"Busses rotten service stinks" says Ji The bus service provided by Charterways Company Lirnited has once again cone under attack from Whitby CouniCilior Joy Thompson. Mrs. Thompson addressed her remarks to Dave Gaze and Archie Groth, represen- tatives of Charterways froin Toronto. Garnet Whitf-ield, district manager, who wvas to attend the mieeting did not show up. "The service we have nowv, to say the least, stinks", she said and pointed out that rnany peopie have to resort to taxi cabs for transporta- t ion. Councilior Thompson con- tinued "your buses are ïotten" and added that she had heard s0 rnany cornplaints that 4'l arn fed up with it". "I don't know hiow long itakes to revoke a charter but l'n going to find out. l'il take whiatever steps are necessary to revoke the char- ter", she warned. "We want a reliabie bus service. We want a cornfortable bus service" Counicilior Ken Hobbs, participating in the first meet- ing of his political reincarna- tion, said "asking when are Councillor Thompson at- you going Lo revoke the char- tacked the service of Charter- ter is like asking when the CN ways during an operations tower will fall down". comrnittee meeting last week CADR UR Y Strike continues There is no end in sigit for the five-week-old Cadbury strike, as workers voted Monday to continue. with their walkout. A spokesman for Local 647 of the Tearnsters Interna- tional Union said the niem- bers voted alnost 95 percent against accepting the com- pany's contract proposai. The union bargaining com- mittee has refused to accept any wage offer until two key contracturai language issues are resolved. Job security has been one of the issues of contention, the union says. at which time possible expan- sion of the service was discussed. The meeting, was a resuit of a request from a Wlitby resident for counicil to look into the possibility of Charter- ways adding an earlier run to their service so that he could get to Oshawa where he works by 6:40 a.m. At present, the earliest Charter-. ways bus leaving Whitby for Oshawa is at,6:50. The young man who made the request wondered if, failîng that,. Charterways woui'd relax its franchise during its off hours to allow GO Transit to pick up east- bound passengers in Whitby as eastbound GO buses leave the Highway 401 terminal at 6:02 a.rn. and the Highway 2 stops at 6:59. When asked if the comn- pany wouid consider either alternative, the representa- tives of Charte rways said that they couid not give an answer until they conferred with Mr. Whitfieid. He may appear at the next operationS commnittee meet- ing at which timne the matter wiii be discussed further. Vol. 5.-No. 49 Wednesday, December 11, 1975 Ten Cents Poor weatherputs damper on parade - "And what would you like for Christmas?"" says Santa Claus to Kathy Loyst, a visitor to the Whitby Jaycees Santa House Saturday. The Santa Htouse, in the store north of the Brock Theatre is open Thu.rsday evening and aIl day Saturday, and Dec. 18 to 20. Kathy doesn't seemn too sure what to say to Santa, but there will be plenty of opportunity in the next two weeks to make a list. Free Press Photo bv Robin Lyon Poor weather and cold temrperatures kept attendance down considerably from us-dal at the Whitby Jaycees Santa Claus Parade Saturday. From the early hours of the momning it was raining, and stopped only minutes before the parade began at 10 a.-m. Children and their parents huddled under store awnings downto' à , seeking shelter from the rain. The Aurnra Kinsmnen were judged as the best band in the parade; the Woodview Majorettes, the best majorette group; the Town of Whitby, the best large business float (bottom photo); and the Rotary Club, the bestservi'ce organization float (top photo). The Whitby firefighters "passed the boot" through the crowd to collect funds for Iscular Dystrophy, and received a total of S532.80.ý Free Press Photo bY-Brian Winter oy NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS SWORN IN............................ PAGE 2 HOLD THE LINE SAYS MAYOR ....PAGE 3 ELEGflON TURNOUT PITIFUL...PAGE 4 KALNIN S ON, BIRD'S EYE VIEW. ----PAGE 5" BROOKLIN BYLINES ................PAGE 6 WORDS FROM WEST LYNDE ........PAGE 7 KIWANIS CLUB 20 YEARS OLD ....PAGE 8 OTTAWA NAVY WTNS BONSPIEL ...PAGE il lors, inconsistent US they, warin, p r as lier ,rr ! a