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However, ‘he said he would not be able to proceed wihhout town services of sewage disposal and water. His proposal is to add a large dining room at the back of the existing resi- dence with a pub below frontin on -to a terrace where people could sit in the sun and watch the riders. He said he felt Richmond Hill was ready for a better class rmtaurant in nice, rustic surroundings with ‘a country club atmosphere. He expects to draw part of his clientele from the “horsey set" and part from visitors to relatives in Country Place. A proposal by Karl Ro- thenstein to turn the exist- ing house on his farm on the south side of 18th Avenue east of the Country Place N ursin-g Home into 3 “Count- ry Inn" was received by Richmond Hill Council’s Planning Committee Februa- ry 20 and the staff was asked to prepare a report. Mr. Rotih‘enstein at present ope- rates a riding stable on the property and intends to continue that operation. 'In the complaint depart- ment debris and wrecked vehicles on private property brought the largest number of complaints (40), but com- plaints about garbage (37) ran a close second and noise Wants Town Water, Sewer For 18th Avenue Restaurant Richmond Hill's Bylaw En- forcement Officer George Clayton dealt with 152 re- corded complaints, issued 1.702 licenses and took in a tatlal amount of $23,351.90 in fees is 1973, his report re- ceived by council February 18 indicates. Many other complaints fell under the control of other departments, required civil or police ac- tion, were based on wrong interpretation of the bylaw, were based on- non-existing bylaws, came under regula- tions of the province or dealt with breach of agreements between subdividers and home owners over which he had no jurisdiction. and were not recorded. George Clayton The CI? has an operating line in the Riding running through Nashville (Klein- burg), Tottenham and Allis~ ton. It is not used at present for commuter service, al- though the CP trans-conti- nental passenger train leaves Toronto every day at 5:15 pm and stops at Alliston. Some day Uhere may be a commuter train service on this line as well. There should be. Let’s hope it’s soon. The CN owns the fifth railrway right-of-way which Debris, Wrecked Vehicles Bring Largest Number Of Complaints By this time in 1976, GO Transit will be operating a new daily commuter service to Richmond Hill on another CN line. The federal «govern- ment [has agreed to give a $10 million grant for the purchase of rolling stock to be used on this line, but any operating loss must be borne by the Province of Ontario. This is the first time in re- cent years that the federal government has accepted di- rectly, any responsibility for transit service in the Toron- to region. Recently the Railway Com- mittee of the Canadian Transport Commission set a precedent when they order- ed the CN to institute by April 1, a commuter service between Barrie and Toronto with stops at Lefroy, Brad- ford, Newmarket. Aurora. King City and Maple. This was the first time any rail-‘ way in Canada has been so ordered as a result of a pub- llic appeal. The CN run their trans-continental passenger service on this line, but it only stops at Barrie and Newmarket. This train leaves Toronto every day at 3:35 in the afternoon and it arrives in Toronto at 6320 every eveâ€" ning. The commuter train will leave Toronto between 5:00 and 5:30 pm five days a week and it will arrive in Toronto between 8:00 and 8:30 in the morning. on the run but the 55-minute trip to and from Toronto has been so popular, there are now fhree cars in use carry- ing up to 200 people a day each way. Now the pendulum is soar-t- ing to swing back. The CN, ordered to do so by the Canadian Transport Commis- sion, now has a commuter service operating between Toronto and Stouffville. The trains leave Stouffville five days a week at 7:10 in the morning and return at 6:15 in the evening. At first there was only one passenger car Five rail lines run through York Simcoe Riding. At one time all carried local pas- sengers to and from Toronto. Three years ago, however, none Were in use for com- muter rtravel. 12 Tories Favor Expanded Public Transit THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 28, 1974 SINCLAIR STEVENS REPORTS SINCLAIR STEVENS MP YORK SIMCOE Since such a development is a penmitted use under the rural designation of the Of- ficial Plan, Planning Direc- tor Hessie Rimon advised that the application should be received and a, report prepared. Councillor Andy Chateau- vert thought the application premature since planning staff had not yet had time to prepare a secondary plan for the area east of Bayvie-w, "land we inherited three years ago." Councillor Grae- me Bales agreed and Mrs. Havnce-y pointed out that ap- plications for two “nice” re- sidences at the corner of 18th Avenue and Bayview had been turned down for that reason. noting that the nursing home had access to the town's sew- age disposal system. Regioâ€" nal Councillor Lois Hancey told 'him that the nursing home proprietor had paid the entire cost of hooking up to the town system and that main was not available for the use of other people in bhe area. Dog license tags topped the licensing business with 927. 