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“Get 3 Years For Assault,” North Bay Nugget. March 24, 1942. Page 1. ---- Sentences of three years each in Portsmouth Penitentiary were handed out by Magistrate J. H. McCurry late this afternoon to Arthur Lacroix, Roland Paquin, and Wilfred Legouffe, youthful army trio, for assaulting 70-year-old Joseph Fasciano, 202 Third avenue west, on the evening of March 12 and robbing him of $70. 

Arthur Lacroix, Minnow Lake, and Roland Paquin, Three Rivers, both of whom are only 20 years of age, were members of the Sault Ste. Marie-Sudbury Regiment. The third member of the trio, 21-year-old Wilfred Legouffe, of Halifax, was also serving in His Majesty’s forces. 

In sentencing the three youths, the magistrate referred to their crime aa “one of the moat brutal acts I’ve come across” and added that the fact that they were “disguised in a uniform” only magnified their guilt. 

All three elected summary trial before the magistrate and entered guilty pleas. They acknowledged signed statements concerning the offence which were submitted as evidence and agreed that they had signed same voluntarily. 

Dr. C. H. McGowan, physician attending Fasciano, told the court that although the aged victim of the brutal attack was slightly Improved today, he was still mentally confused and there was a prospect that at his age he might not completely recover.

[AL: All three men had no previous criminal records at all. Lacroix was convict #6903 at Kingston Penitentiary, and worked in the Shoe Shop before being transferred to the low-security Collins Bay Penitentiary June 1942. He was paroled from there in early 1944. Paquin was convict #6904, worked in the print shop, and refused a transfer - he was released from KP in August 1944. Legouffe worked in the tailor shop, was convict #6905, and was also transferred to CBP in June 1942. He was released May 1944.]

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Interesting Snippets of Forgotten Ontarian History

I’m an absolute NERD when it comes to archives and historical documentation preservation and so basically, I spend a lot of my time going through archival resources. Here are some neat ones (in my opinion) I found from my home province of Ontario, Canada: 

Am I A  Boy Or A Girl- 1975

“This photograph shows Liette Primeau at the Wellington County Separate School public speaking contest. Primeau's speech challenged the audience to guess whether she was a little boy or little girl.” - Guelph Mercury Fonds

Flag Ceremony- 1942

“Each night at dusk, the Falconbridge detachment of the Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment (Reserve) performed a flag ceremony to promote the Third Victory Loan near the cenotaph in Falconbridge, Ontario. The ceremony served as a tribute to those residents of Falconbridge who joined the armed forces and as a means to recognize the community's support.”- The Sudbury Star

90,000 Books But No Nancy Drew- 1975

“This photograph shows Patricia Watkins, a saleswoman at the Guelph Campus Co-Op Bookstore, showing some young readers copies of Hardy Boys books. The article accompanying the photograph discusses one anonymous man's protest to persuade the Guelph Public Library to carry the popular children's series, as well as the Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew series. “- Guelph Mercury Fonds 

A Mean Swing- 1980

“This photograph shows Paul Johnstone competing in a woodcutting competition at the University of Guelph.“- Guelph Mercury Fonds

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Final Buzzer Week One Recap Sept 21st-24th, 2017-18

Opening week would start with loads of fireworks early on in 2017/18, as Thursday, September 21st would see 24 tallies spread across 3 separate season opening matches.

Kicking off 2017-18 would be none other than defending Ontario Hockey League champions Erie Otters, the Otters would waste no time defending their league crown early into 2017-18 season, as a pair of tallies from Christian Girhiny would allow the Otters to continue their stream of success with a (5-2) win over the Peterborough Petes.

Zach Gallant would get game one's opening tally to put the Petes on top early on before the Otters offensive on-slot would take over.

The Otters would then show why the Ontario Hockey League defending champions would be such, as tallies from Ivan Lodnia, Taylor Raddysh and a pair by Christian Girhiny would prove to be too much for the Petes. Troy Timpano would assist by shutting the door on the Petes early on before Peterborough would make a stand when Logan DeNoble would add the Petes final tally.

 While the Otters and Petes were reacquainted early, the defending Memorial Cup champions would make quick work early on into 2017-18, as the Spitfires would take opening night with a (3-1) win over divisional rivals Saginaw Spirit.

The Spirit would soar early on when Marcus Crawford would tally the Spirit's only marker before the Spitfires would shoot down the Spirit with goals by Luke Boka, and Luke Kutkevicius would power the Spitfires early on before Jake Smith would shutdown the Spirit. Micheal DiPietro would stand tall in the victory for Spitfires.

 2017 may not have finished picture perfect for the Barrie Colts, but 2018 would be a blank page for the future of this central division club. The Colts would not have to wait to see their club's big piece to the future play a part as the younger brother of former first rounder Nick Suzuki (Owen Sound), Ryan would live up to expectations early on in the second frame.

