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The Liberal, 4 Mar 1971, p. 20

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20 THE LIBERAL W 3’11, W, mam, March 21, 1971 Local Coin Club The seventh annual corn :hnw of the Richmond Hill (‘oin (‘lub Hlll be presented March 20 at 7 the Richmond Hill Lions Hall > Centre Street East. Displav competition will include ('anadian coins. for- , eign coins. tokens and medals. . ‘paper money and classes for - those under it: as well as non- ;. members. There \\lll be awards for the best displays ll1 these classes and also a specral award .for the best display In the Shov ' Feature exhibits will be in- ', eluded. Light OLLE BRROUGHES SINCE 1898 26 STORES TO BELIEVE IN rlaccp: lunches and refresh- ments will be available with door prchs given everv hour from 10 am to 10 pm. Several corn auctions and hourse dealers y, will be offering a wide variety I of coins for the collector. For further information con. tact the Richmond Hill Coin Club. PO Box 386. Richmond Hill or phone 984-8334 in the ‘- evenings only. . thoto by Stuart's Studio; IVEiVyMpKEfi-Qiamgs Fan. of (‘ome and see the fabulous bargains to be found during Farishomp Farm. prmarkct, this mammoth storewide Fl’RNITl’RE clearance! was presented with a master a There is exciting merchandise in every department. threeder shield at the recent an- ' nual meeting of the Holstein- ‘FI‘PSIRY‘I .Xssocration of Canada held in Toronto. The herd has been built on the blood of the famous Lonelem Texal Fayne. lOne of the notable females in the herd is Farishome Patsy Somerset. 3 three star brood cow. classrfied excellent. with a. lifetime production total of I46.- 595 pounds. ‘ Rirhva/e Seniors Ta/re To The Snow Firemen of Vaughan and North York arranged a snowmobile outing for Richvale senior citizens February 24 in a field behind the Carrville Road home of '\ aughan Fireman Fred Broom. Arrangements for transportation to the site were made by Frank Purves of Carrville Road. a member of North York Fire Department. _ . n . _ At far left in the picture is Mr. Broom With his passenger. it innte Tonks, and next to him is Vaughan Fireman Barry Smith wth Bob Fuller. Peggie Bailey and Evelyn Cooper share a skiboose loaned by North York Fireman Bert Drury and pulled by Vaughan Fireman Dick Green: field. Gary' Broom. front. right, and his passenger, Mary White, prepare to lead the cavalcade. Tell OI Drugs And Willowdale Shooting Oi Bank Robbers In Antique Shop I Doctor Alleges Threat By Thornhill Market Auctioneer totalled trouble bothering Simper's scia-‘had the gun for a pulpOSP dan-‘no evidence the gun was ever :_ from a wide range of manufacturers whose names you . know and trust. You Can Save Anywhere From 10% To 40% During This Storewide Sale! We've reduced everything in the store. for this gigantic clearance: living rooms. dining rooms. bedrooms. bed- ding. dinettcs. occasional tables and chairs. radio- stereos and TVs! This is our regular brand name merchandise . . . which means a double guarantee on your purchases . . . the manufacturers‘ and ours! USE YOUR CREDIT POWER = imprecise. biit A Thornhill Market Auction- was eer _. a Maple doctor â€"â€" the somewhere around $9.500. Sabo tic nerve. A serous to the public peace â€"‘p01nted_ at any rrcrsgn- orTllln ; jailed owner of a Willowdale said. . The doctor said he complain-‘but hadnt done so. ‘ proxrrnity tfoany hpeipn‘ h c; - antique shop where Metro Pol- The doctor told of Simper be- ed about. the alleged threat to Crown Attorney Hoffman ai-igun~ was tied. fd Salt. “11811 i O 90 d No INTEREST Ch A t 0 ice in August shot two desp- coming quite emotional. saying Metro Police on August Sim-igued that. he had made a good there wasl no evr e{ice ' I . pen a . - ay . arge ccoun .’ i- open erate bank robbers. two of his friends had just been per had left that morning attenough case. Laurence rat in minc an.‘ 159 a regular Budget Account with no MON!“ DOWN being balance on terms of your choice. Or add to your exist- ing account with NO MONEY DOWN and little. or no ' increase in your present payments. oe Exmples of SIorewicle Savings! Save $150.95 Save $45.95 - Save $100.00 linked to-lshot downtown.Simper talked oftl:30 am after “talkedt .ludge Pearse ruled there was Carl Rosen, the man with theldown." ienough evrdence to requrre the beard at the market with whom Sabo said his fear was tliatlaccused to provide an explana- ‘ ‘ they had dealings in silver. He Simper would probably hire a tion or else be convicted. ' .Lawrence.‘ Judge Pearse ‘sardi gave details of the shooting that couple of hoodlums and have me Lawrence took the \vrtnessithe question was whether or hadn‘t been revealed through beaten up." stand and told how he was out not the accused had given an j the press at that time. This “I knew Mr. Simper was car- Christmas shopping at a sportsiexplanation _that could reason- seemed strange Dr. Sabo testâ€"trying a gun all the time and store November 27in Brampton;ably he. believed. _ ified. ithought a gunshot wound was and bought the gun for his son.§ _The .iudge said the explanae Simper shouted he had beenipossible." said Sabo. \ He said he fired the gun at tion might be true, or mlght‘ taken in business before. and‘ Sabo denied Defense Lawyeriwork and saw the flame. and not be true. but he decided it 5 was one that could reasonably ' of the gun for a purpose dang- 5., erous to the public peace. Dismissing the charge against -. These were all gether in testimony in a trial for threatening Thursday of last week in Richmond HilI Prov- incial Court. , Another trial for carrying a dangerous imitation weapon in- volved a 16-year-old Brampton farmer‘s daughter who ihad spent 21% months in hospital because of her use of drugs. The. Maple doctor told of that it wasn‘t going to hap-lGould‘s suggestion that he hadldecided such a gun wasn't for ~ _ ‘ "talking down" the 'I‘hornhill‘pen again. He was told to go to;ordered_ a man off .Gassab Hold-lhis son. I r be belrev ed,k * i it auctioneer who appearedlo be the courts or to see Sabo‘s law-‘ings leited property with a. Lawrence said he went to ITIS; I 9 ,1 under the influence of drugs yer, Sabo said. igun. He admitted having a boarding house for a few mll‘;- F Charleé l\’chlit)iiieK..02. ofC2t4l Reg. and who acted like a sycho ath. ‘utes and then hurried on to ca ll orcc rcscen . m .1 .V.‘ Rem Value I. r A King City drive}; whopnar- ' ' for Marie Macdonald, who lived;Thursday admitted a breathal- _ "- ' Reg- \ alue b.8432“ ‘95 . rowly missed a crash with a p01- on a farm out51de Brampton. yzer test failure December 1. . $099.90 $119.95 $3. . . . Hoffman ice cruiser in Vaughan. pleaded‘ guilty to a breath test charge. A dangerous driving charge was withdrawn by the Crown Attorney. t t r a; Provincial Judge Russell Dr. Sabo testified it was then Pearse started trial of Robert that. Simper talked of having a Simper . 40. of 6200 Bathurst lot of friends. of how Sabo had street. Apartment. 208, Willow- been a friend up to that time.’ dale. an auctioneer at the Farm-land of how he would hate to: ers' Market in Thornhill. lhave Sabo become no longer a NEWS I He said he showed the gun to1 Crown Attorney his landlady and wanted to said McAlpine at 1:12 am Decâ€" show it to the girl and her fam.lember 1 turned out. his lights 2 gun a‘and went through a red light there'at Maple Sideroad and Bathurst‘ fired times. the but Marie of fly. couple lwasn't an opportunity to slio\v"Sti‘eet, almost hitting a police‘ gun. which he described as a .22-calibre carbine. . He said he had a neighbor in the area of