149 tax cab drivers were licensed and 90 cab owners. 90 bicycle licenses and 99 marriage licenses were is- sued (but the latter only af- ter July 10). 67 tobacco licenses and 61 public garage and service stations were licensed. as were 37 restau- rants. 28 raffle and 6 bingo licenses were issued. Three photographers and _9 tran- sient traders received licen- ses.~ Driving school Operators picked up three licenses and auctioneers four. brought 30 complaints. Stor- age of commercial vehicles in residential areas brought l7 complaints, multiple oc- cuvpancey in single famin dwellings 8, operating busi- ness in a residential area 9, heating of homes and apart- ments and watering la'wns four each, swimming pool fencing three. Federal assistance to «help service subdividable land in urban areas so that home prices may be.re- ducedv; A ceiling on residential mortgage interest rates; A co-ordinated program by federal authorities to contain inflation in Cana- da, including the imposi- tion of wage, price, rent, profit and dividend con- trols, at least on a tempe- rary basis; A reduction in the rapid expansion of Canada’s money supply: The reduction of exces- sive gv'oerncme‘nt spend- ing, particularly in areas such as unemployment insurance: A national policy of self- sufficiency in energy re- sources: and The creation of distribution systems to link all parts of Canada to ensure that all Cana- drians ihaVe access to our own resources including oil, natural gas. electrici- ty. coal and nuclear «pow- er. The conferexice also advo- cated: At the recent Metro To- ronto federal Progressive Conservative Policy Confe- rence, a resolution was pas. sed calling for greater utili- zation of existing rail lines and rlghlts-ofavay for public transit, The conference, which included nine resi- dents of York Simcoe in the 360 at-‘ending, also asked for federal subsidies for public transit in our urban areas and, “an end to the federal discrimination against ’I‘o ronto in the public transit field." This was a reference to the federal government‘s underwriting of operational losses in the running of the Montreal CiN's commuter service amounting to over $2.5 million a year. In the coming years let us hope there will be still more trains with more cars on more lines serving ‘the com- mutem in this area. Greater use of railway rights-of-Iway for commuter transit is long overdue. I am pleased some progress is being made in this riding towards -re-instituting such service. The Barrie decision was a great breakthrough. Those who worked for years to regain a passenger faci- lity through to Barrie de- serve much credit for their persistent drive. In particu- lar, I refer to John Medcof of Mount Albert and Bob Silicox of King. also cuts through the Totten- ham and Alliston area. They have applied to abandon this line which in the circum- stances ma-y be premature. “There were going to be delays and it was our (town council’s) fault. I don't know why, but they claimed there was no official letter from the Markham town clerk approving the site. This muumuuuumuumuuuuuuuumnmu\munmuummumu Easy Solution To School Strike “I did ask \the separate and public school boards for their permission for the town to use the school yeard‘s at its own expense. The town could commence work on grounds for playing of football, baseâ€" ball, etc. if the school boards weren’t ready to proceed. “Then I was advised that the scheduled August 1 joint committee meeting on site planning had been cancelled by the public school board and that late in September some public school board members were to speak to town council.” said Kay. UNILATERAL CHANGE “It became apparent they were making changes in the public elementary school site. They were doing this unilaterally and without com- vening the joint commit-tee." The other “lost souls" in- clude three students from Markham and two from Stouffville, Mrs. Paton said. At present, Mrs. Paton is operating between Huntsville and Richmond Hill, where she still has a child in MacKillop Public School. “There were other facili- ties shown on the plan. But the town had already taken steps to provide these else- where, something whic‘h the architect hadn't known. For example the central library and arenas are to be at Bay- view AVenue and J‘dhn Street, plus a branch libra- ry at the proposed Markham Marketplace shopping centre at New Leslie and Steeles Avenue. “Very simple.” the prin- cipal replied, “just have them here at eight Mon- day morning." Mrs. Paton did and lier three childrenâ€"15, 16 and 18â€"have been “delighted” by their recepfion, she said, the principal having told the student body before- hand to welcome “eight lost souls from York County.” “The first week of the strike had been a bit of a ball.” she recalled, “but after that we got a little concerned.” As a result, when skiing at Huntsville on the week. end, where they have a chalet, Mrs. Paton asked the principal of the Hunts- ville High School what would be involved in getting her children into school there. “I don't think there was any question whatsoever of the town building an audi- torium until the