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CORONER'S JURY RULES: 15-Year-Old's Death Caused By Negligance PICHERING (siaff)--A_ vor- oner's Inquest was held in Pick- ering on Tuesday to determine the facts concerning the death of a 15-year-old Fairport Beach girl who died in a car accident on Highway 2 near the White Sideroad on Dec. 9, 1961. After deliberating for 20 min- utes, the Jury. rul that the death of Yvonne Mercier, for- merly of 14 Victory Drive, Fair- Port Beach, was accidental and due to negligence caused by speeding and the influence of alcohol on the part of the driver of the car. Bernard James Latimer, 21, of 22 Lakeview drive, Fairport Beach, driver of the car, and a passenger, Raymond Anstie, 23, of Locust Hill, who were both injured in the accident, gave evidence at Pd inquest before Coroner R. S. Irwin of Oshawa. CAR TURNS OVER Sgt. John Pugh of the Picker- ing Township Police Department stated that he investigated the accident and found the car on its roof in the north ditch of High- way 2, one tenth of a mile west of the White Sideroad inter- section. He said that at the scene he found Latimer in a dazed con- dition with head injuries and Anstie injured with severe facial lacerations. Both were taken'to the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital, he said, where Anstie suddenly remembered that the Mercier girl was at the acci- dent scene somewhere. Sgt. Pugh stated that this was the first inclination he had that there was another person in- volved in the accident. | He said he rushed back to og scene where he and Const. Charles Daniels discovered the body of the girl pinned under) the upturned car. The court|S" learned that the girl died of multiple crushing injuries about 8:15 p.m. BLOOD-SPATTERED In his investigation at the acci- dent scene, Sgt. Pugh said that| he found the inside of the. car} covered with bload. The entire| scene, he said, was strewn with| broken glass which he @eter- mined as 36 beer bottles. He said that half of this amount was still intact and that there was also a pint jug of whiskey in the car. Anstie later admitted ownership of the liq- uor, he said. A blood test conducted on Anstie revealed that his blood contained 1.6 parts per 1000 of alcohol. From marks left by the car on Highway 2, Sgt. Pugh said, the car was travelling east, veered over to the north shoulder, swung back onto the pavement, rolled end-over-end, skidded for 80 feet on its side and jarred to a halt, after travelling 17 feet on its roof. Const. Daniels testified that he was unaware that the girl was pinned under the car until Sgt. Pugh returned from the hospital. He said the car was in such a position in the steep ditch that it was impossible to said that the road surface was: covered in glass that looked like snow in the pictures. Raymond Anstie told the Cor- aner's Jury that on the day in question he was a visitor at Latimer's home and that on two occasions Latimer and the de- ceased, who was described as Latimer's girlfriend, accompan- ied hitn when he purchased two cases of beer and the bottle of whiskey during the afternoon of Dec. 9. DRANK 8 BEERS He said that prior to the acci- dent he drank eight bottles of beer and Latimer had about four. Vigorous questioning by Police chief Reg. Parker 'to this witness revealed that he gave' the girl a "couple of drinks from a bottle" he had. Anstie stated that after they had supper at Latimer's home they went out in the car but that he fell asleep in the back seat before they had gone half a mile. The next thing he re- membered, he stated, was after the accident when someone told him that an ambulance was coming. Latimer told the court that on the day in question he remem- bered going to the beer store the second time but that from then on everything was a total blank in his mind. A witness of the accident, Earl Kirk of Highland Creek, said that Latimer's car overtook his car as he was travelling east on Highway 2, He said that the car was travelling at 65 mph but not erratically. As the car pull- ed into the east-bound lane ahead of him, he said, it went out of control and the accident happened. He stopped his car on the shoulder of the road and im- mediately saw Latimer climbing lout of the window of his upturn- ed vehicle. Mr. Kirk said that Latimer had no shoes on and said "find Bonnie, find Bonnie!" The witness said that he then) 0! wen}, to phone the police. AREA SEARCHED Mrs. Kirk, who was a passen- ger in her husband's car, said that Latimer was dazed and asked her "Where am I?" She continued that Latimer said "Get her out." and that she and her husband searched the area to see if there was another per- son involved in the accident. She said that meanwhile her daughter who was also at the scene, was talking with Latimer when he cried out "Bonnie's here, Bonnie's here!" Mrs. Kirk said her daughter suddenly became hysterical when she realized that by a strange coincidence her cousin) was nicknamed "Bonnie" and| was actually Yvonne Mercier. They searched the area again, she said, and then returned home to check where Bonnie} was, before the police arrived at the scene. In directing the three men and two women on the jury) panel to bring in their verdict,| Coroner Irwin pointed out that the purpose of the inquest was {merely to bring the facts to the|' surface around the death of| Yvonne Mercier, In his address to the jury, | Chief Parker said that his de- partment had made an intensive investigation of the fatal acci- dent but that the evidence be- fore them would not sustain any criminal or traffic charge being laid except speeding. The jury reached its accident- jal death due to negligence ver- 'dict in 20 minutes. "Baseball Pictures Given To Council AJAX (Staff) -- Following is business in brief conducted at the first official council meeting for the town ot Ajax in 1962: PRESENT PICTURE Ajax Branch 332, Royal Cana- dian Legion, officially presented the council with a picture of the Ajax Midget "A" Ontario Base- ball Association championship team which was victorious last the wails of the Council Cham- ber along