Monday’s election He estimated that several hundred people worked on his campaign, employing such devices as personal letters and informal meetings to introduce him to the community. McLean. who has lived in Waterloo for six years. said he believes his job as pastor of Knox Church helped his elec- tion campaign because of the contacts it gave him in the community. He had the positive support of his congrega- tion but his campaign was not “a parish project". Cruise. who was a Waterloo councillor-from 1969 to 1974. did not seek re-election in 1974. He took an early hold on eighth spot Monday with half the polls reported and con- tinued to challenge newcomer Blake Hull for seventh spot throughout the evening. Sixty-three votes separated the two men when all the votes had been counted. but Hull hung on to seventh spot. Don Meston, a former Waterloo mayor for seven years ran a strong sixth in his first attempt at a council seat. Mr. Meston has been absent from Waterloo's political scene since 1974, when he was defeated by Herb Epp in a mayor- alty race. _ Two new candidates, who have never held political of- fice in Waterloo. made strong showings Monday..Both teacher Blake Hull and Walter McLean, minister of Knox Presbyterian Church. attributed their success to strong. organized campaigns and the help of hundreds of campaign workers. In Second spot was Nell MacEachern, with 4.840 votes m 1974 he topped the polls with 4.872 votes. He Roy Bauman, a 19-year-counci1 veteran. and Charles Voeiker. an tr-year-veteran. began to trail soon after the polls closed. As the night wore on and results continued to trickle in, the two men slowly fell to ninth and tenth place. the positions they held to the end. A _ taking and malnlalmng car- ly leads Doreen Thomas led the polls m her third bid for re-election Final standings gave her 5.349 votes) Two incumbent aldermen went down to defeat at the polls Monday, edged out by two political novices and two veterans making political comebacks. McLean was a strong candidate who placed fifth in the final standings behind council incumbents Brian Turnbull, Marjorie Carroll. Mary Jane Mewhinney, and Bot? Henry. - “I was surprised quite frankly at how well I ran. I thought I could be somewhere around seventh. I had a feeling it was going to be a tight struggle. But I have to say I worked hard." McLean said. “I‘m tired now, almost shell-shocked. I wasn't sure how well I'd do. We worked on the campaign as hard as we could. We had a lot of people helping us. I would estimate 200 families. That's why we did so well." he said. There were no surprises Monday when the Water loo County Board of Edu cation election results were tabulated As the two political veterans saw their terms of office drawing to a close, two other veterans, Bob Cruise and Don Meston, inched their way to eighth and sixth spot after two year political absences. ' Blake Hull. a Cambridge elementary school teacher. also ran a very organized campaign. A tired-looking Mr. Hull seemed relieved Monday that his efforts had paid oft in a council seat. He ended up m seventh place between Meston and Cruise. Ilull began to organize his campaign last spring by re- cruiting families in most sections of the city to campaign for him. He plans to pursue his campaign issue of a major park link tor the city when he assumes his seat in January, iContmued on page 2) All three incumbents were returned to office after Board incumbents are re-elected Bauman, Voelker defeated waterloogï¬ronicle =“MIMI '.'. 12kt Year No. 49 By Mary Stupart Also re-elected was Lynne Woolslencroft She ran third with 4,747 votes, This will be her third term as a school board trustee She served her first term in l97l-72 and her second term in 1974-76 Will be serving hts fifth term on the county board, Wilfred Horst. a textile chemist. failed to wm elec- tion in his first run at a school board seat. Mr Horst received 2,527 votes. 2,000 votes fewer than Woolstencroft A seesaw battle between t at}; 1 u 13"? . a a Wednada ' thte-ttter t " Who Ontario _ 10 Cent: 3:" ,77, 're? - , 1Biii m Itftits", _ " a 'L One of the lowest voter turnouts in recent years was recorded Monday in Waterloo's municipal elec- lion. Assistant city clerk Lou Ayers said voter turnout Dave Kirby and Ronald Kirvan for Waterloo/s first independent separate school seat on the public board was not decided until Six-year-old Sabine Huber posts a letter to Santa in a special North Pole mail box in the chil- dren's department at the Waterloo Public Library. Each letter deposited in the box is personally answered by some of Santa's library elves. Last year. more than 200 letters were sent to the North Pole via the library letter box. Voter turnout is very poor was tabulated at 27.91 per- cent, Only 9,754 of the 34.- 954 eligible voters went to the polls, In 1974, 339 per- cent of the eligible voters turned out. When the final results were tabulated. Kirby had edged Kirvan l.l83 to 1.027 Kirvan was making his the last polls were counted Waterloo Mayor Herb Epp. who was acclaimed to office. blamed the poor turnout Monday on the lack of a mayoralty race. Mayoralty races make for more issues and voter" in- terest he said. second run at school board seat. In I974. he was defeat- ed by Norbert Hergott in a race for a Shared seat with Woolwich and Welles- h Mr. Ayers said he expect- ed the turnout to be low but was surprised that the ac- tive campaigning by some new candidates didn't bring more people to the polls. ley. Separate school board trustees Ann Marie Sehl and Mac Zettel were ac- claimed to office in Novem-