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-- MPM Cy ae ~ THURS., OCTOBER 9th, 1941 THE HAIL y EY B UR IAN Page Five Direct Entries to N.0.H.A. Instead of Group System Senior "A" and Junior "B" Series Likely to Be Liveliest in North This Season Delegates to the annual meet- ing of the N.O.HLA., held in Hail-, eybury last Saturday. decided to require every team to make di- rect entries to the Association rather than through groups, giv> ing every club voting powers at annual gatherings, rather than having one voting delegate for the whole group of teams, Allan Fish, secretary of the Porcupine and District Junior "B" group, was the lone opponent of the new proposal He believed Junior "B" groups were an asset to the Asso- ciation. The outlook for Junior "B" clubs provided much of the dis- cussion at the meeting, and 'the upshot of the deliberations on this phase of the proceedings was a reduction in fees for this class of hockey to five dollars, where pre- viously it had been ten. Under a recommendation of the executive which met prior to the general session, the fee was to have been kept at the higher figure, but M. B. Auger. vice-president, took the delegates he favored cutting it in half, and this suggestion was adopted when a resolution--which also kept senior fees at $30, re duced intermediates to $10 from $30 and raised Junior "A" to $20 from $10--to this effect, carried. The Junior "B" champions of the N.O.H.A. may get a crack at the O.H.A. winners of the same class, although this is a matter to be worked out later between representatives of the two gov- erning bodies. President Ross Clemens of the O.H.A. said the Junior B. series had proved very popular with his organization, and wound up with a round-robin series to determine the winners and he thought that any proposal to curtail this would bring some disapproval from the clubs there. Charlie Taylor of Falconbridge said it seemed likely more Junior "B" hockey would be played in, the N.O.H.A. next winter than of any other class, and teams and players would look forward to meeting the O.H.A. champions iu play-offs. All officers of the association, as noted last week, were re- elected by acclamation, the va- cancy on the executive commit- tee being filed by Jimmy Aspin of Kirkland Lake, when his coi- league from that camp, C. C. (Doc.) Ames withdrew. The business session of th Association was followed by a banquet, at which addresses were delivered by George Dudley, pres- ident of the C.A.H.A., Ross Clem- ens, president of the O.H.A., Dr Nash president of the N.O.HA. Life Member W. A. Thompsoy and others. The amendment proposed to the terms of affiliation with the O.H.A. by which some of the play-off games are to be played on Northern ice, was carried. Dr. Nash said that when the original terms were adopted, there was no artificial ice in N.O.H.A. territory and no change had been made in them in succeeding years, though there were now four artificial ice surfaces available. : s The amendment regarding in- vestigation of a team's standing was carried. It arose out of the action of the sub-committee last winter, which demoted the Soo Junior team from "A" to "B" status. W. H. Becking of Soo. said his club did not quarrel with the decision, admitting good judgment had been shown, and that the Soo team was not of Ju- nior "A" calibre, but did object 1o the "abruptness" with which the action (by telegram) was taken. Reviewing last year's activities Dr. Nash told the meeting it had been a successful season. He was very proud of the senior hockey group in the Porcupine district. lt had profited by the mistakes made in Sudbury and Kirkland Lake, and had not concentrated on an Allan Cup team, but had gone in for competititve hockey. The other policy, the president said, had killed hockey in the two inining camps. Dr. Nash favored having the president of the O.H. A. on the N.O.H.A. executive and, commenting on the fact that there "are about twelve or thir- teen voting delegates here when said control of hockey had shift- ed out of the hands of the N.O.H. A. executive into those of groups. Each club should be a member of the N.O.H.A., he said. The Association holds $3,000 in government bonds and has a bank balance of $812.25, secretary- treasurer Sutherland said. Aged Bucke Township Resident Found Guilty of Manslaughter (Continuea from Page 1) prior to her death. W. H. Rice, who resides on the West Road told the court he had seen the ac- cused at about 5.30 a.m. on Sat- urday, May 3lst, on his way to- wards Haileybury on foot, but had not talked to him at the time. H. E. Blackwall, bailiff for the district, testified that he had served two noticesto Harry Van Tent, father of the victims, one about May 20th and the other a few days later. The first was an order to vacate the house and the second a summons to appear be- fore the district judge in cham- bers to explain why the order had not been complied with. Ques- tioned by Mr. Inch, the witness said the action for eviction had been a suit by Arthur Dorvilliers and was againest Harry Van Tent only. not against the child- ren. He had seen the accused on one of his visits, but had not dis- cussed the affair with him. Mr. Inch put the following question to the witness: "Do you remem- ;ber the old man saying he didn't give a damn 4vhether Arthur gets \them off or not?" Mr. Blackwall l1eplied " No.' This concluded jthe proceedings on Monday and the jury was placed in charge of two special constables, after re- ceiving a warningfrom Mr. Jus- tice Makins that they must not discuss the case during the ad- journment. First witness when the court resumed on