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Main Street says farewell to a comrade But merchants remain largely tightlipped about what their clearance sale signs mean By Herald Staff There is a attached to going out of business selling out or switching locations din ing a period of a hard times In prepar Ing this scries It was downtown Georgetown merchants whose clear sale have driven home the facts about Canada economic crunch thilr individual cases The Herald was unable to determine what is happening with Silvers department store amid speculation that it may remain on Main Street to reopen under new owner ship One representative while employ were clearing slock said that news Meanwhile s appears to be making plonsforomovetotheold Goddard Supply outlet across the street Lang croft has moved to and again there Is speculation that a smaller store catering to crofts men will open in its RIDING THE RECESSION A Special Herald Report One store width is soon will be idly missed by Unlike oilier neigh to draw the bolt across Its many long lime residents boring merchants Jewell doors for the lust lime and It McNamara Jewell era during economic I slumps also have to deal with the fluctuating price of the materials from which their stock Is made Recently gold and silver have had some dizzying downs Irene has work ed at the store most a anger for years Despite the fact that she Is closing shop which opened on Main Street as Simmons Jewellers in the mid 1340b words of hope for the fellow merchant she is leaving behind Just because there ore a few casual tie doesn mean the battle is over Jewellers like other businessmen she said have had to contend with horrendous interest rates while they watch their incomes dwindle It Especially in the hut few years Mrs noted stores of this nature roust count on doing 30 to per cent of a year turnover between November and Decern bcr a peak retail period for any businessman Average sales have Con Hoard on page -877-5213- FOBERT Real Ettate Ltd m Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY JUNE 30 1982 muffler king 3MountainvlewRd N 8770151 Willow Park Ma Georgetown awash after rainstorm hits IN THE MIDDLE OF A MUDDLE One think that after a day of activity Including soccer war The loners Here rewarded with a inch rites nod marathons participants In the Canada Day dip but as grew bolter later in the day hem In Balllnafad Saturday would take it easy late In the afternoon the provided welcome relief Marc detail inside split Ih em selves Into Herald photo by Glen Williams extends welcome to Canada Da bash Celebration in the park By AAGAARD Herald Stair Writer Back in 1967 Bobby Gimby and his beaming entourage of lot to sing about Though not inclined to pat themselves on the back Canadians have lately become accustomed to kicking up their heels on Canada Day and there one heck of a celebration in Glen Williams this The Glen bill park will be the hub of for the event I morrow Thursday As in past years will begin with i delicious pancake breakfast A bill Rime is in the works for some mi illlmc enter Flags Day parade will leave Mullen Plate and along Confederation Street turning onto Main Street indinlo the park for the opening ceremonies Santa parade the march in Glen Williams pi ins to be one of the biggest of the yeir in the Up the George town Girts Pipe Bind and Lions Club standard bear ill be joined by local provincial and federal politicians The local Canadian associa lion will be taking part this as mil the George town I- ircfliif a motor camping outfit is entering tars and motor cycles are ilso In this year and the Hills will tie perform with their batons along with the Hills Jills gymnast club And no pur ide would be complete without n complement of members from Scouting organisations Providing the parades horse show are riders from nearby Wild wood Manor The opening eeremonles which begin p will be capped off with the first cut into the giant Canada Day birthday take Once everyone has brushed the crumbs away It will be lime to start the after noon events Including one which calls for contestants to wear an old pair of running shoes film Can Day chairman John Minns told The Herald that the old shoes will be needed for the steeplechase an outrageous rompnlong the Credit and through mud and other obstacles At m the George town District High School plans for a airy t lit fantasy The performance begins the late cultrl Alt tic folks nil gnup will appear on stage foil wed by Globe Product ions members who prepared a song the popular returning guests are the Villty Square Dane This local group believes the power of ludiencc participation in 1 they regularly scoop up celt brants to take part in the dine there will be a park dance featuring Ktnny Dee and Southern rt Throughout the day it will be impossible to steer aw from the Bavarian Garden Here one can grnh some refreshment an appetite with i usages and sour Pray for good weather but while there no way of guaranteeing it won rain one ean be sure that the Glen lams welcome will be as warm as ever By CHRIS AACAAaO Staff Writer An Intense storm early yesterday Tuesday morning dumped three inches of rain on George town in a six hour period flooding basements caus mudslides and tearing an enormous chunk out of Maple Avenue Residents in Nerval Willow Park trailer camp were forced to