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the georgetown htstii wednesday evening scfx 24 i52 page y the georgetown herald swing the mmih of axcwarrown gun wniium norval uhebodse boinbttifwatipwn baixinapad ashorove terra ootta subscription ru t3xs0 a year single conies be each advertising rates quoted on application walter c bltrm publisher and editor staff garfield i mcguvrey leal u clark corey uerrtagtoo jr reg oroamhead x the herald u printed each wadnaadav la the ofllca on main street georgetown authorized as ascond clan mall poat office dttpt ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspapers aeaoclatlon and the ontarlopuabec divulon of the cwjja the changing scene continuing a srnea of artulea on imai- nfas changes in georgetown during the past tvvckc eurs thi weeu wr take the main street block which starts at the royal bunk iwelvc ears ago when we armed in georgetown this was the liank of montreal which was managed b ab welk now iinina ger at aurora when the government ug gested wartime economies this was one oi many hank branches which closed and for a few ears the town had onl one hank hie building waa cmpt for a ear then wh bought by the town and outfitted us municipal and police office loiter on a generous ollrr was made by the royal bank for ita purchase and the town uaed some of the money to add to and renovate the old waterworks building at the far end of the block f rank ijcnner was manager when the branch opened and was succeeded when he waa transferred to i oron to last spring by bob darou who came here from pembroke since the sudden death of wes kobb his wife has been operating the rexall drug store with stewart young as manager mr robb had modernized the building putting in the all glass front and making many inter lor alterations before his death upstairs the old dental office of the late dr b gollop empty for pome time is now occupied b or clifford rtjd who came here from the city in 1946 ray i hompson bought the an thony hardware where he had worked for many years w c anthon had operated the business since buying it from col w i moore in iv03 until his death in 1943 hie adjoining men a clothing store of perc black burn was sold last year to harry marcus who in turn sold to irving lasscr of toronto at present mr laster is disposing of stock and fixtures and plans to close out business here the o neill block which takes up the rest of main street aa far as wesleyan street has seen many tenants in twrke ears ong inally mr o neill used the bulk of the build ing for his garage and carriage business with the exception of a couple of small stores in front after his death k m langdon bought the building vic diggins when he sold his federal engineering plant on king street to smith ot stone moved the complete plant to the building and also went briefly into the restaurant business in an empty store where m mahna had had 4 small jewellery store mr diggins named the business duffys restaur ant it was later operated by bob caldwell doug wilson and latterly bv mrs rognvald wrli carroll a store next door then created their larger supermarket and took the old res taurant aite for added apace mr o neill a former mam street office housed georgetown s first taxi business which russell i hompson now a lunehouar farmer eatahhhhtd at thr close of the war doug sold out to j 111 1 ross who later moved his office to thr corel iro building now ugowan s spec laity shop operates on this aitr i a ton s rder office 111 the corner store was formert used is a floral store b walter rigg mr rigg now has his grrenhouie in glrn illiams and does all his business from tlirrr hie factor spate is now tenanted b hi nr davis wood prod ucts a branch of a i oronto firm which makes cliildrin a furniture i he old lanr block on the other aide of wesleyan street has also seen many changes ivan ha had a beauty shop in the corner of the building until he moved to mill street don herrington has 1 paint and wallpaper store there now don barmger took over i rach hn s cleaning and pressing business built a dry cleaning plant in another part of the business section but retained this asim business office ilns year he increased his apace to take in the entrance from mum street which had been oc cuped successively by wright s meat market lho nix i louse started by jack hompson then ixiught b paul barber and helen gift shop ju k roughlev of i nnehouse had a vvitt h rt pair business there when mr hiomp son now an ottawa radio man had his store i lie georgetown cafe next door has had a number of proprietors since george chong who took a trip holne to china after leaving town die list we heard of george he was sluding to be a radio technician in i oronto the present 1 mpire 1 uiich operated by jack liaclwood has also housed a nuhfiber of bust nesses i welve cars ago rvirby s gift shop was in half the building and 1 high i mday had a radio store in iho other h ilf kirby a took over the whole store closed down and moved to brampton to establish a store there i rank pen son moved his fish and chip business across the road and later owners of the restaurant were dave bowman and llmer hutchinson i red sinclair still on tluvfeb at the white rose service station is the old man of main street as far as this block goes and his bus incss is the only one which has seen no chnn ges in a dccide lhc business district is being extended with the erectioi of the new bell telephone building across james street on the site of the old rumon home uons ma y tender on arena booth georgetown lion club is consi dering submitting a tender for op- ermlnx the refreshment booth and check room concession at the arena tbueeson at a flub meeting lost tuecday at the mcclbbon house the matter was dlscuaaed and a committee headed by jack gunning will in vestigate the dourbility of the club usng this as fund raising activity it wa pointed out that in several othirr towns service clubs are mak ing good revenue from umltr booths the club had a lucky number booth at the fair and rtullzid a pro fit of s3j juck armstrong vyas put in cfiurtftf of the ifullowecn datnrv whttja this ytsir will fall on hul lo we n night ok totxr jlt iflu mttrtvlutll wui wiwonicd a u new club nirinb r dkk iuoju wui