Tuesday,morning was Albert Caron, who had also been jat the Van Tent home during the Friday evening. He described for Mr. Dean the layout of the house, stating that on the upper floor where the three girls slept, the windows were only about eight inches wide and two feet long. too small, he said, for anyone to crawl through. The boy had slept 'on the ground floor. One door of the house had been nailed up and only one was in use, the witness said. He said he and his brother had stayed about an hour in the Dorvilliers shack, where the ac- cused had sung a song for them. The Van Tent house had been built about five years ago and had been occupied by Dorvilliers until about a year ago, when he had moved to the shack. He had been on good terms with the children, |Caron said, had sometimes brought them candy and they had done his washing and mending. Provincial Constable Arthur Souliere, the next witness, said jhe had been called by Norman |McGowan at about 5.45 on the {morning of May 31st and told of |the fire. When he got there the house was down and the Caron \boys and McGowan were throw- jing water on the fire from pails. |He could see the outlines of three bodies in the embers; Dorvilliers was not there and his shack was locked. Later, on the officer's re- turn to Haileybury, he had met the accused, whom he did not previously know, but he told him his name and where he lived, ask- ing "Why?" Has something hap- pened out there?" He then said he had left home at around 10.30 the previous night and had spent Rugby Schedule Oct. 10--Cobatl at Haileybury Oct. 17--N Liskeard at Cobalt Oct. 24--Haileybury at Liskeard. CANADIAN PACIFIC Bargain Fares TO Ottawa, _ Montreal, Pembroke, Renfrew, Arnprior, and Quebec City and Return --GOING-- Thurs. October 23, 1941 For information as to rates, train ser- vices, limits, etc, Apply to Ticket Agents, T. & N. O. Ry. and Nip. Cent. Ry. a there should be forty or fifty," the intervening time on the way to Haileybury and in walking about waiting for the post office to open that he might get his mail. He had slept a little in the open, he said. "Why take me? I didn't set the fire' You've got the wrong man," the witness quoted Dorvilliers as saying. Later Constable Souliere said he searched the shack and founda small cardboard box partly filled with oily rags, which was pro- duced in court. The witness told of having again questioned the accused and of securing a state- ment from him on June 5th, after he had been warned in both Eng- lish and French by the witness and Inspector P. T. Harding of the Fire Marshal's office, that anything he said might be used against him later in evidence. He was sure the accused thoroughly understood the warning. The statement had been given in the shack, after Dorvilliers had clear- ed the table and made places for the interviewers, Constable Sou- liere said. The reason he wanted to tell the truth, the accused seid, was that Van Tent had been noti- fied to leave the house two years ago, and again recently, but had paid no attention. He then re- lated how he had spent the night in the shack, arising early on Saturday morning and preparing to come to Haileybury. He had lit his pipe as he passed the Van Tent home and had then touched the same match to a piece of tar- paper protruding between the cuter boards of the wall and continued on his way. The fire aid not start quickly, he said, but when he looked back from the top of the hill on the road, it was "burning quite a bit,' and he was frightened. He was sorry about the children, he said in the state- ment, as he had always liked them, and later he found that he could neither eat nor sleep and decided to tell the truth. A fur- ther statement had been made to Inspector S. Oliver later in the day, and Constable Souliere said, after a similar warning had been given and each statement had been signed by Dorvilliers with "his mark." S. Graham, the next witness stated he had seen the accused in the police car on June 5th when Inspector Harding had requested] that he tell him the story. 'To Mr. Graham, Dorvilliers had re- peated that he had set fire to the house "at the southeast corner," and that he "did not wish to harm the children," but wanted to burn the house. Witness had known the accused for some 20 years. he said, and supplied him regu- larly with his provisions. The accused himself was called to the stand by Mr. Inch and told asimilar story to that contained in the statements given the off- cers last June. He had started early to come to Haileybury to get his pension cheque, due that day, and for provisions. He gave = a -- his age as 77, said he 'could nei-| seen any of them at night. They|Mr. Inch made a statement to the ther read nor write, but told his! effect that shortly before the fatal story of the fatal fire quite read-|a time, he said, but he acknow-/fire an arrangement had been ily. made between Van Tent and Ar- He had had no intention oblWdedged he did not try to find out aos burning the house whe nhe leftlif they were home when he set|/{#ur Dorvilliers, whereby the his own shack, he said, but offersiine fire. Arthur (the son) had family would be permitted to re- ed no explanation of the impulse|tried to get the family off theé/™ain in the house until January, which had made him apply the| farm, he said, but he was friend- 1942, The accused had not been match after lighting his pipe. He/ly with the children. He just | mformed of this, Mr. Inch said, said the property belonged to|wanted to burn the house, not to! S° far as he knew. is son and that he was trying to|harm them, he said. 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