Ct Veterans of Intelligencer Mewsioom Recall Highlights Over Past 40 T*Uic. «,*vAb' i.rrnfAo finii--wpll I ^^This week writes finis--well almost finis -- to the news- paper careers of two Intelli- gencer editorial staff mem- bers who between them have a total of well over three-quart- ers of a century service to their credit -- all with the same newspaper. Tomorrow, city editor Claude D. Tice steps down from the desk job which he has held for 36 years, while George Carver is re- tiring as sports editor, Mr. Tice will continue on as an editorial staff member in a less arduous role than the 6 a.m. to noon stint to which he has been accustomed. But for Mr. Carver, the break will be a bit more com- Years his back when the concussion blast tore out the window and slammed him against the wall. His eyesight was saved by the fact he had momentarily During his tenure of dul covering county fairs, Mr. Ca f &r at Shannonville "Worlds was once inducted as a member of the Mohawk Indian ™9 J°ined The Intelligen- fange Lodge -- because he1was wearing the samp On another occasion he was •M'staken for a much wanted plete. He is sport editor bowing out as after 32 years turned from the window. Later doctors picked dozens of pieces of shattered glass from his back. After World War I, he got his initiation as a cub report- ̂ P ?,5 ̂ m er with the Halifax Herald. fa °£P cruiser ™th two c^' Later he worked for the Pic- I ton Gazette and came to The I The car w^s spearheading Intelligencer--in June 1936. f Shrine caravan for crippled A native of Old London, but 'y^ngsters going to a Toronto calling Wellington, Out. as his Circus and drew the attention home town", Mr. Carver did of thousands as it was escort- general reporting for some ed motorcycle p o l i c e years before joining the sports thf ou^h downtown Toronto. staff under the late Kenneth Highlights of his career as Colling. sports editor include coverage As a reporter on general of world championship boxing news assignment in 1936 hi events< the w o r l d series, covered one of the most bit Harms worth races at Picton, terly fought Ontario bye-elec and world championship ama- tions in East Hastings whicrleur hockey games in Prague saw Conservative Dr. Harolc™lth the 1959 Belleville Mc- Welsh of Roslin defeat Libera *|ri«jnds. Dr. H. E. Boyce of Deser For his interest in sporting ** * ™ SP°rts ln this K h€ W*S °ffered ^ mth the news"-- as sports writer and [general reporter covering the police beat, writing obitu- jes, covering fires, and the other news events. In fact, his duties as general "Porter meant j u s t that! They -extended even to the so- cud des ; and Mr . Tice admits he attended weddings and cov- ered afternoon teas. onto< It 'was during this bye-elec- tion that the Tory premier of the day coined the phrase "as East Hastings goes, so goes vn Bay of (^uinte Country Ontario." Other general reporting" highlights of Mr. Carver's car-' eer were the Thain murder in j I},awdon township and the ! Mary Bell poison murder trial 80,000 • news- with The Intelligencer, but af- ter a brief holiday he will con- tinue to write a column for the sports department. Mr. Tice is the oldest Can- adian press correspondent on the Ontario circuit -- he has been at the job continuously for three and a half decades. Intelligencer. Between them, Mr. Tice and Mr. Carver can recall a raft of newspaper experiences ranging all the way from re- porting murders to "cover- ing" women's teas and doing box scores for championship - T, ^, sporting events. ™e Thain murder trial ,c- suited m a conviction with Mr, Mr. Carver was in the Hall- j^ain dying on the Uows for fax military hospital, j u s t ,he gunshot slaying of a Raw- back from overseas, when in <fon township man and his December, 1917, a munitions wjfe pO|r ship blew up in the harbor. ^ Be], ̂ falling more than 1,600 people jhe ch Qf * and levelling a large section nusband of the Maritimes seacoast city. More than a mile away from the harbor blast, Mr, Carver r e c a l l s feeling a trpmor throughout the building. He walked to the window to in- vestigate and had just turned iivities, ne nas been honor- with memberships f r o m Belleville Shrine Club, Bay of Quinte Yacht Club> and local curling and ten- which saw more than words written for his paper -- all in longhand. "covering" the Thain murder, copy for the Canadian . Earlier in the mid-thir- .murder ln Belleville. e was instrumental in the lotion of minor sports in city and was the origina- of the first city darts ue. [ring the 1950s he travel- thousands of miles with City's senior hockey clubs they played scheduled les throughout Central and fern Ontario. ring World War II he time out from his news- duties to again serve intry. 1942 he w a s appointed id in command of the 34th ry in Belleville and later the permanent force the rank of captain and named adjutant of t h e Field Regiment RCA at noque and Petawawa. Tice also saw army ser- in World War I and after under his 'C.D.T." byline, Mr. Tice tra- elled with the old Belleville Grand Trunks and Nationals senior baseball team which more than once went to the provincial finals. He also recalls the thrilling I hockey games of the early! 1920s played in the old Turn/ bull Street arena. In 1932 Mr. Tice was named city editor, the position which after 36 years he is now re- linquishing. In addition to his role as city editor, Mr. Tice was city hall reporter for many years, covering council and o t h e r municipal events. Then, be- coming more closely associat- d with municipal affairs he was elected as member of city council and served as alder- man and chairman of t h e irena committee for a full de- ade. Throughout the years he has •etained an interest in sports nd has continuously covered )cal curling and lawn bowi- ng events. What was his biggest 'scoop* uring his long newspaper areer? It was the death of the late