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earlyighristmas shopper shop now at kirkkraft studio no 7 highway between nerval and brampton large selection of beautiful handcraft gift suggestions for all the family open 1 0 30 am until 5pm and j wednesday and friday evenings till 9pm afternoon tea served ph brampton 339 j a r rr i rn i i arthur wibon marks his diamond- jubilee in the electrical tusiness wednesday evening oct 1st 1s32 the georgetown herald page fl swap your old worn tires now mr iuw lowmjlul goodyeah tires wby risk tht dagr of driving on warn tires toy loonr well sjise mm the biggest tisdsso illoinnci tor yoar old tires whin yo trsds ttucb in for blgvslus longmils age coodynn com la todsy car eh mm tin dssj io town vie itoth u tm mrtmvllson roin isvarlo uwtittmtmirwum saxe motors phonei 152 general repairs time to think of your winter fuel supply blue coal for those with coal stoves and furnaces fuel oil contracts available for those who use this form of heating high quality stoker coal w h kentner son georgetown arthur wilson ws 14 years old and due to return to school in sep- t ember when he heard that the canadian general electric co nee ded a mall boy tne salary 100 a year u ithout telling my mother he says i took thr job instead of go ing back to school the 100 look ed feood to me and it sure helped out at home that wii in 1892 and thls month arthur e wilson ot toronto marks his sixtieth year in th electrical industry and ha twentyfourth with smith stone limited- george town coinciding with these until ver art brigadier h c wallace exvt ultve vice president of smith and stone announced unit bus bern movtsd up from sales manager to vice president of the temipany s public relations wilson apparently tiaa no revrets ubout the itbreri i end to hrs schour ing lit ay it haft only out tiling to tnukt 1 1 m monubjc lir was the first buy to gi t the strop ut the dukr slreel skhool in toronto a ristl rorjiitotilun born in cuhbuhtown within tight of liic dun rhtr u lake satisfaction from the fait tlmt lie could still ikot u rlflt into tile don fruin hla prevent home in toronto art wilson as he is known from must to ctmact by elcttrtcul contrite ton jobbers distributors engineers iuki c xeceillvis was the first man in canada to ull flashlights wh n he enti rt d the ejectrksl industry there wore no electric irons toasters funs stoves or rt frlgerators to say nothing of such ujiikllance us radios and television stts kubber covered wire was si idom used conccsleel wiring was utmost unknown and it was consld tred quite a step forward when wires were burled tn wood moulding in the ceilings of homes om man he remark got ingenious and made a wood socket it dldn t lust long weather proof win prcrdomsn otcd in home and actually wain t a ery serious lire hazard because as w llfcon explains each room had only one light and the load was so small it minimized danger he recalls when porcelain begun to gain popularity as an iruulalor lit rt members the first rlectrlc iron a clumsy gadget supposed tb make any housewife happy especially if tic could be happy slugging a seven pound iron at a shirt this tppllincc was hi ated by a cyllndri rul unit that slid inside ifiqkim space saver r0ner ikons ivtftythino in thi asktt sco jo value tn exchange for your old fashioned electric washer when you buy a new automatic washer hurry hurry 5 only come til 0 mom t00av twi cnmoia first and ftsly nelly nfschcat ariatwuc fyatksf tvh b whs ves kavs walud lor u takm esly halw smth se hw ism a iots fcst wotsi tank u set sssosd u b movable folk as earis ls j h vju pjmu rail u is is woik h b osly wty astesmic aahboeanbt bv f alt km l wllesmm bsohy kssias it dosbuaeila sthsui tea ftow rials vbbum all dmy mui 6ul tkmith toe o tlsom dimsh datkm heres your big chance to get a commete laundm ovjftt at the lowtst cost ever richardsons hardware phone 25 georoemwt aetiiub wilson wilsons grocery stewarttown fresh and cooked meats groceries fruits vegetables open saturdays until 10 pm we are open every night till 10 except mondays and wednesdays when the store closes at 6 30 p m free delivery phone 691 1 22 tilt smoke uid smell of burning toust was first lrouglu to tliti brldt brtukfaist tabh by an pplluiire that impressed ullwn with us jkircelulu bum aiul hand painted pictures tlw firit flusiillghu introduced in curmda were powered by two wt t- cell butterle water was pouretl into each bat j try through a small opening hi the bottom uiul then u piece of match was used 4u iilug the hole in tlu drumatlc days of demon it ruling tht ae flaslillghu vk luon uttatned tht awed inurest utcorxled a magician unfortunately how ever much of the magic of those moments was lost to wilson one night on a weed covered lam whin the flashlight failed to pick out o housiless privy it was about 03 ycur ago when wilson took notice of the ball arc series of lighting in toronto stores and the crompton corset co on york street w hi always be im portant to him for having one of the urat plant lit by electricity using a blpolar generator however to any one growing up with the belief that bright lights have always been synonymous with cities it come as u shock lo learn from wilson that small towns and villages had cloctrlc lights first these places had thi lr saw mills jnd flour mllu he explains a larc number used stiam and