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CONSTRUCTION TO START SOON The roof level of the Van Egmond
House will e back in its original Shape,soon, following reconstruction of
the parapet
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walls and chimneys and installatibn of a cedar Shake roof.
The contract for the work has been left to Moffatt an` White for $14,720.
Inside this week
he ',Cxposittor
Helen IVIcKercher honoured P 3
Pinafore in Mitchell P 9
Remembrance Day here P1. 1A
P 3A Local Man shoots Bear
AND ALL THE BROWNIES STOOD IN A ROW — These Seaforth girls,
who graduated to Brownie ranks on Tuesday night, include Connie Mero,
Jane Rowcliffe, Stacy Hoffman, Bernadette Ginty, Brenda Barry,
Michelle Barry and Christine Dinsmore with leaders Liz Cardno, Liz
Ginty and Angelee Andressi. (Expositor. Photo)
Good turnouts for most area elections
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Whole No. 5775
'119th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 16, 1978 — 24 PAGES FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 — 16
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It's Sinnamon over Cardno for mayor.here
John Sinnamon defeated incumbent
Betty Car by more than 450 votes in an
election upset in Seaforth which surprised
many obserVers. • •
Mr. Sinnamon, who defeated Mrs. Cardno
by 718 votes to 266 votes, was leading the
race from the time the first poll reported.
On Tuesday morning, Mr. Sinnamon, the
meat manager at the Seaforth IGA, said he
was very surprised by the results adding. "I
didn't figure on winning the election."
Mr. Sinnamon speculated "possibly the
mayor ran once too often."
The mayor elect said he didn't :do any
direct door-to-door compaigning in this
election other than talking with people on
the street.
Mr. Sinnamon said there didn't seem to
be any major issues in the campaign. The
mayor-elect campaigned for more industry
in the town 'and more street repairs.
Mr. Sinnamon said he plans to set up an
'industrial committee composed of council
members to try and interest industries in
settling in the town.
Also, the mayor-elect said he wants to
take "a Rood hard look at all the budg'ting"
Incumbents seeking re-election to the
Hurdn County board of education fared well
in Monday's municipal election.
Trustees John Henderson, Herb Turkheim
and John Elliott all retained their seats on
the board for another two years.
John Henderson, who, represents the
townships fo Hullett and McKillop and the
town of Seaforth, defeated his challenger,
Marilyn Kunder of Seaforth, polling. 1036
votes to Mrs. Kunder's 597 votes,
John Elliott, of Blyth chairman of the
board last year, easily defeated challenger
Lloyd Barth, of Blyth, receiving 973 votes to
Mr. Barth's 248 votes. The trustee re-
BruceShaw, principal of Seaforth District
High School, is asking if Maclean's
magazine is practising censorship.
The• principal is questionning why
Maclean's dropped an article on the book
banning controversy in Huron County
schools in issues sold to the county.
Mr. Shaw said the article, titled "Bad
News for Good Books: Mrs. Grundy rides
again" appeared in the Oct. 2 issue of the
magazine received by Toronto• subscribers.
but not in the magazines which subscribers
received locally.
Mr. Shaw called a press conference on
Tuesday to ask if this situation had occurred
by accident or by design on the part of
Maclean-Hunter Publishing Ltd'. of Toronto.
The principal said, "The article, through
implication, is opposed to censorship, but
ironically, Maclean's has censored the
article for its subkribers in at least Huron
County and probably Southwestern
Ontario."
The article, printed on pages 52b and 53c
of the magazine, refers to the banning of The
Diviners in Huron County and quotes Colin
Lowndes, the South Huron District High
Schoo teacher, who organized the book's
nce in the county. and Sandra McLeod,
a student at the school.
Bruce Shaw told reporters that book
and would like to set up a streets program
for the town on a long term basis.
Mr. Sinnamon said his new position won't
interfere with his regular employment but
added, "I fully into nd to put as much time as
possible into the town business."
Mayor Carndo said she .was surprised by
'the results, of Monday's election but had
heard talk that people were unhappy.
She said one issue which may have led to
her defeat was the low cost subdivision
approved by council. Mayor Cardno said the
public misunderstood the issue and council
should have tried to explain it better.
