The Huron Expositor, 1966-01-20, Page 7•
In Decem
.Robert Broome, 16, of Wing -
ham, was convicted Friday of
criminal negligence ii the
death of Anne Marie Ileyel eaux.
He " was driver of a car which
struck the .13 -year-old girl ' as
She stepped front a lsob el.;bua.
at the driveway to her home,
two miles east of Seaforth, Dec.
9. He .will be - sentenced Jan.
28.
The jury was out an hour-
ancka-half, including one ,re-,
turn to court tot' obtain--infnr-
mation on the evidence of -
Garfield Murray, Broome's com-
panion in the car.
The verdict was "guilty as
charged,- with recommendation
for leniency".
d. Chester C, Misener, of Strat-
ford, defence counsel, Suggest-
ed that justice could' best be
served -'by a period of suspend-
ed sentence by way of proba-
tion. •
Commenting upon the . pre-
sentence report, Mr. Justice
John L. Wilson, presiding at
the winter assizes of the On-
tario Supreme Court at Gode-
rich, noted that neither Broome
nor his parents appeared to
have church affiliation and said:
"You do not., often find in court
people,who regularly attend
church."
The -judge told the jury the
verdicts open to them were
guilty or not guilty.
After the jury retired, both
Crown Attorney W. G. Cosh-
_ rane and Mr. Misener asked why
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the jurymen had not been told
they could find the accused
guilty -of dangerous diving, ••
"There is no second count,"
the judge said. "The grand
jury elected to try him on the
.#ret count.
He did not' recall the jury:
The jury included Douglas
Cook, Hensdll, ,foreman; Glen
Brandon, Varna; GlenDowson,
Varna; Herbert Klopp, Zurich;
William McKee, Godeirch; Rich-
ard McWhinney, Goderich; Clar-
ence McCallum, Wroxeter; Wes-
ley Newton, Wroxeter; Gerald
O'Rourke, Dashwood; Laurie
Slade, Clinton; Clifford Salmon,
Dashwood; James Wilkinson,
Goderich.
Return True Bill
A grand jury at Goderich on
Tuesday of last week returned
a true bill indictment against
Robert James Broome, 16, of
89 Carling Terrace, Wingham.
The youth had been charged
with criminal negligence, dan-
gerous driving and illegally
passing a school bus.
The grand jury's decision
,was returned after hearing of
witnesses for about two hours
during the proceedings.'
Robert McKercher, of RR 1,
Dublin, was grand jury fore-
man. The jury included one
woman, Mrs. Joseph Allaire, of
Bayfield.
A petit jury was impanelled
after defence counsel, Chester.
C. Misener, of Stratford, had
challenged 11 of those called,
and Crown Attorney W. - G.
Cochrane challenged two and
stood aside four,
Testifying on his own behalf,
Broome on Thursday said he
did not recognize the school bus
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he had almost overtaken it.
' "I glanced at the girl" at the
side of the road," he said, "and
my foot went for the brake."
The girl °beside the road
was identified as Teresa Dev:
ereauX.
Mr, Justice J. L. Wilson com-
mented: "Buses must have, been
familiar to you on rural roads;
Why didn't you recognize this
bus?"
den,'t know." ,
After Crown Attorney W. G.
Cochrane and defence lawyer
Chester C. Miseaer addressed
the jury, court was adjourned
until 10 a.m. Friday, when Mr:
Justice Wilson- delivered his
charge to the jury.
Dr. R. C. H. Waite, patholo-
gist at Stratford General Hos=
pital, said the girl died of a
broken neck and severance of
the spinal, cord.
Provincial Constable Alex
Twaddle said tests made as
to visibility of the bus lights:
and sign showed the school bus
sign was readable at one-tenth
of a mile and the lights were
visible at twice that distance..
"The conduct of this boy,"
Mr. Misener told the jury,
"was not so -culpable that you
could• find beyond reasonable -
doubt he was guilty of crim-
inal negligence. `
"If his conduct was not
criminal negligence, the trag-
edy does not make it criminal
quarter - mile in . front, a
negligence. He saw traffic
but
thought -it moving . . he di-
rected his attention to the road
ahead pf him in the left hand
lane. -
"I submit the fault lies in,
his turning out .too soon, }n-'
stead of getting closer behind -
the. traffic first. Having regard
to all. the circumstances on that
day and the evidence you have
heard, this young man did not
proceed with wanton and reck-
less disregard for the lives and
safety of others.".