leave their homes as the Credit River overflowed lis banks and water levels rose drama lie two to three feet at one regional police and Georgetown fircfight era were on the scene aiding residents trying to rescue possessions and hauling vehicles to drier land service to the There were no injuries during the flood which was subsiding as of press time yesterday aft Hundreds of George town residents were left without water or had to put up with low pessure when a inch watcrmain conn to the region ping and filtration reser voir on Maple Avenue While regional were trying to me why the main broke they speculated that flood waters passing around an ovcflowing culvert below Maple Avenue may have softened the bedding on which the main lay As the pipe settled public quickly by bulldozers There was another slide near the Beaumont Knit I Mills in Glen Williams across the villages Main Street and traffic on Street had to skirt a slide which across the street near the High way west of Glen Williams town crews were also cleaning up road shoulders which had been washed away during the morning deluge Traffic along the route 3b reduced one lane while the work was carried out The storm set a record of sorts for Georgetown Environment Canada climatotogist I nan Smllh said that the millimetre rainfall three inches re corded at the community sewage treatment plant in Hungry Hollow fell within a six hour period beginn at around a m That amount of rain in that relatively short per lod of time is something expect once in years he said adding that the storm approached from the west ana its most the Georgetown area the north Toronto received less rain There was one false alarm call or the fire department during the night apparently touched In to repair a pole which off by the lightning had slumped at the Maple Avenue CUM LAUDE llttlr Clarke had a hard time with her gradual ion iear Her white paper rap kepi giving her the four year old pre school graduate clutched her new certificate with her free hand teacher Barb- passed out more of them The Utile Cherub timer School ma be losing of its clan but a big enrolment Is expected for September There be two classes of children In the threeday program and two clashes In the lwodA program The school out of the Maple Baptist Church on Maple and Street lager John told The Herald it have sep arated at a joint Public works crewmen were expected have returned service to normal yesterday after noon Mr Mac Kay said miy be a few days before Ihe road Is repair with the bursting wat left a large hole about wide feel across from curb to curb several feel deep forcing a traffic detour There were additional problems for regional road crews Mounlalnvlcw was briefly washed out at Hungry Hollow and re pairs were being made on damaged curbs In The s public works dcpirlmcnt had lis hands full taking care of mud slides and raid washouts Mud poured across the Tenth I ine of the but was clear Councillors weigh salary increases While town councillors voted themselves a raise the federal gov eminent new budget which was unveiled night maj deter mine how much they gel The mayors and salaries are justed and themselves a per cent pay increase relroaclive to Jan 1 Under this scheme will rise from to SIB 183 while council lors would sec I heir mil salaries rise to However federal fin minister Allan Mac announced Monday he would hold creases of no more than sin per cent this five per cent in Mayor Pete told The Tuesday morning that he would de by the minister policy But rather than force Issue on councillors he said he would let them decide whether or not to hold J six per now enjoy summers meet ing schedule won to discuss the issue until July Mike Armstrong Id his colleagues he figured thai after taxes he would be left with an Increase of about K per week under the 102 per cent plan Cheer up Still fuming be use the rain spoiled your Pi mcer Iis fun lie weekend before Calm down Pioneer and return July to downtown Georgetown where merchants will again pool efforts offer sidewalk sales the Lions Club breakfast an evening street dance and plenty of things to do for the whole family BUILDING A BRIGHT IDEA more perplexing problems facing homeowner these days haw back on household energy consumption while still maintaining an accustomed way of life Bud and BUI Barnard and Trevor Cannon believe have of the end they were experimenting with one la Bill Georgetown backyard Hi constructed a geodetic dome Thursday which will rise over family above ground pool Coupled with roof lop solar collector dome by al a month on either side of turner It to maintain and of era protection from wtnd rain and See details In Herald photo by Chris Appeal for help relief progr hi Bed tending a Irr lithe Ontario Division tniJarvhSl To run to ii for anudlanltidl 113 are lax deductible and receipt will be should be clearly marked I Appeal ItequeilK for further can be made contacting the Ontario Division Silver Creek combined with broken water ma In create this moon sited crater on Avenue in Georgetown The Credit and ll tributaries riled with runoff from Ihree Inchcaofralnwhlchfellovrrnlghl Police fire and public work crews were damage following morning The Maple Avenue Incident washed roadi left homrownera without water or with low water preuurr It may lake a few before the road completely repaired Herald photo