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concerned with competition downtown merchants plan action an important letter is being nailed to merchants in tke downtown area following a re cent meeting at which possible improvements in the merchan dising field were suggested believing that the general also ask himself public will be interested as well time to act in the proposals the herald is publishing the letter which reads as follows how am i going to combat i ping areas in the suburbs the influx of modern retailing 3 tne main gj is in a methods in the hands of large unique position to combat the financial interests in order toi of thc modern approach protect the investment i bavp merchandising firstly by built up over the years he may i deing located on a secondary is this the in the face of modern devel opment and merchandising it is becoming more apparent every day that such things as super markets shopping plazas fran chise operators and bulk buy ing outlets are making inroads into what was standard retail practices a few years ago the small businessman now finds himself in danger of being gob bled up by big business traditionally the only way in which the small man has been hie to combat this giant is to join forces for a common cause by forming cooperatives unions federations associations and various other forms of joint effort- history proves that the ones who have been most suc cessful are the ones who have anticipated this danger before it was too late the past ten years has seen growth in population indus try and community development in the town of georgetown which has been beyond the wildest dreams of any of its cit izens and the future develop ment is accelerating at a trem endous pace in view of this expected dev efopment the small business- nan may do well to ask him- street that does not require through traffic and secondly the trend in recent years by having sufficient adjoining has indicated that the buying 1 land to provide ample parking public are no longer satisfied j space for all businesses located with second rate merchandising there methods and facilities but are demanding a more sophisticated attitude on the part of merchan- disers and suppliers the ease and flexibility of movement jjow being experienced in shop- 1 ping plazas is rapidly condition i ing the buying public to expect the same facilities wherever they go recently a committee of in terested merchants was formed j there are several points to be i considered if the trend men- tioned above is to be reversed 1 such as- a parting i b modernization c merchant cooperation d planned progress parking in order that the buying pub- tion with your neighbour have almost came to an end sine most commodities are manufac tured by ultramodern equip ment the emphasis has now been placed on service variety of choice and attractive dis play the entire area as an at tractive unit now becomes an inducement to the buyer which makes harmonization of adjac ent facilities and a planned look for the entire area a nec essity planned progress in order that the area may be developed into a first rate shop ping area attractive enough to compete with all surrounding areas it is necessary to devise a master plan which will even tually achieve the desired res- ults a suggested list of prior- mav be attracted to main itles may be as follows under the sponsorship of the street adequate parking facili- georgetown chamber of com ties must be available as close meree to investigate these very as possible at the present time questions and after due consi- through the courtcsv of some i z development of block a and deration and some exploratory area landowners one parking on encqsed m invesjgations the following i 5 servicing the entire area l development of main street usions have been reached i order to provide sufficienl 4 improvement of parking j 1 improvement of present i parking facilities fruit cocktail white sugar kaimure catsup niblets potato chips 87 59 45 frozen foods i x 1 the main st area could space for all who wish to shop conceivably find itself virtually j this parking lot must be impress j u future j ved by hard surfacing and pro- g surrounded in thc near by shopping plazas supermark- per marking it is also apparent ets and other modern business j that other areas must be opened enterprises that could seriously up to parking reduce its effectiveness shopping area 2 it is rapidly becoming more apparent that instead of main st being the focal point for georgetown s purchase dollar with buyers from all directions 1 coming in that the direction of i the bulk of the purchasers is modernization recently the chamber of 9 commerce sponsored a meeting of all merchants of the main street area to discuss moderni zation a film shown by mr paul martcl a toronto archi tect which illustrated changes j ing suggested the outward toward toronto bramp- 1 similar area of other towns will hold another meeting in the ton milton guelph and shop- f on of present fac- near future in the meantime