high school was built. It was only an architect's suggestion on the plans but wouldn’t be inde- pendent of the high school. If you’re Mrs. Joan Paton, of 190 Driscoll Road, Richmond Hill, there is. While most people just complained about the strike, Mrs. Paton took more positive action: she enrolled her three high school children in Hunts- ville High School. There was to be a further joint committee meeting at a later date since it might be late December before the school boards would need further joint committee ap- provals. At the next joint committee session the mem- bers were to discuss other aspects of land use on the site. The critical thing was out of the way and members could devote their attention to other things. ARCHITECTS PLAN ONLY Who says there’s no solution to the current secondary school teachers’ strike in York County? The separate school board was 'tWo years away from construction. The start on the‘pro‘posed high school was five to 10 years away. was to the people of South Thornhill. Ma'rk‘ham Town Council forthwith approved the (joint committee recom- mended) siting so construc- tion could. go ahead. The town cleark notified school board architect King the council had approved ohe sicl'n’ool siting. “I was most emphatic the (Sepbmeber 1974) s c lb 0 01 opening dealxine must be met, for I knew LhOW important it SEPTEMBER COMPLETION Kay said much time was spent at the early 1973 joint committee meeting, going minutely over the schedule for completion of a public elementary school. It was to open in September of 1974. the public school board re- presentatives said, if the si- ting and location were then approved. S. Thornhill’s Kay Blasts School BoardEFuel Crisis Room To (Continued from Page 1) going through the school years in 'portables. “The Bayview Fairways Public School is much ¢oo Was there any point of re- suming negotiations when both sides were deadlocked? Mr. Mathewson said there Mr. Mathewson said the teachers 'had no guarantee that an arbitration board would take time to “accli- matize" itself ’00 the educa- tional set up. If the rteachem were un- happy, then they would frust continue ¢o be unhappy. Teachers were working in an intolerable climta‘te, he said, and if the two sides were to go to arbitration, an award would eventually have to be made. If the board were unhappy with the award, “we will feel that un- happiness for years to come.” Mr. Mathewson was i‘eply- ing to a question from Ifihe floor. He said he considered bim- ding arbitration a “cop out." a “put down of the whole teaching situation. Binding Arbitration Is Definite N 0 N0 The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation will definitely not go to vo- luntary binding arbtiuation in the current York County teachers strike, Vince 'Ma'tlh- ewson. chairman of the teacher negotiating rteam, told a press conference in Richmond Hill, Monday “Right now the public school board doesn’t have enough money for the school and is going back -to the pro- vince to get sufficient funds. There Itarget date for open- ing the school now is Sep- “But the public school board has set its elementary school building immediately adjacent to the street, right next to the most expensive single family dwellings. The excuse for this was that they wanted to save extra expen- s-es that would have been caused from extending sewer and water services, etc.. over a longer distance. “Then whey told us (the town council) it was too late to make any changes. but they agreed to a one-month delay -to arrange co-ordivna- tion of development with the Roman Catholic Separate School Board. This resulted in a small change in the lo- cation of the public elemen- tary school. ‘ “I would have strongly taken the position that the school site and location ap- proved (by the joint commit- tee) was still the proper one, on The basis of all the in- formation -available,” said Councillor Kay. “Later the public school board said the reason was that when the province came in with the Parkway Belt plan, development was frozen in the Thornhill area. This would affect the future total of population and it was questionable w h e t 'h er the public board would ever built a high school in Ger- man Mills. Because this would possibly mean a change in location for the public elementary school, flhe public vboard went off on their own. Kay fu‘ther pOinted out the Parkway Belt plAn is still subject to review and public hearings, and that the town has submitted a plan for changes in Thorn'hill, some- thing which the school board has completely ignored. REASON FOR. DELAY “This plain and simple, is the reason for the delay in construction of the public elementary school for Ger- man Mills. It was the unila- teral decision of the public school board to proceed with other plans. They didn’t have the courtesy to advise the other parties. If they had, I would have told them of the town council’s decision to appeal the Parkway Belt plan. “They (the public school board) acted completely on their own. subverting the purpose of the join-t commit- tee, going ahead separate and apart from the wishes of any other (local government) land users. This was while Markham Town and the se- parate school board each had paid one-third of the cost of the joint study. The pub- lic school board just pulled out. LACKED GOOD FAITH “As far as I was concerned the public school board hadn’t acted in good faith with the separate school board, Markham Town Coun- cil or the joint committee. This was while they’d made some allegation about the town being responsible for the delay and while it was apparent from their own (public school board) mlinu- tes they'd acted unilaterally. ’I‘hey‘d authorized their ar- chitect to proceed on the changed site with a new plan and they‘d cancelled the August 1 joint committee meeting," said the South Thorn'hill councillor. “That was what tihey said, but it really wasn’t what they were doing. Finally a joint committee meeting was called, actually for October- November date. At that meeting the public school board said they'd completed plans for -the public elemen- tary school and advised us of the location. was although the clerk in- formed the school board ar- chi-Lect and the motion was a matter of public record in the council minutes." The town also has some open land between New Les- lie Street and Simonston Boulevard North, called Pad- dock Park. There school Other members of the panel were :Eric McLean, James Bethune, Ralph Con- nor and Dave Robinson. In reply 60 another ques- tion, Mr. Mathewson said he had no lmowledge of Mhere being any friction bebweern working school teachers and striking teachers, and ‘he hoped there wasn’t 'anY. Also. his role had been mostly from behind the scene, as it was with various OSSTF members. “I can’t say fl he's been a detriment or a help,” he said. Mr. Mathewson said that Mr. Chapman; who is on a year's leave with Ontario Institute for Studies in Edu- cation, hadn't been at the bargaining ftable for some time. Frequent criticism, mostly of a covert nature, has been made of Education Director Sam Ctha-pman, by tbhe 'teach- ing side. WIhat detriment was Mr. Chapman to the negotiations? Describing the stadium as the “carrot” offered to get other developments, the group also noted that local people may not have access to use of the facim'ies, which apparently will be reserved for professional sports. They also questioned the feasibili- ty of a domed stadium at the operating cost level. said Councillor Kay. was. The school board must realize the pressures from the community to see that the teachers were accomo- dated in .their demands so as to the able (to provide the proper learning environment for the students. The group questioned the wisdom of the rtown buying the land from the City of Toronto and reselling it to a private developer, with all profits going to the develo- per. What about llanrd bank- mg? they ask. The group also discussed the proposed development of the L'annigstaff Jail Farm pro- perty with a domed stadium situated on 122 of the 622 acres and the remaining 500 acres to be developed as re- sidential and industrial. Con- cern was expressed about negating the planning con- cept of developing Richmond Hill from the core out and having an urban separation corridor between Richmond Hill and Metro. The group also felt that the residential growth would zoom the town’s rate 0f growth pat- tern, that rthe opinion of M a r k h a m and Vaughan should be sought and a re- port obtained on the effect of such a stadium on the surrounding community. The Richmond Hill Citi- zens’ Advisory Group will continue to be known by that name it was decided at a group meeting February 14. The group will seek to arrive at an agreement with the town on height restrictions on RM6 and Commercial zoning in the town, which will be heard 'by the OMB March 8 at 123 Edward Street, Toronto. If the group does not agree with the town's proposals on height restrictions it was agreed that it should make separate presentations -to the OMB. A budget of $1,200 was set for the year 1974. Advisory Group Views Stadium Plan With Much Concern “But it is of great con- cern to me that that is exactly what they're setting it up for. The elementary school is being built with a 20-foot setback from the street, the minimum legal amount. They have maxim- ized the possibilities for the future disposal of lands." He says Ma-rkham's other Public School Trustee, Mrs. Doreen Quirk of 11 St. An- dres Court, 'I‘h-ornhill, gave him complete assurance the public board would never sell the lands and that sel- ling isn‘t their intention. “When she made that state- ment. none of the other trustees indicated anything to the contrary," he said. READY FOR SELLING Kay says he has a further concern over 'the public school board’s uni-lateral ac- tions. They 'have a large pro- perty on 'Simonston Boule- vard. If all the land isn't used for a high school it might be sold for develop- ment. This would be a great loss to the community and would throw all the town’s planning into a shambles. GREAT DISTRESS “This is a source of great distress to the people here," said the South Thomhill councillor. “There is a strong feeling about flhe complete non-action of the school board. They (the public school board) just aren't res- ponsible to the people, at least in this community. They are looking for a scalpe- goat and are trying to lay the blame on Markham Town Council, especially Trustee Sims. tember 1975 l1ll\\lll\llll\\llllllllllllllllllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Tuhe Yonge Street Quakels came to Upper Canada around 1800 and were form- ed into a meeting or congre- ga't'lIOn in 1804 by a decision of the yearly meeting of the society held in Philadelphia. There was another meeting a few miles to the east. Town Ttreasurer William Rice has informed “The Liberal" that the amount must be uniform and that he is recommending $100 to council as the amount to be named. When the necessary bylaw is approv- ed. the grant will be ad- vertised for three consecu- tive weeks and he assures prospective applicants there will be no means test. Applications will be accepted until March 31 this year and applicants will have to sign a decla- ration of qualification. The building. which is marked as a historic site by the Ontario government, is a good example of early Quaker architecture both in- side and out. Its simple character will be retained, but fihe extra space will pro- vide facilities for the c‘hilâ€" d'ren’s First Day (Sunday) School, and a library. It is estimated the reno- vation will cost about $60,- 000, half of which has al- ready been raised. be installed. The present cast-iron box stove has proven inadequate in the coldest winter months and services have had to be suspended during that time. However, the stove is valu- able as an tntique. Now this historic building is being renovated. It will be moved on skids so that a poured~c0ncre<ts b a s e m e n t may be constructed. Then the building will be replaced and plumbing, electricity and modern central heating will Probably the oldest buildâ€" ing dedicated to the worship of God in this area, and an historic landmark, is the Quaker Meeting House on Yonge Street. just south of Newmarket at Shavrons Built in 1810 to 1812, it has ‘been in continuous use as a place of Quaker worship for more than 160 years. Now, , recent provincial legislation, effective Ja- nuary 1 this year, has made it permissible for a municipality to provide property tax assistance to elderly homeowners who are receiving a monthly guaranteed income supple- ment under the Old Age Security Act. Richmond Hill Council at its Februa- ry 18 meeting unanimously approved making this grant to the town’s over 65 homeowners, who qua- lify. This means a total of $250 available annually in tax concessions to those who qualify. Quaker M'ting House Will Be Renovated “I doubt if he (Trustee Sim) has lost any sleep over it (plans for arenas and pools), for it’s not in his area. His position is a com- plete fabrication. PEOPLE’S RIGHT “I think the people in this area have the right to de- Kay says that at no time were the joint town and school boards committee meetings able to discuss arenas, swimming pools or ball parks, as alleged by Trustee Sim, The meetings were so far only to discuss schools siting and use of all of the lands in an over-all plan. At Sharon For the past four or five years, residential taxpayers over the age of 65 years have been able to take ad- vantage of $150 in defer- red taxation on their resi- dence without interest each year. About 60 per- sons in the enlarged town of Richmond Hill have availed themselves of this loan which is payable onLv on the death of the re- cipient or on sale of the property. This amount was provided by the provincial government. The architect couldn't have been aware of the town‘s big plan for John Street and Bayview Avenue. Also the town and the Markham Lib- rary Board prefer to have any German Mills area lib- rary in the Markham Market- place shopping centre at Steeles Avenue and New Leslie. So the town has put playground equipment in Paddock Park. PARK IN RAVINE The town also has plans and has authorized expendi- ture of $25.000 to $30,000 for Wycliffe Park in the Don River ravine nearby. Kay says the town council is anx- ious to proceed to develop this land for park and rec- reation purposes, but can’t go ahead until they know what the school boards are doing on their large land holdings a short distance to the east. Tax Helps Sr. Homeowners board architect King wanted the town to. build covered skating arenas. This would have meant the loss of the only open park land in the whole German Mills com- munity and the people would have objected. said Coun- cillor Kay. The South Thornhill coun- cillor re-emphasized his points in a concluding sum- mary as follows: “To my knowledge they never took the high school out of the plans. It was to be five to 10 years away. It might very well be needed yet, if the town gets (Thornlea develop- ment) phases 3 and 4 ex- empted from the Parkway Belt. This (German Mills) area wasn’t the right location for the kind of facilities (ar- enas, library. etc.) being built at Bayview Avenue and John Street anyway. At the November 12 meeting the public school board (unilat- erally) approved plans for their elementary school in the Bayview Summit area. mand school facilities and the school board (public) has to proceed with construction as a matter of top priority to bring about completion as soon as possible. We all know we all have our hands full today with other prob- lems. We (town council) haven’t sought to blame the public school board. We’ve not been pointing a finger in the press. for Markham Town realized their (the school board's) problems. “But it is the public school board, or at least one of its members. who have tried to publicize this and point a finger at Markham Town Council. If we hadn’t had a joint com- mittee, they might have proceeded more rapidly. “But we should have a joint committee. The ob- jective and the goal is a good one," said Kay. Has your Hydro account got you a little puzzled because it's a little higher than usual? ELECTRICITY METERS ARE TESTEDâ€" Electricity meters are tested and sealed as to accuracy by the Standards Branch, Canada Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. Water meters are tested and sealed in accordance with American Waterworks Association standards. ' BILLING PERIODS â€" THE FAMILY â€" UNNECESSARY USE â€" ILLNESS IN THE HOME â€"â€" CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS ADDITIONAL NEW APPLIANCESâ€" Such as a television, range, dryer, refrigerator, freezer, radio, hi-fi, air conditioner, etc., will geneally result in the increased use of Hydro. ENTERTAINMENT AND COMPANYâ€" The greater use of electricity for cooking, lighting, washing, drying, ironing, television, and so on. LIGHTING â€"- Artificial light is used more in Winter than in Summer. HOUSE HEATING â€" Electricity is used to operate associated forced air systems, burners, circulating pumps, controls, supplementary heating, and so on. The colder and more prolonged the Winter months, the greater use of both electricity, and fuel. Any number of conditions can cause changes in your Hydro accounts as rendered every two months on the average. Greatest use of hydro is generally experienced during the Winter months. Winter has its longer periods of darkness and the heating season. Sustained hot, dry weather during the Summer is generally re- flected in increased water use. 4 YONGE ST. SOUTH Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, inability to obtain meter read- ings and so on will cause variations in scheduled meter reading dates. Lights and appliances left on when not required can cause changes in accounts. Here Are Some Conditions That Can Cause Changes In Your Accotmts An increase in the number is generally reflected in an increase in Hydro. Heat lamps, heating pads, and supplementary heating can be the cause of increased electricity use. Preparations and festivities are usually accompanied by the increased use of electricity. Your Hydro Account Will Vary Month to Month Lawrence Needler, presi- dent of South 'I‘homhill’s Travelways Limited, told the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts meeting last week the fuel crisis in the United States has meant increased business for Canadian bus companies opera-ting charter package tours to southern destinations. Travelways operates in four areas of public trans- portaition, as a public carrier, operator of buses for school boards in Southern Ontario. highway coach charter ope- rator and on urban or inter- city transit routes. Needler said he expects the volume of charter itour business to continue to in- crease because of the fuel situation created in North America due to the stoppage of oil Shipments from Arab suppliers in the Middle East. Canadian motorists report- ing difficulties in obtaining fuel on US. tours have turn- ed‘ many travelers to bus package tours, he said. Need- ler was a member of Premier Daviis' recent advisory task force on Metro .region than- sit. Thornhill Bus Firm Needler, who started his highly successful transporta- tion career in the last decade here in York Region at New- market, said the bus indus- try doesn't face any fuel cri- sis either in Canada or the US. ’I‘here are problems with obtaining fuel, but no crisis. RICHMOND HILL HYDRO INCREASING BUSINESS RATE INCREASES Company President Need- STOUFFVILLE â€" Critici has been levelled by M Daniels at the Aurora Bran of the Ontario Humane iety for delay in handling rabid skunk. Daniels' houn tangled with the animal D cember 22. The skunk w shot and picked up by ti society on that date. No 1' port was received by Janu 16, when he was told body of the skunk had be: located in an office new in Aurora. Examination 1: the Canadian Department Agriculture showed the shut was rabid. A 4%-year-old bq may have come in conta with the animal, it is team The company's 1973 x sults were on target a] will be released soon, a cording to President Nee ler. In the nine-month perh ending September 30 pro: was $513,000 or 57 cents share on revenue of $10,50l 000. The company now sells school bus of its own desi- to school boards and c petitors. He says Travelwa provides a much safer v icle. The market has mev been better for the bus i dusltry and now must se a whole new type of cast er. he says. ler said thene will be furth fuel cost increases this ye Travelways has received z proval for an increase 15% in dharter rates. It 11 also applied for a six pI cent increase on its mu ci'ty rates, to become ecffl tive March 1 if the provi cial government approves. PHONE 884-4466