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Business award winner A THE HERALD Wednesday February 1185 Page Barry Whitworth Chambers choice George Kennedy Public School a anniversary celebrated in with a flag raising A yellow and black nag Indicate the quartercentury milestone Helping with the ceremonies were left to right Adrian wink els Tina Bell who started at the In 1959 principal Jack Reed and former caretaker teaman Allen George Kennedy PS celebrates 25 years Herald Staff George Kennedy School students will be celebrating a birthday all year long The school turned this year and a series of events have been plana to commemorate the The school actually opened in September of 19S9 but the official opening until May 19 i960 Jack Reed said Monday the school began some of he festivities with a flag raising ceremony The flag contains the words George Kennedy 25 In January there was a trivial quiz announced over he A pertaining to Georgetown s and George Kennedy history There will be a hat contest and a birth day card contest in February for students to participate In During the month or March local artist Carole Black will be working on a painting of the school She will be bringing in her easel for a couple of days to show the students how her work Is progressing In April there will be a baloon release where students can write messages inside the helium filled balloons The children will also have a chance to bury messages and items in a time capsule to be open on the properly some time in the future In May here will be a for Reunion Continued from page said Shirley McKeown organizer for that reunion That group has copies of school registers from 1907 to 1953 and is preparing lists students from each year to invite The lists are expected to be completed by early March and the will go out at hat time McKeown said the timing of the reunion wilt depend on the size of the crowd invited and whether the legion Is available this spring If It is not the reunion may have to be put off til fall McKeown urged any one who has dropped ihcir contacts with town and would there fore be hard for Ihc committee to locate to call herself at 1437 or Helen Jocque 853 Courtesy Mercury Disabled survey When hey re out and about where arc Ihc physically a bled goings According to the region recently relets transportation study on lit dlsubled most trips by the disabled art destinations their own municipality The survey of dis a bled Ha I ion residents about one Ihird of the total disabled populatl on showed GS per of trips by Hills dixabled were within the loan itself Only per cent of rips made were to another municipality and per cent were on other Currently there a van service for the living in Hills Burlington and Milton the regions only munlclpa without such 1 runs portat Ion service students and reunion for former students and at George Kennedy In June there Is planned a special graduation ceremony for grade 5 students Twenty five special anniversary medallions will be given out From he initial enrol of around in George Kennedy steadily until It peaked at over pupils in 1967 The enrolment has since continued to decline and now there arc attending the school George Kennedy has had three principals In lis history Allen 195973 Fisher 1973 and Jack Reed Herald Staff It not unlike Barry to use a team sport analogy in explaining how he runs his business A former athlete and now an avid hockey fan of Gcoifcetown Raiders of the Senior A league Mr Whitworth chosen as the Business Aiard Winner of 1984 He the sixth recipient of ho Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Award and Feb a special dinner will be held honor his accomplishments The owner of three car dealerships and an shop Mr is perhaps more will known for his high profile sponsorship of the George town Chrysler Raiders When he talks about business It us If he describing a of hockey plovers from a ceo china perspective TFAM SPORTS I hive to put them his employ as a like team sports I do anything 1 wouldnl ask anyone else to do he says The business award winner Is on an Individual or corporation located in Georgetown d splaying good business ethics and having shown a tnificnnt impact on the social and economic well being of the area according to a Chamber press release Horn and raised in Oakvlllc Mr Whilworth took economics and psycho logy university while finding lime to play Tor the Satellite football club and a short stint with the Hamilton Jr A hockey franchise It w ten years ago last week that Mr purchased Georgetown Chrysler Before that he had worked for the Dank of Nova Scut a and as an operations manager for a dealer ship conglomerate When In took over the Chrysler dealership the year before it had lost He quickly turned the on around so that the dealership mode money TOYOTA Hiving already owned property on Street when the Toyota became available he bought the franchise and moved it to lis present location Most recently he negotiated to get the Pontine dealership back to Georgetown and it reopened for business in September of 1963 How docs he feel about his award It s an honor Anytime your peers pick you it gratifying he says Mr Whitworth now employs about CO staff his three dealerships sell cars per year About per cent of their sales arc to local people while the rest arc sold to out or own purchasers mainly from tlu Brampton and areas He sees as one of his major challenges building a continuity of he takes pride In the fact that many of his employees have been with him for 10 years PRIDE He searches out for staff that will take pride in other people scars and he stresses the service type of Industry a p depends on One satisfaction for Mr Whitworth over the years has been seeing some of the staff members grow and their families He also thankful that Chrysler got Ihcir loan guarantees from levels of government during the lean years If you talk to Mr Whitworth about furl business expansion he keeps going back lo talking about his staff You got to look for something to keep you interested and let your staff expand he says NOT PASSIVE Mr Whitworth is not a passive sponsor with the Raiders He s active as a director and he attends most including he away games He not afraid lo go into the dressing room either to talk to players If you get to know one of the guys it can be motivational think like talking to one or staff he says Mr Karen and hey have one daughter The threesome live In Glen Williams and have been here since 1975 In his spare time Mr I lo read and Ski He Is also a member of committee of adjust ment which arbitrates minor zoning changes and answers of the Ontario Municipal Board Mr Whitworth also raises 14 Angus cattle for breeding stock in a field across from Arnold Volkswagen In Glen Williams He describes himself as hard driving You can please everyone Sometimes they the staff probably would like to kill me Bhnf SAVED R Barber Albert Street SAVED D AHA Street SAVED Doyle Duncan Drive SAVED Mm Part SAVED C Gold KIngfiam Fid Acton Junes street SAVED L Inglis Maple 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