly before 1
a.m. on May 22 in the Bavarian Tavern
She recalled';' "It was the farthest I'd
ever been away from home."
Moving into a new house, with just the
necessities wasn't too hard on the young
bride.
"I wasn't homesick, I was quite close
to my father," she explained. Florence's
father, John Robertson, lived only a few
miles away at Chiselhurst.
"In 1928 we got hydro, it was won-
derful," Florence remembered with an
appreciative smile.
Remembering the depression years,
Morley noted, "You kept going to make
ends meet. I got through her though."
"It's been interesting over the years,
watching the changes," Florence added,
"my biggest problem is to accept them.
It's so different."
Although times, morals and lifestyles
may have changed, the Coopers have
remained together, have farmed for the
past 50 years and have gained many
close friends, neighbours and growing
families.
Over 150 of their friends and family
gathered at the Kippen United Church on
Sunday, October 6 to celebrate the
couple's golden anniversary.
During the afternoon they spoke of
days past and of the present, including
Morely's new board fence at his farm.
They were given a luncheon provided
by the Kippen UCW and received many
gifts, cards and best wishes from old and
new acquaintances.
sullen acquitted
south of Bayfield on Highway 21.
Terrence Bullen Jr., Terrence Heard
and Greg Nielsen entered the tavern as
two of their friends, Paul Payne and
Peter MacVean slept in the van in the
parking lot. The group passed the
DeJongs seated at a table near ' the
tavern entrance and words were ex-
changed.
Leroy . DeJong took exception to
remarks made by Nielsen and asked for
an apology. Nielsen refused and the
group went inside and sat at another
table. The DeJongs followed them over
to the table still seeking an apology and
testimony indicated that Ron was more
insistent than Leroy in securing the
apology. •
Nielsen, Terrence Bullen • Jr., and
Heard testified that Ron grabbed
Nielsen by the nose, forced him back-
wards over his chair and then grabbed
Bullen Jr. by the belt buckle and forced
him over the shuffleboard.
Erick Krohmer, proprietor of the
Bavarian Tavern, intervened-% and
ushered Bullen and Nielsen out an
emergency rear exit to the van that
Heard had pulled up to the door.
The DeJongs also left the tavern and
decided to follow the Bullen "vehicle.
Bullen testified that he and his friends
thought at first they would hide from the
DeJongs but disregarded that alter-
native.
As they drove through the streets of
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Fifty years ago, Morley and Florence Cooper didn't have wedding cake to offer to
their guests or bridesmaid, Olive Love. However on Sunday, the couple were able
to give Mrs. Love, Morley's sister, a piece of cake at their Golden Wedding an-
niversary held at the Kippen United Church. (News -Record photo)
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 19777.,.PAGE 3
Board Studto�r
grade 13 in echoo 1
The Huron County Board of Elucation
supported a resolution Monday to
research the elimination of Grade 13
from Huron County schooling but
refused to support any move to eliminate
a ,year of formal education in county
schools without thoroughly researching
the implications.
Acting on a resolution sent to the board
by the Peterborough County Board of
Education the Huron board agreed to
study the elimination of Grade 13
bat refused to support such a move
without researching the subject.
Director of Education John Cochrane
told the board that he would recommend
that the matter be researched but was
leary of the objective outlined in the
Peterborough resolution. He said he
would like to see the word objective
taken out of the resolution and have the
Huron board show support for a study of
the matter.
Cochrane said he felt the resolution
was five years too late, pointing out that
five years ago the board was trying to
solve overcrowding problems using
portable classrooms. Now, he said, the
board is trying to find ways to fill schools
due to declining enrolment.
"I hope the board wouldn't support the
resolution without researching it and
having a look at the social implications
of shipping youngsters off to university
at 16 and 17 years of age," he said.
Clinton trustee Dorothy Williams said
that by abolishing Grade 13 the board
may be adding to the provincial
after four day Goderich trial.
Bayfield the DeJongs found the van and
began following them. Driving down the
.Main Street of Bayfield they sighted a
police cruiser which then began
following the two vehicles. Terrence
Bullen then drove in the direction of his
home thinking the police would also
-follow the two vehicles there.
