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g l the geo herald wednesday nov 26th 1947 the georgetown herald erring tli ommnnttla of georgetown glen williams norval l1mehouse hornby stewarttown ashcrove ball1nafad terra cotta bubkrfption rate j2 00 yor single copim ik ech advertising bates quoted on application v walter c biehn publisher anddltor gmrfioldx muguvray staff leslie tf clark beg braftihead l harold davison corey harrington jr the herald is printed each wednesday afternoon at the office on main st georgetown authorized as second class mail port office dept ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspapers ontario quebel division of the c i elation and the a the editors column the changing scene as we said last week mam street and by main street we mean the merchant fraternity wherever it may be located has seen almost a complete turnover since your editor took over the job of the late j m moore early in 1940 starting at main street south where sammie fong has replaced harry chu as prop rietor of the golden gate cafe well take you on a tour just to prove the point next door in what was formerly part of the cafe simmons jewellers are get ting ready for then official opening this week a va cant buikjing has been renovated to house stan grabbs georgetown furniture sales harold mcclure has added the simpson order office to his home furni shings business bill kings meat and grocery store now is operated by roy bradley with whom was asso ciated his brother the late clayton bradley and during the war another brother clifford who left town to run his own business in erin and has since sold that and bought a business in acton jack cotton kept brills dept store name when he purchased the busi ness from david brill who now makes his home in to ronto death removed a wellknown citizen in 1940 in the person of hotelkeeper sam mcgibbon and jack and gladys continue to operate the mcgibbon house the adjoining bakeshop has been twice sold by norm brown to fred baird and more recently to fred webb mr band moved to brampton where he purchased scarlett bros grocery store dominion store has had several managers the latest of whom is norm smith the misses clandge who operated a millinery shop above the herald office have retired and the premises has been converted into an apartment for insurance agent w a mccarvell long s confectionery and the gray coach depot is still operated by the family since death suddenly removed this popular merchant after howard lilhcos death mrs lilhco sold the beauty parlour to mrs donna ryan of toronto and works with mrs ryan in the business the lee sing laundry ceased operation with the death of the proprietor and the building was next tenanted by cal clarks electrical x shop which he sold to jesse wardlaw and now jointly houses the wardlaw electric and the georgetown taxi in which mr wardlaw is associated with jim ross an extension to silvers dept store has doub led the floor space of the business from which mr h silver has retired from the active management his place being taken by his son sid the old creelman building at the time we came to town had mrs cath erine preston cordaro operating the empire lunch mrs cordaro sold out to her brotherinlaw and sister mr and mrs frank penson who later bought a bull ding across the street and now the building is partly industrial electrical indicators while ernies radio run by ernie rawson takes part of the frontage and cordaro candies will soon be confected in the base ment riley brethour purchased tyers milk products from b tyers and calls it now the georgetown dairy while mr tyers has taken up farmingon ce- darvale farm which he purchased from the united church which ran it in conjunction with the girls school farm manager harvey clarke bought a truck ing business and moved to brampton the house and shop from which norm brown transferred his bakeshop downtown has reverted to a private dwelling when a e cripps sold his ford agency at the top of main street hill to lome peters and cece hardie they named the business georgetown motors across the highway art scott acquired the chevrolet woldsmobile agency this year and changed the firm name to scott motor sales at present he is building a new garage further down the highway where the b a station was located and run in our time by bruce madcenzie harry graham and danny j3anka neil ellison and bert simpson art speight old his plymouth agency to ray bowers of toronto and up the highway to service a rapidly growing dis trict are two new grocery stores established by cal turk and jim schofield the feed mill on the highway has seen several proprietors including cal clark the late hedley shaw cal clark again william bryden and presently up- ahall and maltby mrs maynards store on the north end of the highway is now operated by mrs e loud jleturning to main street we find even more changes on the opposite side of the street the municipal office will soon be back at its former location in the water works budding when renovations are complete pen- sons fish and chip now occupies the premises of icir- bys specialty shop mr and mrs russell kirby hav ing meanwhuv opened a similar business in brampton the southern half of this store was occupied by hugh jjndssys radio store until he dosed it early in the war george chongs smiling face is missing at the georgetown cafe with albert woo the new proprie tor next door where a e wright and son operated a meat market jack thompson established phoenix house gift shop selling it to paul and