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Norshore Sentinel Keeping Watch on the Great North Shore VOLUME 1, NO 20 NORSHORE SENTINEL NIPIGON, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1961 NOT OVER 10c DON'T MISS Page Editorial ...4 C of C message ...5 Comics ...6 Sports ...8- 9 Entertainment ...2 Classified ...11 YOUTH SLAIN; CHARGE IS LAID SCENE OF NEW YEAR'S DAY MURDER Ron Lavallee, 20 of Red Rock Improvement District has been charged with the murder of prominent Nipigon-Red Rock athlete Gary LeSarge after an early morning shooting New Year’s Day. The shooting took place at the Lavallee home two miles West of the Red Rock Road turnoff on highway 17. The well known hockey, baseball player was believed to have died instantly when a .32 calibre bullet struck him in the chest and passed through his body. The victim, his twin brother, Larry and Dalton Johnson, also of Nipigon, had gone to the Lavallee home with the accused Sunday morning. Larry and Dalton were witnesses to the shooting. After the shot was fired Lavallee phoned Red Rock chief H.M. Hartley and Father Carey of Red Rock who administered last rites. Cochrane Ambulance of Nipigon was summoned and arrived on the scene shortly after. However LeSarge was dead by this time. Dr. G. Sittlinger of Red Rock pronounced him dead at 6:30 a.m. Lavallee gave himself up to OPP Constable Dean Jones, the first person on the scene. He was turned over to Chief Hartley and then brought before W.L. Wade, Nipigon Justice of the Peace when a formal charge of murder was laid Sunday afternoon. The accused will appear in Thunder Bay District Court at Port Arthur on Monday. He is presently lodged in Thunder Bay District jail. Dr. A.E. Allin performed the autopsy Sunday morning and the body was released to Cochrane Funeral Home, Nipigon to be forwarded to the youth’s home. Funeral services were held Wednesday. LeSarge was born in Providence Bay, Ont. on Manitoulin Island. He and his brother Larry came to Nipigon four years ago and have resided at the home of G. Rhodes on Newton St. for almost the full time. Gary, the catcher, and Larry, the pitcher, have made up Red Rock’s ace battery in the Lakehead Senior Baseball league for the past few seasons while both played on the Red Rock ’hockey team. Gary is survived by his brother, a sister, Joan Marie and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph LeSarge. NORSHORE NOTES ALEX FRASER WINS DECORATION CONTEST Alex Fraser, McKirdy St., has been announced as the winner of the annual Nipigon Chamber of Commerce house decorating contest for Christmas. Second prize winner was Jerry Rhodes, Newton street, while third place went to Earl Young, McKirdy Street. Winner of the snowman contest was Linda Held whose parents live near the junction of highway 17 and the Nipigon cutoff. Second place went to Dr. C. Wells children. There was no third place winner. A check of the records of Nipigon’s town council shows that Mrs. Betty Jeffrey, elected last month by acclamation, is the first woman ever to serve on Nipigon council. Mrs. Jeffrey was elected when she was the only person to qualify for one of the two vacant seats on council. A second nomination meeting will be held Monday night to nominate a second councillor and town reeve. Former Red Rock Royal Dick Carpenter was sent down to Sudbury Wolves of the Eastern Professional Hockey league by Hershey Bears of the American Hockey league Wednesday. Prompt action by Nipigon volunteer Firemen averted what could have been a major disaster for Nipigon on Dec. 20 when fire broke out in the Nipigon Plywood Co. Ltd. plant. Estimated damage to the contents of the plant was $1,700. There was no damage to the building. All four teams see action in the North Shore Hockey league this weekend with Terrace Bay hosting Red Rock Sunday and Marathon travelling to Nipigon for games Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Game time Saturday in Nipigon is 8 p.m. Game time Sunday is 2 p.m. Red Rock won the Stork Derby this year at Nipigon Memorial hospital when two Red Rock babies were born on Jan. 2, the first births of the New Year in the area. Mrs. V.J. Orzech’s baby girl arrived at 11:13 a.m. Monday with a second Red Rock birth, to Mr. and Mrs. Art Dunville, arriving that evening at 11:45 p.m. INJURED IN ACCIDENT, GIVEN XMAS 'PRESENT' The story started in October near Dorion. Three Nipigon men were driving to the Lakehead when they crashed into another car coming out, of the Dorion Hotel. Most seriously injured was Ken Wick, an Ontario Hydro employee, who was rushed to hospital with brain injuries, a fractured collarbone and severe bruises to most of his body. He was on the critical list for many days before finally showing signs of recovery. He was hospitalized from Oct. 25 until Dec. 7. The story reached a happy ending just before Christmas. Hydro employees from all across Canada helped collect for a fund that reached well over $300...a perfect Christmas present. The money came from as far away as Niagara Falls. Red Rock mill, where Ken worked two years ago before becoming a forestry learner, also helped in the fund. Karl Kramer, forestry foreman from Nipigon and Walt Legacy, of Red Rock Mill, made the presentations just before Christmas. NOMINATION DAY NEAR Nipigon will try again to find qualified persons to run for the position of Township reeve and councillor Monday night in the town’s second Nomination Meeting. The first meeting saw just one . person, Mrs. Betty Jeffrey, qualify for one of the two open seats on council and no one stand for reeve. Three school board candidates won their seats by acclamation while the present Reeve, George O’Neill, was named to the Hydro Board, also by acclamation. Mr. O’Neill, however, must by law, remain as reeve until such time as a new chief magistrate is elected. Since the dismal turnout of 25 persons at the first nomination meeting, the general interest in Nipigon has been higher and it is expected that a much better turnout will be seen Monday. At least three citizens have openly campaigned for support while many others have shown interest. The meeting starts at 8 pm and all citizens are urged to attend.