Crown Attorney William Cochrane, in
his summation to the jury,-"kiggested
that the situation was not as perilous as
the witnesses indicated since on the
sighting of the cruiser they did not stop
and seek police protection. He pointed
out the reason they did not do so was
because there was beer in the Bullen van
and they elected to drive home rather
than face a charge.
But as the Bullen van and DeJong
vehicle turned into the secluded laneway
leading to the Bullen home the police
cruiser, third in the procession, con-
tinued on Highway 21
Witnesses in the van testified they
were at a loss as to what to do since the
police had gone and they were alone in
the laneway. Heard said that Terry
Bullen Jr. jumped out of the van and said
he `would get a gun or something',. and'
ran into the house.
Heard, Nielsen, Payne and MacVean
remained in the van and locked the doors
as the DeJong's vehicle stopped in the
laneway. The DeJongs approached the
van and made attempts to get in.
Constable William Hassall of the
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Goderich detachment of the OPP said
Bullen Sr. delivered a statement to
police in a free and voluntary manner
and was visibly shaken and showed signs
of remorse. Hassall said he was sincere
in his statement and seemed to relive the
events. -
In his summation to the jury defense
counsel Donnelly said the DeJong
brothers had several opportunities to put
a stop to the situation but suggested they
were persistent in whatever they were
up to.
He told the jury that the apex of the
trial was why the'DeJong brothers can -ie
back into the Bullen laneway after they
had reversed the car, presumably to
leave. He added that when they came
back into the laneway they came right at
Bullen Sr. and relentlessly kept the
pressure on because their intent was to
get at Bullen,
Donnelly said Bullen Sr. described his
frame of mind as `terror and beyond'
and as the DeJongs bore down on him he
was forced to make a decision.
"I suggest that Mr. Bullen acted in a
fundamental motivation - to defend
himself," he said. "The DeJongs creates
a fuse of fear, ignited it and it blew up in
their faces."
Crown Attorney Cochrane told the jury
that the crown position was that if Mr.
Sullen was entitled to defend himself
then he used excessive force in doing so.
He said that any transfer of terror to
Bullen Sr. had come from his son
Terrence Jr., since the elder Bullen was
not immediately involved. He added that
the accused made no effort to note what
the disturbance was about and had
ample opportunity to calm down and
take control of the situation.
Cochrane said the jury' would have to
determine the seriousness of the
DeJQngs____in. their attempts to harm
anyone since they made no attempt to
get into the Bullen house and suggested
that if the intent was serious Ron DeJong
could have ripped out the van window to
get at the four men who had locked
themselves in it.
unemployment problem. She said that
there was already an unemployment
problem and if the board turned out
students after Grade 12 those that didn't
want to go on to university would add to
the number of people that can't find jobs.,
Seaforth trustee John Henderson
didn't agree with the director, pointing
out that students in Grades 12 and 13
waste a lot of time in school and that
their timetables almost make them half
time students. He said the'students go to
Grade 13 and don't need many credits
for university entrance and the board is
just prolonging the agony for a student
who is anxious to go on to post secondary
education
Henderson said that the Grade 13
'requirement holds back students with a
post secondary education goal. He said
that quite often students not involved
with sports and other activities ca'n``�
make it through secondary school in four
years and save the board a considerable
amount of money.
"Why keep them in school?" he asked.
"There are no jobs available. Why not
let them get to university and go through
for something that will give them a
career?"
The motion to make abolishing Grade
13 the objective of the research was
defeated 13-2 with one member absent. A
new motion worded to have the research
done just to see if the board and the
students would be better off without
Grade 13 received the full support of the
board.
He told the five women and seven men
of the jury they had to determine if self
defense was justified and if so was ex-
cessive force used.
Welfare story
was' incorrect
It has been pointed out 'to the News
Record editorial staff that the fuel
allowances paid to persons on welfare in
Huron County have indeed increased 45
percent to cover the cost of heating, but
that monthly rates published in the News
Record last week are incorrect.
The story indicated the allowance for a
one -room detached dwelling goes from
$84 per month to $1 2 2 per month. This is
wrong. It is not a monthly allowance but
an annual allowance. All allowances
quoted in the story are for the period of _
one year, not one-month.
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