Election update Advance poll Saturda For those Whitby residents who will be unable to vote on December 6 for the municipal elections, an advance poll will be held Saturday, at the municipal building. The advance poll will be open froml a.m. to8 p.m. Voters are also reminded that November 30 is the last day for filing voting proxies with the town clerk, Bill Wallace. Mr. Wallace will be accepting proxies at the town hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday up to 'and including November 30. When Whitby voters go to the polls either on Saturday or on December 6, there will be six ballots available but not every ballot applies to every voter. The following is a list of ballots for the various positions, and who is entit- led to vote for what position: The first ballot is for the election of mayor by a general vote of all elëctors in the Town of Whitby. The second ballot will be also a general vote, for two regional councillors. The third ballot will be for one local councillor in each of the four wards, voted for according to the ward in which the elector resides. The fourth ballot will be for two public school trustees to represent Whitby on the Durham Board of Education. This will be by a general vote of public school supporters only. The fifth ballot will be for one separate school trustee voted upon by the separate school supporters to represent them on the Durham Board of Education This will be by a general vote on the separate school supporters of Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge. The sixth and final ballot is for two separate school trustees to be elected by the separate school support- ers of Whitby, Brock and Scugog to serve on the Durham Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Voters who have not yet decided whom they will support have several ways of getting clued in to what the candidates' stands are on the various issues. The Whitby Chamber of Commerce and a number of local community groups have arranged a series of forums to acquaint residents in all wards with the candi- dates and the issues of the election campaign. The first forum, for West Ward voters, was held last night and the second, for mayoralty candi- dates, was held this morning. Other forums are: for East Ward, Nov. 25 at 8 p.m., Dr. Robert Thornton School; for Centre Ward, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m., Centennial Building; for school trustees, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m., Henry Street High School; for North Ward, Dec. 2 at -8. p.m., Brooklin Community Centre. 1 Or, if you can't make it to these forums or you just want a more permanent re- cord of what the candidates are saying, you can read "Election 1976", a special report which this week can be found on pages 9 to 13 of the Free Press. For this special report, staff writer Blake Purdy invited the candidates into our office where they were given a number of written questions and were asked for on-the- spot written answers which we have printed verbatim with no editing changes of spelling, grammar or punctua- tion. We think this format strikes a happy medium between the method whereby candidates are given days to stbmit their wriLten answers and the method whereby candidates are given only minutes to present their verbal answers. The first method, we feel, allows anybody, with the help of a professiônal speech writer, to become a good candidate. The second method, we believe, can tum a good candidate, with the hindrance of a twfsted tongue, into a nobody. We think our format accurately portrays the candidates as they are. For this week's report, we interviewed the candidates for the mayoralty,. regional council and school boards. For the December 1 edition, we will interview the ward candidates and report on the election forums. INSIDE EDITORIALS............................ PAGE.. COLUM NS...................................... COMING EVENTS...........E..... SPRT.. .... ............ - SPORT S................... .................. V4~ £f i IiL~YiLN i......... WAEG M %BKáñåRIMMEHáMEil@MElMiWliiMW /K T BSINSS................................ wwammaramm Em3ETEMMeær£mmixEinani IrinA noxmmorg v? E PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PTO 7 PAGE 8 PAGE 14 PAGE 15 PAGE 18 PAGE 19 Vol. 6, No. 47 Wednesday, November 24, 1976 20 Pages LENT TAINMEA ENT....................... REAL ESTATE ................ Fire destroyed an agricultural ma canning factory Wednesday night, b Department prevented the flames fr buildings. Fire Chief Ed Crouch said an expl soon the entire building was in flam with steel riding and measured 60 by 1 FIRE DESTROYS STOKELY BUILDING chine and repair shop at the Stokely Van Camp Total damage amounted to $200,000; $70,000 to the building and $130,000 to ut quick action by members of the Whitby Fire contents. The building was damaged beyond repair and will be demolished. om spreading to a propane tank and adjoining Two men were at work in the building at the time of the explosion, but both escaped uninjured, said Chief Crouch. osion occurred in a workshop area at 8:47 p.m. and Chief Crouch reported that the fire is believed to have been caused by an accumulation es. The building was of wood flame construction of gas ignited by a sparic caused by a source of friction. This resulted in an explosion. 25 feet. Froe Press Photo by Mike Burgess