While Suzuki would live up to opening night expectations veteran forwards Lucas Chiodo and Andrei Svechnikov would saddle up the Colts to sprinting to the finish and power the Colts to a (11-2) final.

 Opening week would not have to wait long for extra points to be added to the standings.

As the Kingston Frontenacs would use extra time over the 2017 Ontario Hockey League champions (Erie Otters). As a pair of goals by Owen Hendricks would force the Frontenacs and Otters in fighting for the extra point.

As pair of goals by (Dallas Stars prospect) Jason Robertson would be enough to see the hometown "K" take opening night (3-2 overtime final).

The North Bay Battalion may not have had a great 2017 campaign but 2018 would start differently for the northern regiment, as the former (Guelph Storm) Luke Burghardt would prove useful for the Battalion early on into 2017/18. As Burghardt would tally a pair for the Troops, Julian Sime prove that the last line of defense can shut the door, as the sophomore tender would turn away a total of 22 chances on opening night.

Giving the North Bay Battalion their first win of 2017/18 with a (5-2 Battalion win).

 The Ottawa 67's wouldn't waste any time getting back on the horse after getting dismantled by conference foes (Barrie Colts) the night before, the 67's would jump right back on the ice for a spirited tilt against another Central division club Mississauaga Steelheads.

The 67's would start their second match behind the ball early on as Ryan MacLeod and former Guelph Storm Albert Michnac would step up for the Steelheads early in their first match of 2017/18.

The 67's would waste no time, as Sasha Chemelevski would go to work with a goal and a helper would help power the 67's over the Steelheads, with a (4-2 final).

 Other finalized results from Friday would see the Sudbury Wolves edge the Oshawa Generals with a final tally of (8-2) in favour of the Wolves, while the Sarnia Sting would hang on in extra time to get the second point over the Guelph Storm in a (4-3 shootout final).

Closing out Friday's tilts would see the Flint Firebirds take game one opening weekend with a (5-2) final over the Kitchener Rangers, while the defending Memorial Cup champions edged conference opponents London Knights.

 Saturday September 23rd would prove to be an interesting one, as the goals would be rung-up quickly in the early on into the 2017/18 season.

 Saturday evening would start off quickly as the Niagara Ice Dogs would  make quick work of their familiar foe Hamilton Bulldogs as tallies from Oliver Castleman and Johnny Corneil would set the stage for a Ice Dogs (4-1) victory on the road against the host Bulldogs.

While the two canine foes reunited in Steel City (Hamilton, Ontario), the Frontenacs from Kingston, Ontario would make quick work of the Steelheads (Mississauga) in the limestone city  with a (5-2) final.

Saturday night would conclude when the London Knights fresh off a season opening loss would spring-board to an even (1-1) record with a win on the south side of the border as they would make a quick work of the host Spirit (Saginaw, Michigan) with a (3-2) final at the Dow Event Center.

The Kitchener Rangers would not waste any time Saturday night after being edged by the visiting Flint Firebirds on Friday evening in the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The  Rangers would travel west to Sarnia where Riley Damiani, Cole Cater and Doug Blaisdell would pole-vault the Rangers over the host Sting (3-1).

From there the 2017/18 opening week would shift north as the Sault Ste.Marie Greyhounds would take on the Oshawa Generals, where a hat trick from Serron Noel  would prove to be too much for the hometown Hounds to handle, in a (7-4) win for the Generals. While veteran forward Boris Katchouk would tally half the hound markers on the evening.

 The Owen Sound Attack would have big expectations coming into 2017/18 and opening night would test those, as they would open their season against the Flint Firebirds.

The Firebirds would strike early on as markers from Ethan Keppen and (former London Knight) Nicholas Mattinen would jump on early chances in what would be the Firebirds second tilt into 2017/18 and Owen Sound's first under new bench boss Todd Gill.

While the Firebirds made early chances count the highly touted Owen Sound Attack would utilize chances of their own, as tallies from Jonah Gadjovich and Nick Suzuki would make a game of it in the later stages of the middle frame that would take the two western conference foes to a deadlock into a shootout, before the Firebirds would get timely goals Nicholas Caamano and Maurizio Colella that would prove to be too much for the Attack to handle on opening night. As the Firebirds would take the final (4-3).

Sunday would bring week one to a close as the North Bay Battalion would hang on in the opening week, against the Sudbury Wolves.

Luke Burghardt would bring experience to the Troops and produce a hat trick against the rival Sudbury Wolves on opening week. While Micheal Pezzetta would keep the Wolves and Battalion in a tight-knit battle, the Battalion continue their opening week success with insurance tallies by Brady Lyle and Daniil Vertiy would secure the Battalion lead Luke Burghardt would wrap-up Sunday's divisional match between the Battalion and Wolves.

The final tally would see Battalion take Sunday's match (6-5).

