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PAGE'2, WEDNESDA Y, FE BRUARY 12, 1976, WH ITBY FREE PRESS r au editoel&u ~.On '.Self -Serve' Gas Bars It's certainly with mîxed emotions that we take the corning of these 'self-serve'gas bars. Their big selling point is that not having to have numer- ous staff waiting on customers they can pass the savings on to the customer in the form of lower gas prices..usually about tivo cents a gallon. So if your average :fi/i-up' is around $12 (or about 20 gallons) you can expect to save about 40 cents by doing-t yourself at one of these self-serve gas bars.' On the other hand if your usual expenditure is $S (or about 8.3 gallons) your savîngs amounts to about 16 cents. Let's look at the situation on a yearly basis. Let's say you re an average driver totalling about 12,000 miles-a-year and your car averages 20 miles per gallon. You wl/I use 600 CARIBBEAN,,, VALENTIN E EXTRA VAGANZA Big Showu ond Dance AJAX COMMUNUTY CENTRE F.bruaryl15. 1974 Ses flue Quemof the Ifmbe "MISS PEGGY JACKSON" thenjoin the fun of the Limbo Competition Exporience the Caribbean sou nds of "THE CRIJSADERSP direct from Trinidad with the latest Caribbean beats. Marvel at "Kinug RÎchcrdo's" amazing f ire eatîng and broken bottie f eats. HOT MEAT PATTUES Supper' Curried Chicken, Sweet Pototoes and Peos Ail of this for the price ofI$ 2 Rice per couple LFor tickets colt Marano Shoes 121 Brock NW Whitby also Chris Catering 683-7891 Pl ease pick up ail reserve tickets -by Thiursday Give future a break Right now is a good time to switch ail 1 your financial affairs to where you-get more for your money. Victoria and Grey pays high, high interest on guaranteed inv'estment certificates. Here you can get cheques for free, mortga ges at competi- tively Iow cost, safety deposit boxes for as littie as $5 a year and the truly personal service that has been winning friends since 1889. Thec ail Ontario Trust Compan-v begun in 1889 j~ Member Canada Deposit 12 Insurance Corporation VICTORIA and GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 Lorne D. Reid, àMaw 308 DIJNDAS W. WHITUY gallons of gas a ycar, and if you buy il al/ at a se/f-serve you '/1 sàve a whopping $12 a year (or 23 cents a week). Needless to'sqy, if you get better t/ian 20 m.p.g. your sav- ings will be even less. Now what do wc not get for our 23 cents a week sav- ings? We have to (obv iously) purnp our own gas ..in ramn, sleet, snow or whatever., We also have to deéan our own windshiclds, check our own oil, transmission fluid, battery radiator, brake fluid, power steering fluid, fan beit etc. ('onsidering the time it s going to take to do ail this, not to mention t/w washing up time afterwards, is it rea/ly worth the 23 cents saving? We would suggest that you wou/d be better off to spcnd HIELPI!0 I The Ontario County Branch <S.P.C.A.) is a group of concerned area residents dedicated solely to the welfare of animais. 1Inflation, in the cost of-food, veterinary care, municipal dog licence feesetc. and rapid urban- izatiQn has resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of unwanted healthy animais being des- troyed. We hope, through the Ontario Humane Society, to make the lot of our furry friends a better one. Local neutering and spaying programs and animal care lectures are two ways to achieve this. Our local newspaper; the Whitby Free Press, is kindly assisting us in our endeavours by publishing articles on animal adoption, and donating this space. We solicitý your support both, morally and financially. Contributions may be sent to "The Ontario County Branch (S.P:C.A.) c/o Toronto Dominion Bank, Dundas Street East, Whitby, Ontario. The Directors of the Whitby Branch: Mrs. Edith BedelI; Miss Eleanor Gaskin; Mr. Ronald Hawkins; Mrs. Marion O'Brien; Mr. William Pilk- ington, President;- Mr. Arthur Robertson; Miss Muriel Sissons, past president; Councillor Gerry Emm, Whitby Council representative. -a 0 0 Optimil The next regular meeting of the newly-formed Opti- nhist Club of Whfitby will be held February 18 at the Whit- by Curling Club. It wiil be a wîves accom- paniment meeting. February 26 is the date of the next Board of Directors meeting which will begin at 8:30 p.m.1 Sevcral, members of