The mayor said there must be
development in a town to encourage industry
to move in.
Mrs. Cardno noted there did seem to be a
general trend in this municipal election
which resulted in the defeat of many
incumbent candidates.
The mayor said, "the problems are
unsolvable as finances get worse" and
predicted that this state would continue for
some time,
The mayor didn't do any door-to-door
campaigning in this election and said the
fact she worked out of town as director of
preset:1(S the village of Blyth and Morris and
East Wawanosh Townships on the Huron
County board of education.
Lloyd Barth, a former teacher, is a
member of the Renaissance group which
campaigned for the removal of three novels
from the Grade 13 English curriculum.
Herb Turkheim was returned to the board
after being challenged by Minnie Noakes, a
former reeve of Hensall. Mr. Turkheim,-who
represents the township of Hay and villages
of Hensall and Zurich, defeated. Mrs. Noakes
by 687 votes to 466 votes to retain his seat on
the board of education.
SDI-IS principal asks
banning is still an issue in Huron County and
that residents should have a right to 'read
about it.
He said if the article's omission was
simply an accident, then he felt it was a poor
choice to leave it out of magazines coming
into Huron County.
Mr. Shaw said, "I can understand why
different parts of the country, receive
different editions because of the, nature of
certain advertising: for instance, a company
in Toronto might provide a serVice for the
Toronto area and may wish to advertise in a
popular magazine, but have no desire to
reach people in Vancouver - it would make
sense for Maclean's to have interchangeable
pages."
The principal added it would seem
reasonable to include regional interest
stories in certain editions, similar to what
daily papers do in their district editions.
Mr. Shaw said. "As an educator, I am
angry. as an elected representative in the
county, I am suspicious as to the rationale
(or is motive a better word?) and as an
individual living in Huron. County, I am
insulted."
The principal said he felt "cheated" when
he wasn't able to read the article and felt
residents of the area had been "short-
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Huron's Home Care program may have been
a draWback.
Also.' she said, voters were ready for a
change.
Even Monday's miserable weather
didn't keep Seaforth residents from casting
their votes in this year's municipal election.
Since the town's council was acclaimed to
office, the race was for the mayor's seat, two
PUC positions and the Huron County board
of education trustee.
Clerk Jim Crocker reported that 985
people voted in the election, approximately
58 per cent of Sealorth's eligible voters.
In the last municipal election, there was a
57 per cent voter turnout.
Mr. Crocker said one probelm was that
The PUC has accepted the lowest of
three tenders submitted for the construction
of .1 garage and well house at the Welsh
St. site.
I he commission accepted the tender
submitted by Frank Kling Ltd. of Seaforth,
who will construct the buildings for a cost of
$37,699.24.
PUC manager Tom Phillips said
construction is expected to start
immediately. PUC employees are clearing
the land now,
Frank Kling Ltd. will be putting the
Phase one of- a master plan that will
restore the historic Van Egmond home in
Egmondville will get underway this winter
following the awarding of tenders for
reconstruction of the roof and parapet walls.
Moffatt and White of Stratford have been
awarded the contract at $ -4V20. Second
lowest bidders. the firm ffered the best
financial guarantee, a cording to Paul
C:irroll, vice chairman of the Van Egmond
Foundation.
Cedar shingles will be installed on the
roof, existing chimneys will be removed and
the original chinineys, gables and parapet
walls will be replaced. ` To tell Local people about plans for the
house the Van Egmond Foundation has a
slide show and talk that they will offer to
present to area clubs.
Mayor Cardno said she told the
mayor-elect she would be glad to consider
sitting on any of the town's committees in
the future.
many voters assumed the polls opened
earlier than they did.
This year, the polls were open from 11
a.m.. to 8 p.m. as set out by the province.
Polling clerks in Seaforth found many voters
were arriving at 10 a.m. to cast their vote.
Mr. Crocker said voters'may have confused
the opening time with the provincial
elections when polls are open from 10 a.m. •
to ,7 p.m.
It seemed obvious people hadn't read the
advertising telling them the times the polls
are open, he said.
building's up but 'PVC employees will do the
outside servicing of the building and the
electrical work inside.
