Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 11, 1989, p. 3

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Wednesday October 11 Page 3 Shoppers residents favor Sunday shopping- survey residents want to shop Sunday think stores should have the right to open Sunday and say they have no problem with their children working Sunday a report by a grocer coalition says The Committee for Fair Shopp ing an ad hoc coalition of grocery retailers and distributors telephoned residents both male and female heads of household to get their opinions on Sunday shopping The survey was conducted bet ween Sept 27 and Three representatives from ma national grocery chains were at Halton Region last Wednesday to share the findings with acting Regional chairman and Burlington Coun Rob Forbes Executive vicepresident of A and and Dominion Wayne Lued told reporters some stores in Halton are presently open Sun days A legislation passed in by the provincial government scheduled to be im next February could close the doors on many more stores The survey published by Consultants says per cent of residents say store owners should have the option of opening Sunday Three quarters of those surveyed said they would like to have the option of shopping Sun day Those who want to work should be able to per cent of telephone respondents said but workers should not be bullied or forced to work the survey found Government legislation under the Retail Business Holidays Act will give them that option and pro- Peels new birth centre popular in Georgetown By ALAN Herald Special Through a chorus of cackles gig and squeels the Brampton Peel Memorial Hospital celebrated the first anniversary of its Family Birth centre on Friday Oct 6 Although the hospital is in Brampton people from Caledon and Halton Hills have used the tre Georgetown resident Cory Booker wife of Les Booker gave birth to Danial last mothers day May is her fifth child and she said the experience she had In the centre was enjoyable The centre is set up to be as close to a home setting for child birth as possible a hospital Mrs Booker appreciated her four older children could be a part of the birth and although they tried to be there for the birth the strain of five hours of labor was too much She also liked that a nurse visited her at home before and after the birth to check up on her Mens I Polo I by Rafeh Lauren NOW AVAILABLE 211 Guelph Street Georgetown CENTRE It s also nice to know the hospital facilities art there if you need them Mrs Booker said The Family Birth Centre is the first of its kind in Ontario Hospital President Bill said the centre was an to do something different and in novative The medical director of the Kerr said It been all roses There has been the odd and technical that have been overcome Mr Leggatt explained The centres record for the first year is families registered 32 deliveries transferred before birth 29 transferred during birth 23 transferred after birth five admtssions because of jaundice four andCaesanans 16 DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC AW TRENTON DT 18 CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN ACROSS FROM LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE 8772359 Have You Been SEARCHING For An Entrance FINALLY Our entrance behind Pizza Hut has re opened for easy access to us FREE Small Size SEARCHER SPECIAL COFFEE or POP with the purchase of any or muffin Offer Exp res Of Street Georgetown mister y tect their right to refuse work Mr 1 ucdtkesaid Over per cent of respondents in the said Dominion Loblaws Food City Miracle Mart and similar stores should be allow to open Sunday if largesized food and produce stores can open The report says that per cent of people who responded said it unfair to close large grocery stores Sunday while allowing fruit markets to remain open The survey reports that per cent of residents say store openings should be the choice of in dividual store owners The report says that most people oppose the present law that gives Sunday opening rights to selected stores Over per cent of people questioned for the survey said everyone should have the option to work or not work Sundav Eight in ten people surveyed said would allow their lighter or son to work Sunday to earn extra Sundav shopping is already widespread in Haltoi as per cent of those surveyed said shop on Sundav now and as mam as per cent of those survev thev shop on quitt often the shopping survev sas Trucking firm owner John Bouwman dies John Bouwman Popular and well known local businessman John died in Inverness Nova Scotia Fnday of a heart attack Mr Bouwman owned Bouwman Truck Serv ice Cen tre Ltd on Todd Road in Georgetown for 22 vears He recentlv sold the to enter semi retirement One thing about John is that no matter where went in Canada vou meet so who knew Bouwman and spoke highh of him Bill Lawrence a friend of Mr Bouwman for the past 30 said Tuesday If you met John you d mediately like him He was that kind of warm person said Ray Marshall who purchased Mr Bouwman s truck service over a month ago He spent his whole life building the business up Mr Marshall said Mr Bouwman came to Canada from Holland and worked in fathers bake shop He later worked for mill and then for Harrison s Garage in Georgetown He then worked foe an autoelectric company that would become Bouwman Auto Electric in 1968 What can you say about so meone who was a close personal friend Rene of Georgetown said of Mr I going to miss him a lot Mr leaves behind his wife Anne his daughter Van Ravens his son Robert of Onllia and three grand children Friends of Mr were received at the J Jones and Son Funeral Home The funeral vice was held vesterday Tues at the Christian Reform Church in Georgetown The Bouwmans asked friends to contribute to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or to a preferred charttv NATURALIZER THE NATURAL CHOICE FOR WALKING COMFORT I SPORT s PeiformanceWalker s spec ally to support and on your feet dur ng se walk ng thanks to Natural ze timed range s won have to settle tor ng less than a perfect f t Its special four part Comfort System assures you of max mum walking shoe performance Advanced Sports Cushioning 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