ElecionUrneis lose r-han 'o uthînk Ereceive these nomination Election time is doser than one might think, this year, for under the new Municipal Elections Act, the election of Whitby's council- lors and school board trustees wlll take place on Nov. 13. WHO IS ELECTED Whitby electors will be voting for one1 mayor, two regional councillors and four local counillors, one for each wardý. The mayor automatically becomes a.- memnber of regional council upon his, election. Public School supporters of Whitby will be voting for, two trustees to the Durham Board of Education. Separate Sc hoo l supporters of Whitby, Brock and Scugog wilI be voting for two trustees on the Durham Region Separate Sc 'hool Board.. Also, Separate School supporters in Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Uxbridge, Scugog Und Broçk will be voting for one separate school trustee to.sit on the Durham Board, of Education. TÈhere is no election 'for Public Utilities Commis- sioners, because the provincial government has ordered that public utilities comrnissioners in Durham Region remain the same as before regional. government until a restructuring study for 'the various utilities, within the region is completed. The studycould be ready by Jan. 1, 1980, and at that time local municipalities wili havie the option of choosing whether to appoint or elect their Public Utillty Commissioners. NOMINATION 0F CANDIDATES Nomination papers for prospective candidates may be turned- in to the Whitby Town Clerk,' Bill Wallace, who is returning officer for the election, from, Oct. 16'to 20 and Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nominations close at 5 p.m. Oct. 23. On Oct. 24 the clerk will certify or reject ahl nommna- tion papers he has received, and will draw up a complete lîst of candidates. The deadline for with- drawal of a nomination by a candidate is 5 p.m., Oct. 24. Af ter that time, the clerk will declare any acclamatiïons. The clerk- will post and publish notices stating the date and timfe for- filing nominations seven days before nomination day, Oct. 23, and also a list of offices to be, filled. Those nominating persons, for separate.school trustees, and the 'separate school trustee to the Durham Board of Education are reminded that the clerk of Whitby is the only persýon authorized to papers, even though the candidates are for positions serving several niunicipali- ties. ELIGIBILITY 0F CANDIDATES Any person whose name appears on the Whitby polling list for the Nov. 13 election is eligible to run for council. Nominations papers must be signed by at least 10 electors whose names are entered on the polling lists, and areentitled to vote in the election. Potential candidates are advised to obtain more than 10 names in case any_ are disqualified by the clerk for not being on the polhingliîst. Those signing nomination papers must. state the namne, occupation and address lof the person nominated, and the office for which he or she is running.~ No nomination is valid unless there is a consent in writing and a declaration of qualification by the nominee. Thos 'e signing the nomina- tions papers must' be residents of Whitby, a Canadian Citizen or British subject, and must have attained the age of 18 on or before polling day, Nov. 13. Non-resident electors cari quali fy if they are owner or Cont'd on P. 3 DaybonTire.work ers onstrk PREPARED FOR A LONG STRIKE Despite the cold weather these striking workers at Whtby's Cecil' Thomas, Jim Morton, Ed Ferens, Murray Crawford. Joe Dayton Tire plant seemed in good spirits as thiey manned, the Hermans and Ken Brown. The 500 Dayton Tire production pie'ket line last week. Taking a jab at their employer. they workers wcnt on strike Iast Wednesday after contraci posted a sign from a rival company, Goodyear, on a picnic negotiations stalled. hench used to block a road into thc plant. Manning the pieket Free Press Photo by lirian Winter line. which hegan Iast Wednesday are:lHarvey McDiarmed, Two gifts preqâusen ted at liîbrarýy opening Two gifts fromn Whitby citizens were presented to the Whitby Public Library at its off iciaI opening followinig renovations. last Wednesday. Whitby -artist Wilhiar Smith, who is exhibiting 40 t his paintings in the lîbrar\v northern Ontario river. Mrs. Leslie McFarlane presenteti the library with a cheque for $250 in memnory of her late husband, who died last September. Mr. NlFfarlane. author of many of thie Iardy Boys series and other Canadian books, was a former memnber of the lihrarv hoard andi Whitby's Bruce McCaffrey, MPP, Parliamentary Assistant to thc Minister of Culture and Recreation. off icially opened the library. and expressed hîs pleasure at seeing thù 'Fantastic transformation" of the old municipal building under the expertise of architect Raymond hold a unique place in Canadian culture and provide people in the community of ail ages with the quiet pleasure of reading a book. Mr. McCaffrey spoke of the contributions matie to the ibrary renovations tlirough Wintario grants, anti of the Five hundred' production workers at Dayton Tire Ltd. walked off the JOl at 10 a.m. hast Wednesday, p d United Rubber Workersof America officials are predicting a long strik e. The workers lef t their jobs when they leaTned that no progress had been made in contract talks the day before. That meeting was the 25th bargaining session between the company and the union Local 494 In the past five months, said Union Local President Bill Love. Mr. Love said the workers are dissatisf ied because the company has demanded that the union accept an entirely rewritten contract, eliminat- ing, alI major clauses' in effect under the old. three- year, agreement 1which expired May 31. Further talks resumed Thursday in an attempt to settie the strike. The walkout closelv fol- lowed a strike by 3M workers at the Firestone Canada Ltd. plant iJoliette. Quebec. Dayton Tire in Whitby is a subsidiary of Firestone, purchased in 1974 from the Dunlop Rubber Company. The main boné of conten- tion'according to the union is that the company wants to considerably irevise the existing contract, built up during the 23 years that Dunlop-Dayton has been in Whîtby. The only other strike in the company's history 'was, for two. weeks in 1965. Plant' Manager Fred Patton has declined to com- ment Idirectly on the state of the negotiations, but stated that management is willing to continue to negotiate at any timne. The workers at the plant set up a 24-hour-a-day picket fne, and are prepared to stay out as long as six or nine months, says Mr. Love. Assault charge laid at game A 16-year-old Whitby hacrosse player has been charged by Durham Regional Police with assuait. causing bodihy harm after an incident which occurred at the close of a Midget lacrosse game in Oshawa Sept. 7. Brian J. Sullivan of 48 Queen's Road will appear in provincial court Oct. 13 to answer to the charge. The incident occurred at the Oshawa Children's Arena at the close of a game in which an Oshawa team defeatedthe Whitby Midget Al-Stars tc win the Midget Manni B championship. Police saiti a youth dresseti in street clothing ran f rom the Whitby bench at the end of the game andi began punching Oshawa phayer Rlck Catulli, 15. Police reporteti witnesses sali the Oshawa player was beaten in the face with a pop can. The injured player was taken to the Oshawa General Hospital, suffering from internai bleeding, a scalp laceration, a cut hip and an injureti eye. Police said the youth ran, from the Whitby bench and attcked Catulli, after a pushing and shoving match commenced between the two teams on the'arena floor at the close of the game. Lacrosse officials attend- ing the game said the youth who attacked Catulli was a suspended Whitby player who was sitting on the bench in contravention of the rules. Assistant Crown Attorney Neil McCrank saiti Last Wednesday that a police investigation into minor, lacrosse violence in Oshawa may be requesteti by. the Durham Reglon Crown Attorney*s office. IE Ali ,. - Il.-L 1