mumd chairman ol the annual oiritma 1 rt i here i- u imitjillly ha uj luli will im tirltl in tht uitiui iriti id of ut tin four lomtrt ji fyinnrly scjjne nu inlc 1 ft it thit thl would le 11 ion mi te siful us it in uuully u hl itay und kml for utl 1 hi tr n uik ifiovwt upa u stand uul- wjltlnj for smtu to urilvt itikjtikh ttu fciikiult ut ulon it t mii1 m t ium lui ky li jw jns mil l inrtjmtl mtlh th iiltlitlon ol u jiiii tll m thi ummi i juleiii 1 fowl jid dull 1- 1 i im pr 1 it nli v n at oil mlttllllh uhllh m i- iii hull f tll in tlon pmskhnl hu hiiki i hi vmm ii rolt mtclum ilrk 1 11 tt 1 con ir1 1 amtm it ji k ann stioitk lh whltllhi dllll thi- 4 ullljiltll mil lo 1 ut on 1 ist m m llltlll riim jit mjiik futon 1 it trhahttown leaside preacher here on sunday lltirvi st hllktl s r it 1 s ill in in ut in st johns churth next sunday siptimthr hth al t inoniinu mtv in at 11 u in it j 1- mxui ii v ill hi thi tin at hrr und al tin inliu kcrvut ut 7 30 1 in hi v st man urick n of st auiuslliu cjuirth uimiii will h tlic prt at ht r i hi ftympithy of thi ommunty i- ixtituhd lo mr j 11 smith and tin family in tin dc ilh of mr hillh lust ui i k hippy hlrlhdiy u ann humph n i w ho will lx 1 ari old on hriitiy sipupiur 26th alv hip p birthday to jan corliy for sa urduy uie 7th cording to the ioxy pot pourri a second old coin hag been found by matt lowr one of the town men while employed on a digging project it is an 1859 penny bearing the likeness of queen victoria a few weeks ago mr lawr found ft curious old coin which was difficult to decipher and he hopes to find out more about it from a coin collec tor mr and mrs e s rutted she is the former barbara cousens of georgetown have recently moved from picton to brigh ton other former georgetowners who have a new home are mr and mrs brant howell who lived here while fil howell was stationed wjth the rcaf at malton they moved to wilson heights toronto last year and are- now at rideau view ottawa mr and mrs jesse brandford and mr walter brandford will be moving into the half of howard hillocks house on queen street rec ently xa by mt and mrs j d godfrey who have bought the hubert derricks house on chapel east the brondfords lived in the me house for many years but have been livihfr with mr and mrs thomas eason for bruce harding pianist hpwttfe il u teacher siudlo main st south phone 1mhi margaret bradley harding pianis1 sluillu icacher main st south ifonf i the- past few cars 1 here im a local touch in one ot this weeks advertisements carl saillian who operates a rujr and chesterfield cleaning service in guelph is one of the ar enian boys who attended school here several years ago in what is now ccdarvale school news travels und sometimes gets badly stretch ed as it goes lake the case of local veterinary dr charles sayers who last week was worried about reports that his young son was in trouble dr sayers heard that there had been an apart ment broken into on main street by a number of youngsters but was unable to find what apartment what damage had been done or anything concrete about the story finally he learned that mrs bpb souther of the brills staff had had a letter from her mother in cal gary telling of a breakin at her mothers apart ment in the western city in which the young son of n calgary vet was implicated appar ently someone had heard this story being told and had mistakenly thought it happened in georgetown n weekly chuckle an elderly couple from the country were laundry being swirled and splashed b the visiting the electrical building at the canadian water i national exhibition and stopped to peer well- said the lady if thatvtfele- througl the glass panels of a demonstration vision they can have it iutomaticwathingniacbia at a bunch of hes wrong u hut you pay somebody elses care lessness can put a terrific dent in your wallet yss even if youre not nt fault an auto accident may mean disastrous hills for you how to get around this dangerous possibility adequate insurance is your safest answer call on this agency now elmer c thompson insurance service john r hattbkk f kertcy e c thompson mill street phone us ijunny t1ionni biwl dorli uuy ply li khiik rnr in ttie trchnl- l mlm 111 s you in my ururna whl h iiluyi ut the llo tl r 0 and 7 it ttu jinjiur story ol ilic ltr m knhn jnd th mjiik ht rot imludlng tht tuu tunc- directory wm broughton masskur dally 10 sm to 8 pjn excodi wednesday it it i limrhouse io box 29 georgetown 381rl2 d w coombe accredited public accountant registered industrial accountants iuirungton 300 brant sl phone mm nielsen the chiropractor drtiflfti tbrrsput 38th year of pracuc ldy attendant uon tuca frl 23 pjn wed st- 23 and b 0 pm orer dominion btore oecrfetown phone 130w g f macrofttie nonber of institute of accredited public accx1untakts brampton 03 queen sl w phone 430 dr clifford reid ids dds dentist telephone 10 main street georgetown consult j a willoughby sort tor comtletk real estate service head office toftonto 150 yomf si ad 0005 city and coonur homes parvu and ftmall aereafea industrial ajtd nualneaa properties tom hewson u your local rvprcsentativq phone 332w dr j burns milne xray dental surgeon georgetown phone 80 dr john kerby practice of dentistry xray telephone 202 main street georgetown monuments pollock campbell 82 water st north g a l t designs on requeat phone 2048 inspect our work in greenwood cemetery t c w sayers dvm veterinarian guelph street opposite armstrong s garage phone 11 s m faibish ro ortometrist simmons jewellers georgetown phone 336 frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 301 georgetown po box 413 v leroy dale qc m sybil bennett qc barristers and solicitors n mill street georgetown phont 10 a j cranjell chartered- accountant main street georgetown telephone 654 1 james f mcnab barrister solicitor notary public norton bldg main street telephone 056 radio repairiiijd we specialize in this work 38 years experience j sanford son phone georgetown hw smatmmbhttausmauahsmb kenneth m langdon barrister and solicitor notary public first mortgage money to loan roxy theatre building mm street phone w leverahoskin chartered aeeountanta 8eesori to jenldiu and hwrdy 1808 metropouten bldf a victoria bteeet toronto bl 8u1 ttf1il1mhmj i