Mr. Cochrane, in his. address
to the jury, said:
"The car was travelling some-
thing in the order of 60 miles
an hour or better. It wopld
appear there was rio" lessening
of speed up to the time of
'impact with the child." •
Estimating a distance of 2,000
feet in which Broome could
have seen the bus, Mr. Coch-
rane said Broome should have
given thought to slowing down.
"He saidhe realized he was
passing a bus, saw it was stop-
ped, and saw a young girl
(Teresa)' crossing the road, but
did not see the .other, girl until
he hit her.
"My submission is that it
would take four to six seconds
for these things to register,
whereas' at the speed he was
travelling, ,he probably •in fact
saw the bus at 300 feet, within
approximate stopping distance.
"If you consider this conduct,
are you. not led., to. conclude
that it .Shows clearly a reckless
disregard for persons whom .he
knew or' should have 'known
were in the area?"
- Witnesses, as the trial open-
ed Wednesday, said --the car in-
volved was travelling fast when
the accident happened. -
Joseph Devereaux, father of
the dead girl, who had been
at his barns near the highway,
said of the car: "It was 'going
fast. I noticed no -change in
speed from the time I saw it
until the collision occurred."
Garfield Murray, 16, of RR 4,
Wingham, a passenger in the
Broome car, estimated the speed
at "between 60 and 70." He
had not looked at the speed-
ometer but judged by the feet
of the car, he said.
Murray, trying to get a sta-
tion on the car radio at the
time, "said' he looked urs as the
car was passing the bus, saw
one girl, Anne Marie's sister,
across the road, and another
running onto the road. They
were 50 to 100 feet away when
he saw them.
A blue scarf hanging over the
rear vision' mirror covered' a
small .part- of the windshield,
he said. '
Broome, on his driver's test
Dec: 7, in Wingham, gave cor-
rect answers to questions abou
passing school. buses, including
the one . about drivers remain-
ing stopped until the buses re-
sume motion or signal - lights
stop operation, transport depart-
ment examiner Murray J.
Holmes, of Clinton, said.
"He handled the car very.
well," Holmes testified, "'and
there w' s no reason- he shodla
not get- a 1•icence."
Robert T. Watson, 59 driver
of the Habkirk Transit Service,
Seaforth'bus, said he had look-
ed along, the highway ' in the
bus's rear view mirror before
opening the door for the Dev-
ereaux girls but did not see
Broome's car until the motnent
of impact.
The bus lights are checked
each morning and evening, the
bus driver said.
Mrs. Doris Chambers, driver
of al car stewed behind the bus,
and fitre passengers- returning
from work at a Mitchell plant,
were asked about the rear bus
lights. They said they saw.
flashing red lights at the top
and most of them noticed the
brake lights on.
' Crown Attorney W. C. Coch-
rane called 18 witnesses Wed,
fiesday. .
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AVAUGE
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SEA FORTH
• LOCAL BRIEFS
ent a patientlerin tratford Hos-
pital His many Wanda whin:
for hurt a speedy rei+.overy
•Miss Carol Fowler and Mss
Bonita Knowles, of .Kitchener,:
left Toronto on Jazz, 13th for
Honolulu, Itawaii, .where Carol
will be Or* staff at the Queen's
Hospital there.
Mr. and Mrs. John Busby, of
Chatham, spent Friday and Sat
urday with Mr. and Mrs, Lorne
Lawson.
Mr,' and Mrs. Wesley Ree' At-
tended the funeral -of Mrs. Wil-
liam, lleibein, the former Mar-
garet Orr, at Milverton last
Thursday. ,
Bruce Brady, of Seaforth, anti
Miss Kim Roberts, of Guelph,
have beeninvited to skate in
the Canadian Figure Skating
Championship at Peterboro in
mid-February.
Mr. James Barry is a patient
in •Westminster Hospital, .Lon-
don.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Oke, of
London, visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Ephraim Clarke and Mr.
and Mrs. Lorne Lawson one day
recently. "
Mr. John Van.--Rooijen, who
has been on the staff of the
Toronto - Dominion . Bank in
Thornbury, has been transfer-
red to Dresden. He is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hank Van
Rooijen.