Sunday would also see the defending Memorial Cup champions Windsor Spitfires take on conference opponent Guelph Storm. Experience would prove to prevail as tallies from Aaron Luchuk, Mathew MacDougall, and recent add Luke Kutkevicius would push the Spitfires with a (3-0) lead before Igor Larionov would eliminate any chances of a Storm comeback sealing the game with a (4-0) win Michael DiPietro would stone wall the Storm with a 30 save performance.

 The London Knights would not have an easy opening week, as London would start the opening week with a victory against the western conference opponent Saginaw Spirit (3-2) in overtime. The Knights confidence would be short lived, as they would be dismantled by conference opponent Soo Greyhounds, Sault Ste. Marie would take as veteran forwards Tim Gettinger, Morgan Frost and Barrett Hayton would capitalize early to get the Hounds running ahead early.

Before Hayden Verbeek would put the game out of reach, while the Knights would capitalize with a single tally by Adrian Carbonara to break Matthew Villalta's shutout. The Hounds would close out the weekend with a (5-1) victory over the Knights.

 The Ottawa 67's would not have to wait to rebound after stumbling out of the gate against the Barrie Colts on opening night. The 67's would rebound quickly as Austen Keating would push the 67's over the defending league champions Erie Otters.

As the Otters would capitalize early with a tally from Carson Edwardson, before the Otters would fall short against the 67's with a (6-4) loss when tallies from Sasha Chemelevski, Tye Felhaber, and Graeme Clarke would push the 67's over the Otters. While singles by Kyle Maksimovich, Gera Poddubnyi, and Jordan Sambrook would not have enough to put the Otters over the top in opening week.

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“TWO MEN ARE GIVEN LONG TERMS,” North Bay Nugget. November 11, 1941. Page 5. --- Soldiers Who Assaulted Sturgeon Man Flayed by Magistrate ---- You're not going to be permitted to wear the uniform and carry on the way you men have been carrying on," said Magistrate J. H. McCurry in imposing stiff sentence on Privates Donat Louiseize and Oscar Allard of the Sault Ste. Marie-Sudbury Regiment on Monday afternoon, for assaulting an elderly resident of Sturgeon Falls on November 3 in a hotel beverage room in that town, and obstructing police. 

Louiseize, who boasted a criminal record dating back to 1938, was sentenced to three years in Kingston Penitentiary for his part in the brutal assault of Arthur Dumond of Sturgeon Falls who suffered painful injuries in the mauling he received by the pair when he refused to give them money for beer, and one year on a charge of willfully obstructing police. Tihe sentences are to run concurrently.

Lack of previous convictions resulted in a lighter sentence, of 15 months in the Ontario Reformatory, being handed out to Private Allard who received an additional six months for obstruction. As in the case of the other soldier, his terms will run concurrently. 

Both at Camp Both men had been stationed at CABTC No. 22 Fort Chippewa Barracks here for basic training and had been AWOL at the time the offences were committed.

According to Sturgeon Falls police, the soldiers approached Arthur Dumond and a brother, Hector, in the Windsor Hotel beverage room and asked for money with which to buy beer. Given a dime apiece, they were refused when they made another demand later. 

When their demands were turned down, they were said to have knocked Arthur Dumond down and when he attempted, to rise to have kicked him. The elderly man suffered a dislocated shoulder facial injuries and bruises about the arms and ribs. 

The charges of obstructing a police officer were preferred as a result of the two resisting arrest after police arrived on the scene. 

Brought to North Bay the day following the fracas, the two pleaded guilty to the charges before Magistrate J. H. McCurry and after evidence to substantiate the charges were heard were remanded to Monday for sentence. 

Louiseize's record showed that he was convicted on October 6, this year and given 12 months suspended sentence for obstructing a police officer and that back in July he was given six months suspended sentence for theft. Sentences of 30 days each had been handed out to him in 1939 and 1940 for assault and in 1938 he had been sentenced to seven months with lashes in reformatory for robbery with violence. 

"Even in your juvenile days you were given a chance,” said Magistrate McCurry at Monday's hearing, adding that he “had no compunction" in handing out the stiff penitentiary term. 

"I am making this concurrent, I don't know why. You don't deserve it," he said in imposing the sentence for obstruction. 

"When you donned the uniform of the country, I gave you a chance to re-establish yourself," he stated in referring to previous appearances of Louiseize when sentences were suspended. "You not only assaulted an individual but you assaulted an old man."

Although Crown Attorney E  A. Tilley reminded the court that Allard's record wasn't anything like that of the other accused man, the magistrate in meting out the other stiff sentence pointed out that the assault was just as brutal.

When men donned the uniform, it didn't give them the right to do whet the pair had done, he added. 

The two were no good to the army and just an expense to the government, Lieut. J. F. Moeser, of Fort Chippewa Barracks, who attended the hearing told the court. Their records while in training hadn't been good and they were AWOL when taken into custody by civilian police, he said.