atlantic guardian

This imposinq array of modern up·to.forty.passenqer.capaclty buses are six of the eiqht operated by the Avalon
Bus Co. Ltd. Manaqinq Director L. J. Hennessey recaUs maklnq a start some eiqhteen years aqo, with a total equipment
of one seven-passenqer Ford station waqon. Since that, he says, the country has improved considerably, and
the Avalon Bus Company has kept pace. Prompt .ervice and the courtesy of sober drivers have resulted in a
stream of steady customers, many of whom have travelled by the "Avalon" for years. Its main office is in KeJIiqrews,
and its city stand at the corner of Lime and New Gower Streets. It maintains a daily and continuous
.chedule from St. John's to Kelliqrews and Tors Cove, and, In addition, caters to thousands of holiday makers. A
bus may be chartered to any point on the Avalon Peninsula. Readinq from left to riqht in the picture, are bus
drivers L. Hennessey, M. Walsh, Earle Tilley, Ray Cluney, Fred Cluney, Ray Bishop.