ruth barber jack roughley of ltmehouse conducted jacks watch repair in part of this premises for a few years vogue hairdressing established by a brampton firm in the vacant corner store in the lane block is operatectby ivan hay around the corner dontbarrager bought v out rachhn cleaners and has added a dry cleaning plant which he bunt behind longs store the o neill block has seen a great many changes mr oneill re tiring- from the garage and farm implement business and selling the buikhng to vic diggins who operated federal sales and the georgetown manufacturing cornpany there then moved his factory to college view and leased that part of the building tathe henry davis furniture company walter riggs tfower shop now has eaton s order office as tenants a new busi ness dorans shoe store recently opened in the loca tion which first housed o neills garage then russell thompsons taxi which he sold to jim ross anq tom clapham who operated it as georgetown taxi then moved across the street to the present location carrolls too has seen a number of managers no new appointment having yet been made since jim bingham left for tillsonburg last week m mahna closed up his jewelry store and the premises was remodelled by mr diggins for duffys restaurant which is now run by don wilson saxe chapman sold his drug bus- n iness just a few months ago to frank centner one of georgetowns oldest businessmen walter anthony passed away and the business is now operated by ray thompson who was associated with mr anthony for several years above robbs drug store dr clifford reid has his dental office in dr jacksons former loca tion the bank of montreal closed in 1941 and man ager ab welk went from here to fenelon falls til bury and aurora the town bought the building used it as municipal and police office until this year when it was sold to the royal bank who appointed frank benner to manage the new branch at the bank of commerce veteran manager g mclintock retired last year and moved to toronto and r h ireland came here from windsor as the new manager jim goodie t purchased j p reid s hardware sore renovated and added to the building for his hardware and furniture store the budget groceteria which he operated next door was purchased by bob caldwell who came here from brampton and runs the store under his own name w f smith sold his shoe store to ross thpmp son and jim cummins opened a shoe repair business in the back of the store when the hydrc commission purchased the corner building at main and church the offices were moved downtown from the old municipal building branching off main street we find mill street has had its share of newfaces too in a new building beside humes implement agency is snyders cartage and les tomlmsons excelo manufacturing co dr j h chamberlain has opened an office m a vacant por tion of tre muckart building and a l bouck is using part of elmer thompsons office for his accounting business ken mcmillan has moved his implement agency to the old arnold factory on the highway cor ner and the building which was used for a time by hedley shaw feeds was purchased by tom hewson for his real estate and garage business the renovated legion hall has been expanded to take ni premises for merly occupied by dean harlcy s fire escape shop and ed holmes shoe repair shop extensive changes are also in evidence at the end of wesleyan street where al zeravlev has his lincoln auto body in the former oneill blacksmith shop and the oddfellows hall is located in the original gregory theatre building on lower mill street a familiar face is mssing that of the late clarence buck whose grocery and meat store is being conducted by his wife death has also re moved norm reid who ran a refreshment booth in the store where his grandfather mr r marchment ran as a grocery store until a few years ago two new busi ness buildings have made then appearance on mill street the mackenzie block wjuch nouses the george town 5c to 1 store kemsheads bakery located ac ross from the arena when we first came here and clo sed during the war while the boys were in the navy and the lucky strike bowling club and across the street the log cabin real estate and insurance agency of walter t evans and co r l gregory sold his theatre chain this year to odeon theatres and jack polly is now the local manager when lyla francis be came mrs harry savings she sold her beauty parlour in the gregory building to mrs elsie gnmwood who operates it as elsies beauty parlour ray whitmee has erected a taxi stand on the vacant lot next to the mackenzie building and clarence kennedy runs his arrow taxi from his home at the highway corner dr j b milne has moved his dental office from its up stairs location m the lane block to the new mackenzie building on king street gord bouskill has estab lished a garage and gord harley is building one at pre sent on john street georgetown high school commencement athletit night thursday december 44 academic night j friday december 5th old town hall 806 pm general admuskm 35c k tickets available for students o directory a- e lepagt realtor head office toronto 320 bay street telephone ad fs61 farm specializing cojn ejtate in local representative c a willson suburban hb city houses summer properties georgetown ontario telephone 618 o dr j burns milne xray dental surgeon georgetown phone 80 mnuauwmiruiniiioiiuuiiauaiiianiuiito oitmtiimiiaiimiiiiiiinujiiiiiiiiiiiiw 1 dr clif reid lds dds dentist phone 410 open evenings main street georgetown 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