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imitiiii yrv itf wrwv ftjxmwrfmldiuliul jmiim n s v v the georgetown herajd3xnesdiiy jan uthi 1950 kww f fte georgetown herald 7 aarvuig thyrrtimmlaarf r ultuiumctown qucn wgliiialta noftvalb uottvoiwc hoewfcwwaettgwn aflhtmpvk aauuhavabi i rueaoqtta single tthsynata tj0 year advertising rales quoted on sjwolestjon v fc brf walter cbikhn publisher and editor mary h blehn associate editor oartield i licauvra ptas lsauemcuurk toolsbitos k i- sth 8u u xbmviwi- wednesday olternoonln ttm tjrnc on asaln twatgdaritrtown airuwrlxed sr second olaai jnail ost txag beet- 7 i jt a i r rf deal of geqigebwh metichj v death from aheart attacw of the hew year severed main suets link with theiast century and brought ah end to the merchandising career pf mr john mcbean mr mcbeana record of fifcyfave yea as a georgetown merchant plus the fact that until the day of his death at the age of 89 he wot at 11s usual t place of business and actively managing his dry goods stbre is one which cannot be equalled here indeed we should not be surprised if he had not established a record forthe whole of canada for we- have certainly never heard of a man of his age who was not on the retired listlong before it is destinys richest bless ing that a man can retain his facnrtie and his health right up fo thatrooment whendeath must take its toll 1 1 and thesadhess bf a missing face in its accuststob place is tempered with the thought that mr mcbearr was spared the distress of a long illness or of losing the keen business jnsight which had made his store noted for its quality merchandising the changing scene itisbur custom yearly at this time to write of the years changes along main street aswferiear the tenth anniversary of editorship of the herald it is surprising to realize that we are one of theoldest businessmen in this short space of time so rapid has been the business turnover it might be interesting to give a short re view of these ten years so here it is during the past year mr a e farnell died and his grocery and china store isleing operated by his son graharrrrafter his return from army service overseas ken- richardson joined brother walt arid their father james in the hardware store next door ross thomp- son retired from farming to purchase w f smiths shoe store jim goodletsotd his budget groceteriato bob caldwell who later sold the business to roy bar ker and charlie brown mr goodlet bought the j p reid hardware store next door built an addition on the back and converted the upstairs into a second floor showroom for furniture which he added to his line of hardware gordon mclintock retired- as bank manager and was replaced by bob ireland who was trans ferred last year to brantford and- replaced by fred chapman j the bank of montreal managed by a c welk now in aurora was closed earjy m the war the build ing purchased by the town and used as a municipal office and then sold to the royal bank where frank benner is manager durfg his illness wes robb hired neil mcclennan as manager neil now operates his own drug store in islington and then hired stuart young a former clerk in the store as manager after the death of walter anthony his hardware business was purchased by ray thompson who had been asso ciated withmrarrthony for many years frank kenr- ner left his position with maccormacks and purchased tfe s p chapman drug store m malina closed his jewellery store and moved to toronto and vic diggins established duffys restaurant in that location the business has since beer operated by don wilson mut- ray robertson and at present by mrs e rognvaldaon carrolls store has seen several changes in managers including lloyd nault and jim bingham and the pres ent manager is ken allen of acton what was the former office of the late j n oneill was converted into anoff ice for the georgetowntaxi then ren to mahers for their shoe store which ia managed by spud patterson eatons order office managed by miss frances evans is another new addition hr past ten years as is ivan hays beauty parlour across the corner ruth and paul barber bought the phoenix house gift shop from jack thompson who established it in the location of the former a e wright meat tvlarket ttlpgeorgekown gfcrfe owned ten years ago by george chong has changedhandsseveral- times in the last few years next door hugh lindsay had an electrical shop and mr and mrs russell kirby a specialty clothings store the kirbys later expanded to take in both parts t of the building then closed their store here and opened one in brampton mj and mrs frank penson moved their jishahd chips business from across the roadthen lipid out and opened a service- station and lunch bar at the ljmehouse crossroads david bowman bough tout harry mcmurtrys interest and now conducts the busi- dm himself the waterworks building had a complete facelifting and is now a handsome municipal office offices f t o timbers manager pf the local branch of ypftiortal tair service is his first tenant the georgetown dairy wasu sold by eb tyers who bought gedaryale farm to riley brethdurl riley weht to work as a real estate agent in toronto inst year hndou the bn8tnessto irr wi a ne was erected for- stew simp- sons taxi ottice as well as a new one for cordaro can- diestttkis building then housedagiftyshopoperated by vi lqujh and now run- by mrs w a mcgowan mrs john gordaro thehmr preston sold her fish andaipbusiri6ssto hfeir sister mrsjpensprtrvtheh- 1 turned tip fwnbwdthalr qordavo operates a cjindy 008188 arid vrraaraht in he basernent of jhe build ihg in histruments of cdida rneinasby w-wingeori- an office iirilroiirfj4iid- nt wo appreeeht last teftee yhotlioveo eirnie a radioto wijlsijt since mr hyniafiisilyerv retirement hrs clbdiirigsfofe has been operated by hi8sbnsiahey and a new addjtiph built nntrt it v simpson order tffficevrujther newcomer to town moved last year frorrtnts original jocatibri in mcclures store to what was l sings laundry w we moved totown- after lee sings death the build- ing wasempfyfor a while then was usedaaarielectri- cal store by gal clark who sold to jesse wardlaw miss margery evans is manager of the store after howard lillicos death vlrs lillico sold their beauty parlor business to mrs donnamarchrrient who in turn sold itto the present proprietor bruno sclissizzi after william longs deathr his restaurant and bus depot was conducted by thefiiniily for sonitino then sold caldwell who last year sold it jx steamboat emmerso ro erw retired from business his meatm no conducted by his soninlaw fflvfjotcifiam when joseph g was afrpoin eisner c qnriiwmccgbbvidt aato wuhmmss c p baoiaay sad autady siasntbin y atnqm wxcagsxab phon u9w ocj gaorcstowb leroy dale kg m sybil bennett kc llul straat bsnliters and solicitors gcorsetovn pboo ib wi d builng fm btowb ha a bake shop ia now owned by nmnjog itjor offices mvtvff tedtov- assessor he sold kls barber49inesio ed ward- depew the dominion store loo has seen ev- eral managers come and go including jack watson miss ethel ellis and roy barker norman smith is the presentmanager i he bake shop in- the mcgibbon blockhas changed ownership from norm brown to j f baird andthen to fred webb since the death of sam mcgibbon the corner hotel has been operated by jack mcgibbon and his sister gladys david brill sold his clothing store to jack cotton and next door roy magloughlcn sold out to harold hutchinson who operates the tobacco store and pool room while merv cook rjjns the barber shop mac still lends a hand on saturdays william kings meat market is now operated by roy bradley who has been associated with his brother the late clayton bradley and another brother clifford who now has a business of hisown in acton- georgetown furniture sales was l established by stan grabb in a remodelled store beside readys and sold last fall to harold mcclure who is operating the two stores at present another new store was created from part of the golden gate cafeprem- isesfor simmons jewellers which is managed by cecil mcnamara the golden gate formerly operated by harry chu had sammy fongas its proprietor- before the present man fred lee the millinery shop oithe misses claridge above the herald office has been con verted into an apartment branching off main istreet proper we find as many changes m businesses in other parts of town up -wes- leyan street mr i rachlin sold his cleaning and press ing business to don barragerwho added a plant which he built behind steamerslnn lincoln autobodywas established by al zeravlev and abuilding remodelled besidtfrhe oddfellows hall for the benefit of old time readers out of town the oddfellows hall used to be i the theatre many years tjgo alex hume sold his masseyharris agency to jim iaylor who recently sold the business to doug swackhamer and is establishing kelfnscott implements near milton down mill street george muckart expanded his store space m h mover opened his new motor licence bureau in part ot freeman kerseys office and across the street tom hewson occupies the former ken mcmillan building and the new liquor store is to open in part of this prem ises soon the legion expanded their quarters to take in what was once a barber shop operated by the late frank golden the veterinary office of the late dr r learmqnth was later used jjy dr stewart magwoodand dr w c stiles and has now been converted into an apartment mrs c j buck is conducting the meat and grocery business sinecher husbands death a few years ago howard graff has an insurance and real estate office in what was once richrrrd marchments store and across theroad walter t evan buil a a log cabin for his real estate and insurance businxssv ken mcmillan has his international harvester imple ment business now in what was at one time the arnold glove factory on the highway whicn stood empty for many years a new store farther up the highway built by cakclarfc is now operated as a grocery store by kay bludd norman hill built a hew building across from his former store on king street where he conducts his grocery business and a new building was also erected by jack saunders for bis grocery store in college view albert simson has an upstairs photo studio on main street above steamers inn the new mackenzie building on mill street houses the georgetown 5c to r 1 00 store operated by charles wray and the george town bakery established by the kemshead brothers then soldno the pries brothers and now operated by jacjjjstpckton and rnnam borg thelu str langdon and aybworth bsrrtilerj and soiiehorm- notarial public ktinnetta m langdoiv georsetown flhut mortgage money to loan ottices rtucjtjrheatra bids- mill st phone 8sw georgetown trtllliiiil vt jnldb uksvhubv 1m mrntiilltutig 4 vlmocia fflst fe fin ooksvur j a widoogbby 4c i tst oohfuk eeac eflxaxb bekticb head offlce toscmto 1m yoaga stad osm cuand caoatrr bassas fusaaaad satsu aanaaaa laataiial anal rrnilaaaa r prapattlea tom hewsqht i your coed i repreeritafla pnonbsw frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone s91 georsetown p o box 413 monuments damcaue ana renin qranltee beat sandblast equipment for cemetery lettering orastevaie mannawnt werks orangevllle out drcw sayers dvm veterinaiuanj oaalsai slraat opooalte armstrongs garage phone ia t we specialize in this work 18 years experience j sanford soil phone georgetown mw vi i monuments peljock i campbell 83 water st north g a l t designs on raqaest phone 3048 inspect o- work la greenwooa speedy service everything in trucking dickensons haulage telephone 723 r 2 bowline jpluh is hrrjjie jjfisement odeon theatres s bought the theatre from ft l gregory sd ernie crawford replaced i n eartety ef mattruu frieae baaele ssahalr taseatry silk breeatelle atkae eettea rap upholstering at itsyowest price and highest ojua1jty dkk the upholsterer cberated by jack sudeiwiann atae j say satflss soasuoaaipm ptffi 4 be qu jgl pebjr last year a