Mrs. J. Ure Stewart is a pa-
tient in Seaforth Community
Hospital, where - she underwent
an operation (in Monday.
Mrs. James Barry returned
home last Wednesday ' after
spending seven weeks in Sea -
forth Community Hospital.'
Nr. and Mrs. Lorne Lawson
Were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Merrill and family,
of Clinton, on Sunday.
Wa 'dors
N� onkton :Wildcats °
Winthrop Warrrprs went 17:30,-" : r
down to an 8-2 defeat- at the ..—Is the third period nay Pow -
hands of the Monkton Wildcats . e 1 froln llirinstort Powell at 7:50
put Winthrop back in the galne,
but as the Warriors pressed the
attack, Monkton broke away for
goals by W, Smith • at 12:44,
Harrow at 17:25 audit, Deitz at
17:40, to make the final score
8-2,
in a -WOAA Intermediate "D"
game played in Monkton on
Friday night.
Monkton jumped into an early
lead in the first period, with
gpals by G. Smith at the 25 -sec-
ond' .mark; Ludington at 2:42,
and' McEwan at 3:47, to lead
In the second period G. Smith
scored again at 8:27 and Jim
and Ray Powell finally put the
Warriors on the scoreboard at
14:30. Harrow made it 5.1. at
Square
Dancers
Dance.
Area square dancer' enjoyed
a dance in Ole Seaforth District
High School' Saturday evening,
sponsored by the local club,
the Seaforth -Whirl-a-Ways.
Guest callers •for the round
and square 'dancing were Ce-
celia and Gerry Lavigne, • of
Kitchener. Dancers were wel-
comed by club president Gord
Beuttenmiller, and were pres-
ent from Kitchener, St. Marys,
Exeter, 'Goderich, Hensall. and
Clinton. -
The Whirl -a -Ways will spon-
sor a benefit dance in the High
School on Saturday, Feb. 5, et
8:30 p.m., when the proceeds
will be in aid of the Keokuk,
Iowa;, Square bance Disaster
Fund, 'At a regular dance two
months ago an explosion occur-
red .in the hall there and left
several dead and many injured.
Caller ?gbrert Jacobs, of Brun-
ner, along with other area call-
ers, will provide a ` good pro-
gram.
At any time, interested spec-
tators_ are most welcome to the
dance functions, and anyone
wishing to donate to this disas-
ter fend should contact the
;president or any member of
the -club.
WOMEN'S
-HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY .
...-
The -Vanishing Parties for the
Hospital Auxiliary comfnenced
on January 12, with a `bridge
Party held TIT the president of
the auxiliary, Miss Gladys
'l'hompson.
Guests it this party were:
Mrs. John A. Gorwill, Mrs. Brad
Smith, Mrs. Stan Grey,, Mrs. G.
A. Whitney, Mrs. W. Boulton,
Mrs. L. Stephenson, Mrs. W.
O'Shea, Mrs. John A. Cardno,
Mrs. Lorne Dale, Miss Annette
Sinclair, Miss Bess Grieve, Mrs.
i rville Oke. " ' -
A luncheon and bridge was
held -at the home of Mrs. W.
B. Boulton on January 1&, with
the' following guests: Mrs. Ross
Savauge, Mrs: Harold Whyte,
Mrs. J. M. McMillan, miss Flor-
ence Laidlaw, Miss Annette
Sinclair, Miss Rena Fennell, Miss'
Olive Laidlaw, Mrs. J. F. Scott.
At a party at the home of
Mrs. John A. Cardno on Janu-
ary 17, the guests were: Mrs.
Don Stephenson, Mrs. Everette
Smith, Mrs. Harry Cursing, Mrs.
Robert poig3 Mrs. Leonard
Stro pg, Mrs. Scott . Habkirk,
Mrs: Tom Flynn, Mrs. John E.
Longstaff, Mrs. L. B. Melarison
and Miss Alice Reid.
Beavers
-Win 74
Seaforth Beavers defeated
Hanover , 1-1, in a scheduled
WOAA game here Tuesday
night. •
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The word salary comes from
"salarium" rneanin gsglt money,
sihee Boman soldier's received
pat of their pay in salt,;
The next Warrior game will
be in Blyth on Friday, Jan. 21,
and their next home game will
be Monday, Jan. 31, when the
Ellice Swampers will be the
opposition.
