The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-08-01, Page 3•
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G 1~)ERICH SIG NAL•STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST lt, •197 -'PAGE, 3
Robert Stanl'eyt'Hays,. a grand-
son of Magistrate Robert Hays
ofMcKillop, practised''law for
mdny years in Seaforth. He is
shown here as a major in the
161st Battalion; C.E.F., with
which he went overseas in War
Magistrate Robert Hays of
McKillop Township was "one -
of the clearest -headed ' and best
we :have ever • had," it was
.recorded in an undated:
biography after his death at the
age of 80. "Although many of
his decisions were appealed, no
ap`pea.l was ever sustained."
This Huron" farmer took,
seriously his responsibilities at
a time when rural magistrates
were entrusted with duties far
beyon'd the holding of .oc-
casional couOS: _ ..: