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ares iis Gerry Garms Service station owner ..Gerry Garms has leased and then owned a service station in Midland for eight vears. He works six days a week and employs three full-time and two part-time workers. At the time I decided to operate a service station I didn't want anything big. T wanted to be the only boss, not be in partnership with anyone. I wanted to make the decisions. We specialize in mechanical repairs. Two licenced mechanics and myself, too, are on duty, to deal with general repairs. The station also sells gasoline and tires. IT have been running every day for the last three years. I try to make the time, about three-quarters of an hour. It works out quite well; it takes me out of the station for a while. One of the mechanics and T run. prettv steady through the year. In spring and fall people bring their cars to be prenared for summer and winter driving. We change tires, from snow tires to summer tires in the spring, and summer tires to snow tires in the fall. A customer will come in and say, 'take this thing off here and put it there.' I will try to figure out why, but they won't tell you. When you deal with people every day. there is no pattern. Every person different: that's what makes the business interesting, and nerve- wracking too, I guess. T have a staff which is like a family, which makes work go easy. If you go superformal with your employees, sir and so on, it makes it hard. When you work with cars every day you grow with them, and you don't notice ' if thev are becoming more complicated. I don't think it necessarily has to be running, but some type of exercise. You can't do push-ups in a service station. As soon as I get into my running uniform I get out of the station because there are always customers coming in. When vou do.a certain thing every day you don't catch on if it gets worse or better or what. In the old days 100,000 miles on one car was really something. It does happen now: the same with tires. Rust though was unheard of in the old days. Running a_ service station is a challenge. A customer may drive me nuts and T go home at night, thinking: This is part of why you're doing what you're doing. I suess I like to work on cars too. I feel 100 per cent better because of my running. People see the Participation advertisements on television and they sav "That's a good idea - for someone e se!"' I won't quit, unless I am forced to: Business at this service station is $9,000 of [_ | equipment Simcoe County eae: Board of Education Brena» | KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION radios. and cabinets for Orillia and District Schools worth $9,000 were stolen Tuesday evening or Will take place April 28 to May 5, 1981 Wednesday morning from Tilson TV and Stereo in the A.E. LePage Mall on High- wav 27, the Midland OPP says. : Entry was gained Contact your local school for details through a rear service R. Edwards 1.C. Harris door. Two television Chairman Director of Education sets were among the stolen items. UARANTEED SERVICE UARANTEED PRICE UARANTEED GM PARTS GET READY FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS WITH A TRANSMISSION TUNE-UP eDrain Transmission Fluid eClean Sump eReplace Screenand Filter elnspect for Leaks eAdjust necessary Linkages ALL FORONE $ 1 O95 LOW PRICE Commercial & Imports Extra Note: Parts extra if needed Phone Gary Lumsdon at: UN ©6526-3781 CHEV-OLDS For Appointment a Last days can be improved, speaker says Wavne Cox, a pharmacist with the District Rotary Club, Cox was Roval Victoria Hospital in Barrie, critical of the conspiracy of silence Wednesday called for doctors and that surrounds the dying, on the part other hospital staff, and the families of the family and doctors who won't of the dying, to help make the last talk about it, and on the part of the davs of the dying as pleasant as dying. who won't admit they know. possible. In an address to the Midland The Friday Times and Friday Citizen Second Class Mail Registration Number 2327 Published by Douglas Parker Publishing Ltd at 309 King Street, Midland, Ontario. 526-2283 75 Main Street, Penetanguishene, Ontario/ 549-2012 Publisher: Douglas Parker Editor: J. D. (Doug) Reed The Friday Times and Friday Citizen are distributed free each Friday to households in Midland and Penetanguishene Parker Publishing Limited also publish The Midland Times, Penetanguishene Citizen and Elmvale Lance each Wednesday in the Huronia market. Page 4, Friday, April 24, 1981