Mr. Phillips said three tenders were
submitted to the PUC, all by local
Companies.
The second lowest tender, of $38,868 was
submitted by Wayne and Harold Smith
Construction of Egmondville.
The third tender, the highest submitted.
at $4Q,550,..was from Stevenson Framing and
General Construction Limited of Brussels.
The Van Egmond Hguse master plan,
prepared by Nick Hill has been reviewed by
governnicnt agencies and has gotten final
aporm al "in the last six weeks,", Mr.
roll said. "All the red tape is cut."
lie foundation is hoping to qualify for
tario and Ontario Heritage grants to
continue the restoration. A local fund raising
campaign is also planned, starting after
Christmas.
S 10.000 raised locally will guarantee the
renovation program's eligibility for grants,
Mr. Carroll said.
Next the group hopes to tackle a
revamping of the house's heating system.
Other tenders on the roof and brick work
were JAM Construction Ltd. Goderich
$13,035 and Wayne and Harold Smith
Construction Limited $18,716.
The mayor said two years ago. after his
term on council ended, mayor elect John
Sinnamon led a delegation that appeared
before council requesting paved streets,
Mr. Crocker said the voter turnout was
pretty steady throughout the day. By 3 p.m.,
the six polls had reported an overall 25 per
cent voter turnout,
The clerk said the polls were quite busy
from 5:30 p.m. until the time they closed.
Most of the votes we're counted by 10 p.m.
this year and final results were available by
11:10 p.m.
The. clerk said in order to speed up the
process in the future he will have election
officers phone in the results from their poll
before they return the ballots and boxes
to the town hall.
In the final count, John Sinnamon
defeated incumbent Betty Cardno by 718 to
,266 votes for mayor.
In the PUC race the two commissio
elected were Gordon Pullman with
votes, and Doug Fryett, with 381 votes. The
unsuccessful candidates were Peter Kling,
270 votes and Charles Reeves 246 votes.
In the race for board of education trustee,
Molly Kunder polled 405 votes in Seaforth
and John Henderson received' 367 votes.
Tuckersmith
In Tuckersmith Township, where there
was a race for council, 42 per cent of the
2.457 eligible voters turned out to the polls.
The 1028 voters elected newcomer
William Brown, 556 votes and incumbents
-Robert Fothering, 518 votes and Frank
Falconer, 511 votes. The unsuccessful
candidates were C .R. (Rob) Gates, 326
votes and Harvey-lia-nimbri , 257 irdret".
McKillop
In McKillop township only 35.5 per cent of
the township's 797 eligible voters turned up
better drains. better police protection and
reduced taxes.
Now, Betty Cardno said, "he has the
chance to accomplish them. (these goals).
Elect incumbents
to Huron board
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Macleans censored?
PUC accepts lowest tender
ontrioct let for restoration
of Van Egmond house roof
at the polls to vote for candidates running for
trustee on the Huron County board of
education. The complet etownship council
had been acclaimed.
John Henderson received 221 votes in the
township and Molly Kunder received 63
votes, in the contest for board of education
trustee.
Hibbert
In Hibbert Township, clerk Charles Friend
reported a 65.9 per cent voter turnout in •the
township and village of Dublin.
Ross McPhail, the incumbent, was
returned as -reeve with 503 votes, over
challenger Henry Harburn, the former
deputy reeve, who received 254 votes.
----Flie_depyty reeve Roy Swart had been
-rs
722 Councillors elected were Don Johns, 617
votes; newcomer John G. Kinsman, 611
• vote's and Herb Brown, 443 votes with Leo
Kroonen, the unsuccessful candidate,
receiving 266 votes.
Dublin
In the election for Dublin village trustees,
there was an 83 percent voter turnout. In the
past, there has been as high as an 98 per
cent turnout in the village where "people
take their politics very seriously," Mr.
Friend said.
,Elected were Louis Maloney, 1,30 votes,
Matt McCreight, 116 votes and Jerry
Murraytes. Incumbent treustee Don
MacRae, who received 85 votes, was
defeated.
Hullett
In Hullett Township, 45 der cent of the
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