the Gassab property who was a dentist. One day he; tSabot had just come back from. .cruiser. The police chased him west it to members of the. family. Lawrence said he was asâ€" tounded to he grabbed by the police and told it was against and I‘CqUil‘ed him 10 Wk? 3. the law to carry an imitationtbreath test. The reading werel Weapon. Except for [he flaine‘llzn and 1.00, the (‘0lll’i wasI on Maple Sideroad. caught him. 7 Famous name' In television! Excep- tional buy in colour portable com- plet, with attractive base. 19" screen. Keyed AGC. Usual warranties. Save $100.00 Mediterranean Bedroom High. wide and handsome three-pos- ition rocker-recliner for snoozing. re- laxing or TVâ€"viewing. Leatherlike vinyl upholstery. Save $100.95 Modern Living Room Splendid Spanish styling marks this handsome bedroom. Wood is Spanish Oak. Suite includes triple dresser with framed mirror, chest. 54/60" headboard. Save $22.95 5-PCE. DINETTE 0n information from Dr. Gab- friend. hunting and t01d the deniiSI lolthe Starting piswl “'35 jUSt likelgogg' . rclfiilzgdog mtg”? than Reg I i ' ~ ' . . . ' V » . ' i _ ‘7 ~ _ ~ r , v . ‘ . v v ricl Sabo of 65 keele Street; “I asked mm 1f the fI-lends.g€t some thlngs off the piop- a Pap gun or \‘atel 1315101, he. Mclzhfilno 1W1; finoe‘d 5231501; Value Reg. Value Reg. Value North. Maple, the police inhe was talking about were like erty. The dentist did so 1m-isald1 i ‘ A . e, . 5 . ‘ $319 9- . .399 9, -9 q, Vaughan have Simper chargedithose who had been shot. He said mediately. testified Sabo. I, MISS MaCdOnald. 16. of RR 3. 30 days In Jail. He was given‘ 1‘ . -) $o . . D 951w”) I with threatening the doctor aslyes‘u testified Saba. . follows: I will go to ‘any means; u] became afraid. I hadn-t '0 EGI m."_ mOne)’. 1-have friendsibeen threatened physically be- Involved In a shooting today." more. I talked him down D“ sabo 5 “"f9 'Gef’l'gef‘al “He might have been under told the court she was talking mime influence of drugs. He never the “"11”: room "3 Simper.s com' before indicated he could be-. mon law wife Beverley durinnge like a Sm“, am." said. the time the alleged threat took Sabo' p 5 p I place in the doctor's study. I Th . . . . e doctor told the court of MFS‘ sabo 581d “15‘ Slmpmtseeing Simper twice after the1 told of how Simper that day wast . ~ ‘ . ~ ‘ ialleged August 24 threat. The disturbed over reports the pol-ynext time “.35 August 28_ Ice had shot two robbers at IliSl Saba said he came home late. Italking to the dentist. the bill by cheque at any timelwas treated for dl‘Ug use .IUS The doctor said he was hold- Brampton. confirmed under: ing the gun with both hands be.:oath much of Lawrence‘s testi- hind his back when he was "1011." .PXCPPt that She didn't l‘e-. member going to a drive-in: Defense Lawyer Gould askedu‘estaurant before the theatre. Saba if he was in a tough finJAnd she wasn‘t too clear aboutl ancial situation at, the. time of some 01' the evidence. t the refusal to pay Simper and‘ Defense ALLOI'TICN Plaxton €X-. the alleged threat. iplained her difficulty in re; Dr. Sabo said no. He said‘membel‘ing. He asked her; he had an authorized overdraft about being hospitalized 2'2 and thought he Could have paidlmonths in Brampton. where she Sabo denied ever telling Sim-‘bt‘fm‘e the alleged Offense. La wrence’s landlady M rs friend‘s Willowdale antique . . . 9 per the company would have: . shop. He drove past the‘flofizzewolrtlfilaguft{‘8 all: ca“f‘itrouble paying. The case con- Phyllis CI‘OCkeI‘ confirmed 1113 shop with Mrs. Simperand their " ' e ‘a " ~V “’ 9" 1eunues March 11. the accused had come home. son. wanting to go in. andi watched the police wiping blood up off the floor. according to' the story told by Mrs. Simperfl Mrs. Saho said. I l‘lrs. Sabo said she and her husband collect antiques and that she had attended Simper‘SI auctions. where she mayf have met Carl Rosen. owner “ft the Wilson Avenue. WillowdaleI shop Monique's Antiques. Buth she said she didn't remember Mr. Rosen. a man with a black found Simper and a friend, Mr.