uiues and modernization of j enquiries may be directed tcj i street appendages he also shojward any of the following com- wed slides of drawings made of raittee members this area f georgetown as it i would appear after renovation by cooperative planning facilities in block c development of block c improvement of parking facilities in block d 7 development af block e a development of ancillary areas possible elimination of traf fic on main st between james and church sts in order that all interested parties may become conversant with the details of the plan be- commtttee miamsb me to church st johns united church if guelph st 1772531 minister rev robert o scrivens 11 ajn service of worship sum june 29 july 27 inclusive congregations of st johns first baptist join for services in first baptist church main and guelph everyone is welcome maple avenue baptist church bible preaching sunday 11 ajn and 7 pm merchant cooperation the days of intense eompeti- hornby ernie sykes chairman charlie crimes secretary bud buckwald tracey barrager sandy mackenzie georgetown alliance church telephone t77916 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening service cedarvalk community centre the anglican church of canada st george 60 guelph st trinity vim 8 ajn holy eucharist 10 am morning prayer annual garden party draws 4000 people to festivities iga white bread gold royal grade a butter steaks sirloin tbone porterhouse and wing lb 109 iga lucky shopper- ed draper 52 hwwi crate 9jo triet hospital he was the hus- at their cottage in orillia band of anne cooper and father of lorne of strectsville bryan mrs beatrice grant of osh of milton and the late george awa nas been visiting at the r bcntley the funeral service nome of mr ana mr jim mc was held on friday at thc mc- ray ln other friends in the kersie funeral home in milton district with interment in the ever- green cemetery congratulations to mr and mrs michael tyner marie get well wishes are extended baudler who were married at the 22nd garden party of meeting were read by mrs the hornby ball club was held morice williamson following to mrs victor hall sr who is grace anglican church on on saturday night july 19 a short business period mrs a patient in the milton district saturday july 19 the recept- uith 4000 people attending gordon leslie conducted two hospital ion followed at the masonic following an interesting soft- enjoyable contests a personal hall with the hillcrcst united ball game between mount al- contest was won by mrs ander- mr and mrs ian break boh- church ladies catering bert and palermo which ended son may and grabbox contest by and donny were weekend- up 21 for the local palermo won by mrs alfred mccracken visitors with mr and mrs mel sunday guests who visited team spencer wilson wel- mrs dave dowling and mrs penney and family of gome recently with mr and mrs corned the guests to the card- mary leslie the august meet- recently melvin penney were mr and en party ward brownridge ing will be held at the home of mrs j break m and mrs have a happy summer holiday wynfield nursery and garden centre v mil w of 7th lin an 17 sidaroad phone s7799s2 christian reformed church 7th lin georgetown al j vandanpol minister services every sunday 93fl am and 4 pm 11 am sun day school visitors welcome listen every sunday to the back t god hour radio minister dr joel nedcrhood ckey 590 830 am cfgm 1310 1030 am fm 1007 meg chin 4 pm norval presbyterian church minister rev r d duncanson qrganist mrs wjn mulder worship service 1000 am sermon saints in a sinners house mrs dave dowling and mary leslie the august meet party ward brownridge ing will be held at the home of was in charge of the pony rides mrs alfred ball with mrs dor- which was the most important bernardini and mrs jim item to the children an all saliba a delicious lunch was star program which included served by thc hostess and a so- the rhythm ranch boys and cl visit enjoyed by all guest star donna lee flash parrcll the dynamie tap dance sincere sympathy is extended man cy leonard comedy ven- to the family of the late george triloquist the hardman girls bentley with their baton acts betty brent the guitar and song sty- list yodejler doug romaine canadas master pantomime comic twiggy who played on several instruments jack ayre musical accompanist and that jovial emcee vince mountford who keeps everyone in suspense with his jokes and humorous songs the refreshment booth was kept busy from the start of the evening to the end mr and mrs raymond plant grant royce sheila and susan and family spent the weekend of hornby mrs jim hamilton who died on wednes i day july 16 at the milton dis- the north trafalgar com munity club held their july meeting at the home of mrs t a leslie the president mrs john cordingley welcomed the sixteen members to the meeting which was opened with the club ode in thc absence of the secretary mrs john han- nih the minutes of the previous flowers for ail occasions weddtno 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