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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-11-16, Page 3 (2)• Shaw suggests it's censorship of censorship story es -Advocate, November 16, 1978 Page 3 Blasts Maclean's for killing story Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw this week charged Maclean's magazine with a form of censorship in their decision to drop an . article about book banning from their issue sold in 'Huron County. "The tremendous irony is -that an article on censorship is censored for Huron Coun- ty readers," he noted at a hastily called press con- _ ference on Tuesday. Shaw explained that the article on book banning appeared in the October 2 issue circulated in the Toronto area. It referred to. the fact that •tie Huron County. board of education had banned The. Diviners and also quoted a couple of local residents, SHDHS teach Colin Lowndes and grade 13 student Sandra McLeod. "Why were we deprived of that article?"' the Mayor estioned, adding that he re ented:the fact the story. had ,been deleted from issues circulated in Huron. He indicated he had. been informed that Maclean's ran the article only in a special Toronto advertising section of the magazine, but said he didn't feel that was a valid argument for their action. "It appears we're being sheltered or protected." he said. suggesting the article may have been considered "too hot for Huron County" where the book banning question is still a matter of public interest and concern. Shaw, who retires as mayor at the, end of this month. said: the 'issUe-is of national importance and Maclean's failed to live by to their .billing as a national magazine through their ac- tion. "As an educator I feel fin - stilted. I feel angry just as a resident of te county and as a politician rm suspicious." The Seaforth high school - principal went on to say there- may be several .possi- ble feasons why Huron readers were "spared" but said people -should feel offended by being left out." 'Regardless. f how valid the arguments for excluding the article, I think it showed poor .judgement on someone's part ... if not a deliberate effort on someone's part." He hinted that orie of the reasons. for excluding the ar- ticle may be .the recent purchase of a substantial piece of property in -Usborne Township by Mary Eleanor :Iunter of Toronto: "11's just conjecture, but it makes one wonder," he said. The Mayor said the situs- :tion points up the fact that EXCHANGE MEMORIES — J. K. Cornish and Rev•_.Donald Stuart exchange greetings -at Saturday's Remembrance Day bangwet at the-R.E. Pooley branch legion. Rev. Stuart was the guest speaker. That's- Ted Pooley behind Mr. Cornish and secretory Ed Hearn at the -far end of the table. Staff photo Exeter Legion banquet Continued from front page the local Legion. Mayor Brute Shaw brought greetings on behalf of the town. noting that dur- ing his- four-year term. attending events held by the Legion was always among the most pleasant duties he. had to perforin.. - The special guests were introduced by secretary Ed Hearn. with special recogni- tion to six World War I vets on hahoi. R.E. Pooley. J. K. Cornish. Cliff Brintnell,. Bill Parker, Joe White and Norm Norrp. It was noted that it was the 60th year most of these men had attended Remem- brance Day activities. Rev. Henry VanEssen. filling' in for MPP Jack Hay election Continued from front page the .advance poll and the lakefront poll while Wilder took the east end, and the polls west of Zurich and .Hensall. 4 -- In -In terms of voter turnout. the largest percentage, 75 percent turned up at the east end poll while the lake front po11 had a dismal turnout of only 230 out of 1184 eligible electors or 19 percent. Ducharme said the cottage country has traditionally had a . low turnout and the number of voters that did come out was over • twice as many for the 1976 election. While most of 'the can- didates relaxed Tuesday, Tinney was out stomping again, this time in his quest for the Warden's chair for Huron. Mrs. Tinney said they felt it would be a closer race between himself and Deichert. "We felt it would be much closer than it was," she said. ' Mrs. Tinney said her husband was "delighted" with the victory. - (;hallenger Deichert echoed Mrs. Tinney's sen- timents saying he didn't feel it would be "as quite lop- sided." He said he might run for office, possibly as a coun cillor in the 1980 elections. Wilder stated the large turnout at the polls showed .that the people in Hay were interested in the township. He called it a clean elec- tion and saigl he was_ well satisfied with his per- formance. - Asked for his reaction to the election outcome Bedard said he was "relieved." "I was on pins and needles right oto the past minute," Bedard said. - The closeness of the race -did not come as a surprise -he said. Rau stated he was surpr- ised at the election outcome and that he was looking forward to • sgrving on council. Geiger said he had decided against asking for a recount and' called it a "good elec- tion." Asked about future election plans Geiger said "We're just going to let things ride for now." �t 4'A D,p DG DQ DG DG DG -DG DEC DG DG DG DG DG7 Dp DD � Qdf Daf g MIDNIGHT MADNESS 2 SPECIALS F6Rf MIDNIGHT 3 n CHRISTMAS y i] ARDS Box 99c 3 C , TREE3 ' ORNAMENTS e,, 99' irs2 il li1 K Linda s twi• lit t 1Shoppe i) g 351 MAIN$T f . EXETER J. q,a Dm DGt Deo DG Da 0,41DEC DG DG DG 3.4:3CIG DG CIA DG DF.