- Porter waiting for him. He took, them into his den. The doctor. said Simper in the den “repeated what I con-. sidered a personal threat. that; he would get his money by any means at. his disposal. Sabo said Simper kept callingi ing on the telephone and then came November 17 to the docâ€" tors‘ office. Simper introduced himself under an assumed name: and the office secretary put hinr lthat day with the pistol and. Rob_ that he talked of giving it tol his son. She said there was iv v s it: Divorced truck driver. 5 '- . 32, f 54 B'etnal . grtivlelmgfdlmepton. ib Riclirlnondialso talk or gemng back at her . . . . .brother-in-law. who in the ast Hill ProvinCial Court Februaryi ‘. . p r was found innocent on a. had frightened people in the y ' .' ~ . i charge of possessing Friday ev- house b" flung a “tam.” limo} _ I ‘ behind them as a practical Joke. ening Nmember 27 at the 400 Cream qmm f 80 P“ ‘ c Drive-in Theatre an imitationqvem; yéramlto iémels“ weapon for a purpose dangerâ€"‘ ' p On‘ 5‘“ ‘9 ous to the public peace. .work " ' - ‘ - The ed with Lawrence and saw I. 30 days to pay. an impaired Conviction on ‘ driving charge . brings an automatic suspension , of driver's license for thrch months if there is no/accidentl McAlpine was also chargedl with dangerous driving. but Crown Attorney Hoffman with! drew this charge. through to the doctor. Simper used very violent language. said heard. Rosen was in the R” h 'c mgg‘fySabo. and repeated the same Hill Court prisoner's . brought to the trial as a Simperlth'eat as on Augug 24' i . . Lawrence that dav with the.. weapon was a starters pistol .. ~ W K said also to be capable of firing lg”: ( er C0““”."ffd La“'9nce" flares. ila 81 9d of giung the gun. Lawrence 9 x plain e d bought the pistol a few hours before at a store in a mall ml 8 to his son and had test fired it.‘{_ :5 appearing then to change his .5 mind about the gift. a} Summing up the case. Law- defense witness from the Donl Jail. There he is serving a sen- tence of one year definite and three years indefinite. on a‘ charge of being an accessory after the fact in the matter of the robbers police shot at his store. Only Dr. Sabo and his wife gave testimony Thursday and the trial was adjourned Ito March 11: Simper is free on $1.000 personal bail without de- posit. having had his bail re- duced from $1.000 cash on Jan- uary 28. Simper chose to be tried in Provincial court. ‘ Crown Attorney Frank Hoffâ€" man said he intended to call only one more witness for the Cross-examined by Simper‘s lawyer Michael Gould. the doc- tor re-affirmed that some of the information about the August 24 antique shop shoot-out that Sim- per gave on the evening of Au- gust 24 at the time of the al- leged threat. was not public knowledge at the time. ‘ Defense Attorney Gould questioned Sabo about his bus- iness activities and interests. Dr. Sabo admitted heading three limited companies. but denied he was primarily a bus- inessman. He denied person- ally dning business directly. Questioned several times about business. Sabo said he would only reveal information about Bram ton. He said he tanned; . . g ‘ ’ to giiIe the gun to hisp eight-‘lifplixfl_flgflffl.Hui"? “as year-old son if it proved to be. suitable. He said he fired the gun 20 .v. or 30 times at work and at a farm to try it out. He said he ,- had pretty well decided the gun - wasn't suitable as a gift to his , small son. since a two-inch flame came out when a blank shell was fired. Sergeant .lames Nugent of Vaughan Police told of being ‘ called by a theatre attendant at ‘j~ 8:54 pm to a l968 Firebird car a 14 cu ft. trunk o with a man and woman in the ' 0 1-500 cc 009an 0 disc braxes front seat. I . MOMS He went up the left side of o radial plv tires {1- the car and Constable Cord" . “ - BEST DELâ€"LEV ESQUE DEAL PLYMOUT A at ‘5 Lsutrous dark finish in a big, beauti- ful bedroom styled in the Mediterran- ean manner. Triple dresser. mirror. chest. 