with a team picture of the championship Ajax Lions team, which was also success- ful last season, and also the the ORA championships in 1955. The Midget team is sponsored by the Ajax Legion branch. RECEIVE RESOLUTION A copy of a resolution passed by the Ontario Tourist Courts Association dealing with spot zoning was received and read to council. The resolution stated that the Association was op-| posed to the construction of motels and other tourist con- see if anyone was pinned under the car until it was hoisted clear. He concluded by stating that) he detectec a strong alcoholic| smell on the breath. Sgt. Richard Bodley, who took} injured _men's| &nue veniences on access highways| because they were detrimental! to local business enterprises by depriving them of tourist rev- The Association's letter) |was voted to be turned over to} \the Ajax Planning Board. season. The picture will adorn| Ajax Pee Wee squad which won| support of the brigade's free highway first aid post service. | The letter stated that the re| |were 88 such finst aid posts on! | highways in Ontario which were} lavailable to assist in adminis-| tering first aid free of charge. | The Association indicated in its| letter that any funds received ages, stretchers, blankets and many other first aid essentials. The letter was turned over to the finance committee for fur- ther study. would go towards the costs of| supplying the posts with band-| Council Hires Deputy Clerk For Ajax AJAX (Staff) -- Ajax Council on Monday passed a by - law officially hiring the services of a deputy town clerk to assist town clerk B, C. Falby. Effec- tive Feb. 1 of this year M. Beauchamp, the present clerk of Whitney Township, will as- |sume municipal clerical duties If or Ajax. In speaking to the by-law, Councillor Edward Wetherall, chairman of finance, said that his committee had studied the subject for the past year and had 'been very fortunate in getting Mr. Beauchamp. He said that the new deputy Town Clerk had been clerk of Whitney Township for ten years and was also experienced in assessment, tax collecting and utility services. Mr. Wetherall pointed out that with the increasing work load of Clerk Balton C, Falby, it was necessary to enlist the services of a deputy "He is a very good person to add to our staff" he said "and has satisfied Mr. Falby that he is competent enough to assuume the work load in this} expanding Lown.' Mayor Wiliiam Parish added| that Mr. Beauchamp would be ja valuable assistance to the Town and had a wealth of} municipal experience. "The success of the Town de-| pends on the high qualities of our staff members' he said 'and I am amazed at the great }amount of work that is accom: | | Plished by them." | exclusive fresh-brewed flavour! | Dismissals Gain Court Courtesy BOWMANVILLE (Staff) One might think the bar system (the barrister - solicitor two- 'evel practice found in Europe --mainly in England) had found its way into Bowmanville Mag- istrate's Court Tuesday, judging by the toujours la politesse atti- tude adopted by Crown Attorney Harry Deyman. "It looks as if my friend will have an easy day today," he nvissai on one cnarge (testitying officer not in court) and an ad- journment for another client, Another lawyer, Richard Lovekin, did not have to unpack his valise since he won a dis- missal on the grounds that the written charge was misworded: the written difference between left and right. Mr, Deyman had no time for congratulations since Mr. Love- kin and client had left the court- room. DIFFERENT TYPE Real hares have longer hind quipped to Magistrate R. B. Baxter, after Oshawa lawyer John Greer was granted a dis- legs and longer ears than rab- bits, and are born with eyes open Council Studies For Ajax Centre AJAX (Staff) -- Ajax council on Monday received a_ letter Company requesting permission to erect two more phone booths in the Ajax Shopping Centre. The letter stated that the shopping centre's present phone booths were overloaded and that two more would be adequate to meet the demand. The suggested locations for Phone Additions] = from the Bell Telephone|™ te en ee THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdoy, January 10, 1962 7 poptte 08 on the Beggin Wood Products The request was turned over for the next with a recom: Simpsons establishments, endation. The Town receives a com- mission on the revenue from the present booths. PRECIOUS MOMENTS On the average, the sun is in 'oiai eclipse for about four hours, 50 minutes, in each cen- tury. ' FIGHTING HISTORY Exmouth, at the outlet of the Exe River in Devonshire, Eng- land, furnished 10 ships for the 1ith century siege of Calais. Stopped-up nose Ea: nose pony beg wy lieves mouth breathi Soothes sore, Naar membranes, Cooling Soothing Mentholatum . Ointment FRUIT BASKETS Attractively Made Up For All Occasions FRESH | OYSTERS Bar-B-0 Chickens ooogogoOOuUgbe Witsoe ' Front-to-back and wall-to-wall .. , SPROULE'S 16-02. BOTTLE OF LIQUID JAVEX is a storeful of LOW PRICES! What does this mean to you? 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Hopson, of Elgin) street, Bowmanville, did not} hear his penalty for careless) driving Tuesday in Bowmanville | Magistrate's Court. Why? Because he was not there. Hopson was fined in absentia, $50 or five days in jail by Mag- istrate R. B. Baxter. An Ontario Provincial Police constable testified that in day- light, Nov. 10, a transport load- | ed with steel bars had stopped behind a stopped school bus, when along came an auto driven by the accused, and wham -- into the overlapping steel. "Yes, the load was flagged," said the constable in answer to the Magistrate's question. "But he should have seen it} in broad daylight," added the) officer. | FINE HOLSTEIN OWEN SOUND, Ont. (CP)-- Rosafe Signet, seven - year - old prize-winning Holstein bull, was} sold for $35,000 to a buyer from Jerseyville, Ont. The' price is be- lievec a record, since a $40,000 salc in 1946 was cancelled when the bull died before delivery. | money-saving prices. Drop Sizes 4 to 11. NOW PAIR 14.00 Regular 9. 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