1i4 Wad At the $wforth Dhibid High Bawl
By BILL MORRIS - ' Year Book
Basketball
The basketball season start-
ed last Thursday - when both
girls' and boys' teams met
Goderich. In Goderich our jun-
ior and senior boys' teams lost.
In Seaforth, our junior girls
lost. However, our seniors came
through with a victory. We
play Clinton this week.
-DOWN_
AT THIS
LANES
BY LEE HEE
Men's Inter -Town League
Team standings: Exeter; 139; -
Cloud Nine, 123; Clinton RCAF,
122; Little Bowl, 110; Seaforth,
90; Jim's Selects, 90; Zurich,
74.
High average, D. Beaver -
stock' and B. Nicol; - 238; high
five; .D. Couture, 1452; high sin-
gle, 403.
Seaforth Canadian Legion
Team standings: 'Go-Gos, 80;
-Gophers, 51; Spitfires, 45; Bird-
ies, 44; Polecats, 39; Ramblers,
35.
Ladies' high, single and tri-
ple, Joan Eaton, 261 and 649;
men's high, Single -and triple,
Alvin Smale, 290 and 710;
St. James' Church League
Team standings: Sweepers,
71; Hustlers, 63; Misfits, 53;
Blowers, 51; Alley Cats, 51;
cowboys, . 47. .
Ladies' high, single, Martha
Vangeffen, 216; high triple and
average, Jenine McCue, 552 and
184; men's - high, single, triple
and average, Gord Noble, 285,
806 and 268.
The year book .committee
plans to continue selling pop-
corn at all our home basket-
ball games, as it did last Thurs-
day. The money obtained from
this is used to help pay some
of the expenses met by the year
-book: - - -- -
The advertising committee of
the year book -plans to start its
advertising campaign soon, and
letters will be sent out to local
merchants to seek their co-op-
eration.
Egmondville Church League'
Team --;standings: Snappers,
67; Turtles, 67; Ramblers, 554
Weasels, 51;. Lucky Strikes, 44;
Bo -Hunks, 32.
Ladies' high, single and tri -
pie, Helen Nott, 235 and 574;
men's high, single, Bill Mac-
-Lean, 303; -high. triple, Warren
Shera, 674. `
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Seaforth Mixed League
Team standings: Petunias, 66;
Sunflowers, 58; Daisies, 51;
Sweet Peas, 51; Daffodils, 47;
Marigolds, • 21.
Ladies' high, single and. tri-
ple, `Betty Smith, 230 and '602;
men's high, single and triple,
Art, Finlayson, 298 and 744.
Ladies' Sport Auxiliary
Team standings: Spark
Plugs, 71; Chevelles, 63; Busy
Bees, 56; Dead -Eye Dicks, 46;
Queenettes, 34; Eager Beavers,
24.
High singles,, Norah Brown
259 and Ina McGrath, 232;,high
triples, Pauline Kennedy, 552;
Mary Mennell, 552, and Norah
Brown, 549.
Curlers
Win o11,
Trips
fiwti
Seaforth rinks were win-
ners at out-of-town bonspiels
held over the weekend.
William CampbelI's rink took
first prize at a bonspiel in Exe-
ter, with Gordon Beuttenmiller,
vice; Fred Elliott, second, and
Robert Doig, lead.
A rink • skipped by William
ftob'erton placed second in a
bonspiel at Leamington. Art
Wright was vice; Garnet Stock'
well, second, and »on t under,
lead
School Paper
The first edition of the school
paper came out last week. As
is planned now, the paper will
be printed every second week.
Its name is "Magnum Opus,"
which, when translated, means
"Masterpiece."
Trip To Free Press
Last Friday, Joan . Hoover,
-Mr. Burgess and myself were
guests of ' the London Free
Press at their third ann-iial Sec-
ondary School Editors' Confer-
ence. This 'included' a tour
through the., newspaper plant
and CFPL -Radio, in their new.
building on York Street, and
two seminars on various sub-.
leets related to,editing 'a year-
book. After the last seminar
was concluded, the annual ban-
quet was held in Hotel London.
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