the stCluýb club witl attend the Optimist Club of Kitchenier's charter party on Febr-uary 22. The second quarter board meeting will bc held at thc the Cambridge Motel in Toronto on March 1 5. begin- ning at 9 a.rn. In addition, plans for a charter flight 10, the interna- tional convention iin San Francisco are beig made. Cold Weather ROT BUTS!g Now is the besi time to order your pgol! th p of ss .o niQn 3 TAUNTON RD.W. OSHAWA 723-1129 < 23 cents more and go somcwherc where you wil get SER- VICE. It's. certain/y WORTH the extra quarter to not on/y have ail these things donc for you, but to KNOW that an experienced person wi/l bring to your attention anything cisc he may spot which nceds attention._ BUT the bottom line is that we arc very doubtful that if the ofi companies managed to switch a majority of the retail service stations to self-serve we would continue to Sec a- savings in gas prices. If you had littie or no choice and HAD to go tg a self-serve because there wasn't anything e/se available why wou/d their prices have to be cheape!r? But we shouldn't worry because we know price fixcing and monopolies /ust don 't exist.right? Whitby's Joy Thompson Appoînted, to Cm ite ýWhitby Councillor J oy Thompson has bet n appointed to the resolutions committee of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AM0) . The appointment came as a resuit of Councillor Thomp- son submitting her..name to be put on -a committee after she attended the'annual AMO convention last August. AMO is made up of repre- sentatives from varlous municipalities in Ontario. Its purpose is tp submit briefs on government policy to other governmrrents at the regional, provincial and federal levels. AMO also studies concerns of various municipalities. The resolutions committee consists of approxim'nately a dozen mayors and counicilors from municipalities in the province. This body receives the resolutiofis from munici- paliti-es in Ontario which suggest changes in govern- ment policy. 1 The committee then re- viedws these resolutions to decide if they should be supported or not at AMO's annual convention. Sen'ior Centre. The property at the corner of Brock and Piýt Streets has been rezoned to allow con- struction of a senior citizens' centre on the property. The rezoning bylaw was introduced by Councillor Joy Thompson during dile special counicil meeting at which the town's 1975 budget was passed. Councillor Thompson, in introducing the bylaw, said that the centre is a much needed facility which could house 300 senior citizens. She pointed out that, if the bylaw was passed, council could get a federal grant and possibly buld the centre; be- fore the year is over. Deputy-clerk Brian Swit- zer said that council could get a. 100 per cent federal grant if the wvork is begun beforc May 3 1. Councillor Jini Gartshore opposed- the bylaw, saying that thec centre is included in the capital budget. Councillor Gerry Erm first opposed the bylaw because he-wants to wait two or three weeks to find out what wilLhappen to the pro- vincial registry ottice on Centre Street. At present, the province is considering relocating the centre. Counèfllor Emm feels that the registry office property would be an excellent site for the senior citizens' centre. Councillor' Tom Edwards although supporting the centre, voiced some opposi- tion to the bylaw. He said that he, like Fin- ance Chairman Jimn Gartshore, though t that the. budget would be the only item on the agenda. Instead, Councillor Ed- wards pointed out, many topics were discussed in die meeting. "Let's quit poli- ticking", lie said. He felt that there are many minor pro- blems w hich need to be deait with. Councillor Thompson res- ponded to dihe statemnents made by Councillors Emm and Edwards To Councillor Emrn, she said the senior citizens need- the centre now. However, Councillor Emm voted in favour of the by-laW. THE WHITBY FREE PRESS (Voice of the County Town) Hometown paper of Whitby, Brooklin, Myrtie and Ashburn also serving Ajax and Pickering. Serving over 26,000 readers. Published every Wednesday by Whitby Free Press Inc. Bruno Han laid, President Located at: the Free Press Building 121 Brock Street North Whitby. 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