� C✓D D J7 Riddell. responded to the toast to the guests. A native of Holland, he noted the. "very rich -possessions" that had been won, including the freedom to vote on Monday and to worship as one wish- ed on Sunday: Poppy. chairman .Pat Skinner reported sales were very good this year.• Reg. McDonald in- troduced the guest speaker and he was thanked by Lee Webber. Treasurer Vera Armstrong thanked the Ladies•Auxiliary for cater- ing and this was responded to by Dorothe'"Pfaff. who made mention of the fact it was encouraging to see so many young people in atten- dance at the event. Members of the Huron - Middlesex Cadet Corps were present. Legion president Eldon Heywood concluded the evening by thanking the members for their par- ticipation ilio the special Remembrance Day ac- tivities held throughout -the • week. Bosanquet returns pair Charles Srokosz and Jack MacDonald had little trou- ble in gaining the positions of reeve and deputy -reeve in Monday's, municipal elec- tion in Bosanquet township. Srokosz polled a total of 1.- 387 votes in turning back the challenge of Denis Couckuyt who gained 157 votes for the reede's post. MacDonald who was reeve of Bosanquet and warden of Lambton County last year . defeated challenger Peter Parks by 1.263 to 263 votes to become deputy -reeve. • The three successfulcoun- ciI candidates with their vote.total were Don Tidball 877. William Kingdon 724 • and Bill Lindsay 576. Defeated in a council bid were Hans Harms 541. Pat Lyon 379. Jean. Keith 376 and Donna Fernald 208. -In the race for one posi- tion on the Larlbton County Board of Education representing Bosanquet. Thedford and Grand Bend. incumbent Gerald Edwards defeated Walter King 1.022 to 680. Get 15 ,guns in `amnesty' The Exeter police depart- ment has had a number of complaints. regarding fires being set in and around. the Public Schoot. and, grands- tand., with leaves being set on fire. etc. - , Please take note. if per- sons responsible are ap- prehended. charges will be laid by police. Exeter Police have received about 15 weapons. some to be destroyed and some for registration. dur- ing the amnesty month of November. If anyone has any weapons that they do not want. or. weapons that are restricted and prohibited. please bring them into the office before the end of November. I would like to thank all of the people who worked so hard for me during this campaign, also to the many voters of Ex- eter who supported me at the polls. Congratulations and best wishes in the future to all of the successful candidates. • perhaps other similar things have gone on that people have not been privy to and he said he was drawing attention to it because he wanted others to be aware "that we are not all sharing in the same information". "Their claim -of being a national magazine doesn't ring true," he charged ‘Shaw hadtwo copies of the October 2 issue_on hand and one contained eight more pages than the other. Of the extra eight pages circulated in Toronto,. four were full page ads and there were Turkheim holds seat Winning re-election for the Huron County Board of Education was Zurich businessman Herb Turkheim. Turkheim bested former Hensall reeve Minnie Noakes 687 to 466 votes. Turkheim tobk Hay and Zurich while Noakes won her home riding of. Hensall. In Hay, Turkheim had 468 votes compared to Noakes' 288 ;while in Zurich, Turkheim had a 154 vote 'cushion. In Hensel!, Noakes had 152 votes while Turkheim managed 39. -Noakes said she was disappointed at the outcome. • She stated,"There are a lot of things I want answers to ." The people of l,4uron are .not' getting full value for their education dollar' she said. Rec centre Continued from front page Cambrian that the bill on the plaque mounted on the north wall came to $900. The firm had told the board theywould pay for the plaque. Board members expressed some concern over the $2,200 which the town's works depai tment charged the rec centre for grass cutting .this past summer. The -board passed a motion authorizing Armstrong to take the bill back td the town and ask them for an ad- justment in light of the lack of control the board had over the frequency of the cutting and the fact that some of the equipment tised was ownedby Recreation, Arena and Parks,- the boafa's predecessor. In other business, the board: Learned that -a permanent display sign will be located at the fire hall. Received a request for picnic tables in the foyer to enable sitting in the foyer for snacks.. Armstrong will. make a report to the board in January about the matter. Learned 200 of the centre's stacking chairs were broken, 90 percent Of which will be replaced by the manufac- turer. Received 51,600 from- Stephen romStephen township as payment for the township's 1978 grant. Let tender in Usborne At the regular November meeting ttsborne township council. the tender of Ronald Essery Drainage for work on the Buswell municipal drain was accepted. - The Centralia firm sub- mitted the lowest of two 'tenders at 51.621.25. Building inspector Her- man Vah Wieren reported permits valued at $30.000 were issued during -October and 63 inspections were • made. • The tender for paving in - Woodham was let to Yun t Bros. of Stratford for $1711 per ton. 