54/60" headboard. Distinctive and impressive. Save $130.00 Westinghouse Colour TV Reg. Value 5 $729.95 Contemporary cabinet houses 25" colour console. with Spectracolor pic- ture tube. Usual warranties. Memory Fine Tuning. Instant-on. Noise and static eliminator. Save $10.95 3-PCE. DINETTE Reg. Value $59.95 Delightful little dinette just right for breakfast for two! 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This will likely be his mml‘am“ if “"dcred m do Thornhill lawyer Dave Fraser of S” b" 'Il'd“ PM”? Tl“ judge 3116A Yonge Street_ Dr_ Sabo-S declined to make this request. counsel. Sabo admitted hem: on the Dr. Sabo took the witness Payroll of a major public cor- stand first. He told of becominz uoration. To clarify this later. the car. / Sergeant Nugent yanked open .“' ’ s the driver's door and when the dome light came on he saw the handle of a pistol sticking out of the driver's shirt pocket. ‘ Save $10.95 Contemporary Living Room Save $30.95 7-PCE. DINETTE Save $99.9 MODERN DINING ROOM. acquainted mm auctioneer he said he was a medical doctor. He reached in and took the " Simper during the fall and \vin- In Ill? employ Of American gun. later finding a package of Reg, Va|ue Rear Value Reg. Value ter of 1969 at the Farmers \lmors. but had only medical‘blank shells in the glove com-I Qo' - S a. ' S ‘1 T8 9' Market. 'dutfes and no executive position ‘partment of the car He said ‘ FD IE‘.ESQL.E.q PRICF ""393" 3119'93 "31 " 0 Dr Salvo said he was chief The Saho firm mentioned all the chambers in the cl'lin- ‘. ‘ v v ‘ V ‘ . » Time for a change of scene in vnur Familv size grouping in lustrous (‘arefully crafted by Kilanur. this executive of a holding company most often was Gassah Holdings der of the pistol were full I “ ILL MAle 30L HAPI“ home? Here i: a contemporary bronze-toned metal Table has \t‘al- handsome dining room grouping is that had some dealings “Illl Littlltc‘d. the firm that bad deal« Constable Mason said he took _ , - . ‘ classic at an impressive-saving. Sofia nut Arborite top that is mar-proof. for the modern-minded? Includes Simper: The accused had under. mgs with Simper. three Spem L'al‘tridilPF Out Of " A ' ' - and matching chair are roomyxattrac- (‘hairs are vinvl«cushioned for rom- buffet. hutch. table and four side. taken to perform some roadi The doctor said he had done the gun. The pistol “as incap- '_ f tive. colourful. fort. ‘ Chairs~ SIPP'K and ‘Oltltlsuffilt’d. Work at a property in Ganonoue isome medical favors for Simper able of discharging any kind of V The work wasn't completed as‘during social visits. including it was supposed to be in Aug- 1be writing of a prescription. List of 1970. Simper produced a‘but said Simper was never a bill which was partially paid. Helpatienl came with his wife to the doc-‘ Sabo admitted being anare tor's home seeking further pay-lSimper has plates and“ mus in merit. but. he was told he wasihoth le:s and one arm He said it) get no more money. The blilIhF didnt know of an,v back,Cro“n I» Q pellets. This concluded the police ev- dence and at this point Defense Attorney Donald Plaxton of ‘Richmond Hill mmed for dis- ‘ . I ‘missal of the charge for lack of ‘2.» *â€" -»4 a - evidence He argued that. the must prove Lawrence _. w._.__,_~.‘.__ Pynrol rujn'rnds I it hi all. I‘x __# Richmond Heights Centre YOLLE Tel.: 884-8l94 SHOP TIL 9 THURS. 3r FRI.

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