Armed with a pocketful of nickels, the newest heroine in Whitehorse is Joan Schrioch, 20, who serves as the Yukon's first anti-meter maid. Twelve applicants showed up for the unique job advertised by Bob Erlam, publisher of the Whitehorse Star, who is sparking the campaign and guaranteeing Miss Schrioch's wages.

Erlam spelled out his objective as being "to stop the over-zealous meter maids in the City of Whitehorse from issuing parking tickets-and therefore putting an end to the fantastic amount of fine money flowing into the city coffers."

Erlam claims that the meters drive business from downtown Whitehorse. Already paid for, the meters are no longer needed to assist in solving over parking and traffic problems, according to the publisher. City income from the meters during the first nine months of 1972 was more than $40,000.

From the Whitehorse Star, Monday, November 6, 1972

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