'FP offer of Bell Gouilock and ,company to provide a debenture–at-M.00016FM - years at 10'4 percent for purchase of the Webber • property was aceepted. • A tile drainage bylaw and debenture in the amount of $44,100 was approved. smaller ads on three of the other four. Also excluded from the Huron issue were two pages of letters to the editors of Maclean's. including one from a Stratford woman. "She probably never knew her letter was printed." he suggested. Shaw said he was not go- ing to contact Maclean's directly about the situation, preferring that the news media communicate for him. "Let's see how the press can handle a problem in its own house." he said. When.asked if he expected to get an answer from Maclean's he gave. a very quick "yes". adding that he hoped they wopld include the item on book banning in an upcoming edition circulated in Huron. 6' Denies claim When contacted by the T- A," Maclean's managing editor Kevin Doyle said. the exclusion.Of 'the article from 'edittotirilr uron was not cengor -at• was- the fart ies ng, from our in- tent:"he'. aid> DDo06.-andbusiness editor Rod McQueen explained that Maclean's sell adver- tising in regional form. in - eluding one where the adver- tiser can choose only. the Toronto market. These pages are then add - •ed to the national magazine forTorontodistribution only Both said they could un- derstand Shaw's concern and why he would be upset "It's the circulation and the ad people who decide what is profitable and what isn't", commented Doyle, in explaining that the editorial staff don't 'control what :•J pages appear in what areas In the article. Colin Lowndes was described as the high school teacher who organized the defence for The Diviners in Huron Coun- ty, It said he was perfecting what perhaps will be the most effective strategy in . this guerrilla war: "I can go underground. I can read books and put them on courses faster than they can get them off. There are a hell of a lot of. good hook's. you know." He was also quoted as say- ing he believes the teenagers he teaches' have the. strength of mind to choose what's hest for themselves' Student Sandra McLead. was quoted ascsaying: "In ntanv Hap these people still. think of me as a child I get so tired of hearing how all these people are going . to— make up thei mind, . for me". - ,CUBS PARTICIPATE — Members of the Granton Cub Pack took part in Satutday's Remem- brance Day service. They are shown above with parade marshal Jim Simpson of the Luton legion branch 540. . T -A -photo Knights hold service Sunday evening, the Seaforth Council number 5289 chambers was, the setting for the Anhual Remembrance service planned• by the Council Program Director and Church Activities Chairman •Ewart Wilson for the departed brothers who passed away during the past year, the brothers were Brother William Cleery and Brother PeterJordan. Reverend Father'-Oostveen, pastor of St Columban parish. - conducted the Benediction of the Blessed The Memorial service was Sacrament. Cathy Murray then exemplified by the provided the music for the -Grand Knight Seamus Choir of Knights. In his Doherty and his Executive address to the gathering, Officers. Brother John Father Oostveen reminded Flannery read the Eulogy us that our life in this world for- our departed brother is but a step in our goal villiam Cleery and Brother towards a just reward, we Ted Doyle read the Eulogy have but to work and pray for our departed brother towards achieving this end. Peter Jordan. Following the He reminded us •of our service, coffee and donuts responsibilities in this were served to the thirty soefety. towards maintaining Knights and families of the our Christian morals, family departed brothers .who were unity and our dedication to present for the remem- God and the Church. brance service. :04:14i0:0 :1ik.1.0tti k0.0i0k#i#ilLAt kti.040.0.0.0.0kt kf NaL • AS ice1 ••• of Gift Ide Drean` as display Of from OVr beautiful dinnerware and crystal to rystalto magnificent display of gold 'lovelier?, 'chains, pendants, , s to diomand • set.searrings , • engagement and w ding bands. hea4t1 NOV/ MAINWAYc'i MIDNIGHT ci MADNESS .: 4 4 FRIDAY, 6 P.M. — 12 P.M. SHOP & SAVE ALL CASH SALES AND CHRISTMAS LAYAWAYS A MULTITUDE s • nt MAIN ST • EXETER JEWELLER OFF 0 11 • Cti OF IDEAS FOR EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW. t Cti ad Ta,xnjT3idI i 1