all they had to do wa buy a generator to light their plants they would soon string a few wires o light the arlreets that how so many prl vuli power plants kot into oper ation w llson hud personal experience with a number ot thee pi mis from his first job as mail boy hlj promo tlon w ould be regsrded today as rmleoric me wont to shipper as distant superintendent of wan houv superintendent into the siles department and was out on the road as an experienced com pany representative by the time he was 20 years of age recognition of this experience took a peculiar turn when he visit eel owners of private tpowcr stations often they entrusted him with the job of tiring ikilliri wilson mould are the boilers all evening while the owners would visit with their families or enjoy a rare night out with the boys another of w 11 son s observations was mndc during tht period of his career 1 fired the boilers with shivlngi iiwdimt cool and corn cobs he says and the hottest of the works u corn cobs municipal and domestic lighting at this time was ulwjiyn on a flat rate and it was customary to pull the switches on the entire town or village at twelve or one t clock at night oftnnd on pulls on the switches gave cirller warning that the llhhtt out deadline- was near whjlc this bad n sobering influence on social activities of the day wil son admits ho got the occasional bribe of 50 cents or a dollar from n goy young blade when he for got the switches for an hour orso pnd permitted a party lo continue overtime with nostalgic affection wilson tells of the days when a traveller could complete a two week trip from toronto to sarnta chatham london and other points and return to toronto faced with some dad oing it he tried to get his exipenso account over s38 much of the travelling from town to town was done with horse and buggy or in winter horse and cut ter rttghliffht of those days ttv clude two hqtel flres from which he escaped uninjured and one horse running away which resulted in a village constable trying to arrest wilson for driving recklessly all of which causes art wilson to offer the comment that com mercial travelling today la geared too fast the average traveller to day doosnt really know his cus tomers he aayg he oant in is minute calls although rtl admit that some men you visit ofo toluct- give that much time v used to spend evenings and sundays with our customers and not in e hotel room with a bottle we visited the homae and sot to 5 bert carney announces 3 i he sale or 5 carney hardware norval wilfred j kirkwood j who wall operate the business as kirkwood hardware mr carney thanks customers for thrir patronage dur- 2 ing his years in business and hopes they will continue to do business with mr kirkwood who has had over u ten years experience in the hardware trade in guclph and georgetown open tuesday and friday nights 5 phone georgetown 90 r 22 know their families they looked to us for news and views w 1th a great deal of professional pride wilson recalls a travellers dinner when canon cody the guest speaker spoko of them as ambui- sadors of canada that a what a good salesman should be he declares un nmbaa sudor for his company and his country wilson has always made service more than a business motto he was one of the four founders of the big brother movement in to ron to and he resigned from social organizations so he could continue in this work since 1010 it is qs limatcd he has been a big brother a pal to more than 700 boys who for various reasons had go off on the wrong foot in life art wilson howewr is the list man to regard this as meriting pub lic praise it was a great hobby he says and a selfish hobby i ot more out of it than i ecr put into it and 1 love kids enter georgetown team in avro hockey league georgetown employees at avho ma hon will hc an entry in the house league which will play t brampton arent the turn as yet unnamed will play from one to two o clock sunday afternoons in n five team league winders of the uaguo will play off with winners of a wood bridge group doug wilson will manage the team players will include stenmcr emmcrson zeke mccandlcss bill mcdonald jrm cofcll art shcp- pard cliff norton jack hamilton charlie jones ev wilson dune and blake baxter charlie hennessey bill barry jo- louth hoot wylle bruce gummcr herb wright bui mulr denny wright and mel jor dan of acton hartt jslkjc in geergetewn exclusively at silvers highestprices pslfor scrsp iron slml melsls bstterles mlseclunnns psrm scrap delivered to our yard its ckrouns st n hsmulon lwaxmansons phone hamilton 27001 and 33611 bob allen navyman trains in maritimes a grade 10 student ot georrc- lown high school last year rob ert allen has jotned the navy and ii tralnlns at hmcs cornwalll cornwollu ns bob is the on ol councillor and mrs stan allen two other georgetown boys ore inking navy training ot the same station roy henderson and david cooper road and cement gravel t general trucldrtfn barclays haulage phone 723 r 2 on 8peedvsle ave esst st northern city limits tonite a thursday song of the open road bergen mccarthy and juno powell mystery submarine macdonald corey friday a saturday the big trees kirk douglas colour bengal lancers gary cooper mov ttjes- oct 1 ttfe furies barbara stanwyck wendell corey wed tours oct 9 all the king men broderlclc crawford the lawless macdonald carey 2 shows night w