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Page 10 SECTION A Wednesday Taking part In the annual Pioneer Days celebration Celebrating heir tint decade in business In IB78 Autohaus Georgetown New owners find best of both worlds Owners European import will be happy to know here is a In Georgetown that will attend Iheir service and restoration needs Conrad Buy and his wife Shannon now own and operate Georgetown Autohaus at the comer of Guelph Street and MounUinview Road and are quickly whipping things into shape Mr Buy has worked In the Euro pean Import car market since 1972 and has been with a number of pro minent dealerships in the Toronto area in sales When the opportunity was presented Tor them to take the Volkswagen dealership in Georgetown they gladly stepped In Mr Buy met Basil Kutter about 10 years ago when the two were with racing at He says the two of them hit It off right away and have kept in touch since Mr Kutter operated both the Volkswagen and Honda dealerships but called Mr Buy In August to say he was selling the Volkswagen operation The two were able to come to terms and now operate in dependently but as close next door neighbors Georgetown Autohaus specializes in all make leasing with particular strength In the Import market To complement the lull range of Volkswagen products on the lot now Mr Buy expects to bring their somewhat depleted supply of used corn up to a reasonable number In a short time Ken Law who has worked with the dealership for five years remains as service department manager while Norm Armstrong who spent four years with Brampton Volkswagen Is sales manager Mrs Buy handles accounting as the of flee manager Mr Buy says they want to main tain a strong versatility In their vice capabilities particularly on port cars Currently Mr and Mrs Buy and their two children live In Martha but will move to Georgetown June 1 Mr Buy sees Georgetown as the best of both worlds I think there are two things we about Georgetown he says On one side It s a smaller town I worked downtown Toronto for ID years and It was a grind down there There a much nicer work at mosphere here But the potential for business down the road Is tremen with such a Rood location Tourism group members named Region has set up an ad vlsory committee to capitalize on what It calls Ontario s fastest grow in Industry tourism The Region established the criteria for the committee In January and now 13 members have been appointed The committee will consist of one member from each of Halton four municipalities selected by local councils seven tourist oriented business representatives and two Regional councillors Tbe seven members at large of the committee Include Steve Dawkins of the Hide House Tom ChudWgh Chudldgha arm Hilary Sadler J a consultant Susan Malcolm of the Royal Botanical Garden Norm of the Ministry of Natural Reourcea provincial parka and branch David of the Holiday bin and Ins of radio the bran recently appointed liber of Commerce secretary at tba committee Sheldon Bred are the committee Conrad and Shannon Eluy are the Volkswagen Herald owners of Georgetown photo which recently opened as the new THE KIWANIS CLUB OF GEORGETOWNS ANNUAL LOBSTERFEST Friday June 3 1988 Georgetown High School Cafeteria per person Proceeds to local chanties Prizes and dancing to Sonic Entertainment Tickets Tickets can be purchased from any Klwanis Club Member or The denture Therapy Clinic on Church St Halton Hills Herald St 877 2201 or Mac s Milk on 877 HURRY TICKETS WONT LAST LONG FOR THIS POPULAR EVENT CLUB OF GEORGETOWN Georgetown Decorating Centre located In the owner George hit wife Shirley and their Georgetown Market Place plain Ii celebrating children Arlene Doreen and Yvonne Mining la Standing In the newly renovated are aonPeler Georgetown Decorating celebrate 20th Business changes with the times Twenty years ago changing the Interior of a house meant merely covering the walls But today with people taking more pride In their homes it has become a mailer of redecorating and Georgetown Decorating Centre has definitely kept pace with the changing needs of consumers Celebrating their in owners George and project of their own The store front has been changed and the back of building has been pushed back to provide more floor space A new wallpaper selection counter has been Installed for greater customer encc and the interior has been completely redecorated Georgetown Decorating Centre has been located the Georgetown Market Place for about seven years after previously operating on Mill Street and later on Main Street Arriving from Holland in Mr Bergsma worked in the painting and decorating of homes which gave a good background for going in to the retail business Some of the stores customers have been coming to Georgetown Decora Centre since It first either for advice or to buy products for redecorating In this type of business people want to buy knowing the facts says Mr Bergsma Painting is not one of the best liked lobs so people want to make sure it a done right Aside from the regular clientele who have been relying on Georgetown Decorating Centre for many years there are also the new faces to the community who want to redo a new home to their personal taste- In the decorating business we find this Is usually the first store peo ple go to even before they move says Mr Decorating trends seem la go in recurring cycles according to Mr Bergsma and through the years he has seen many changes in the quail ot various products and par tlcularly in paint themselves In paints there have been so many lines added he says one time there was the bas flat and gloss Now there are four different finishes in between Some people have a tendency to take paint for granted and underestimate the effect redecorating can hove People sometimes say Its expen when they come in to buy paint when It maybe a gallon says Mr Bergsma But for that amount you can actually change the whole look of a room Psychologically the color a room can have a lot of cf feet oil people One of the keys to the success of Georgetown Decorating Centre ac cording to Mr has been the reliable staff at the store Many people will remember Marg Hell well a longtime employee who recently retired but still helps out around the store from time to time Tom Schenk was another longtime employee who was well liked by customers After earning his stripes In the business he went on to a sort of redecorating Job thai of landscaping But totray Georgetown Decorating Centre is a family run business in the truest sense of the word Mrs Bergsma helps In the over all operation of the store and spends quite a bit of time as a consultant as The oldest of the five children yearold Jeff manages their expansion store In Milton The next oldest Arlene also looks after customers and recently could be seen ng In on the renovation project at the store On top of this she does the bookkeeping Peter is a high school student but also serves as the store maintenance man Whenever anything has to be fixed he s there says Mr The two youngest children Doreen and Yvonne also pilch in to help with the family business wherever they can Mr and Mrs Bergsma can rely on the experts for some direction when helping people to decide the best was to redecorate Seminars that ore available can chart trends In terms of color as much as three years in advance The have watched trends go from psychedelic to trad llonal and evolve toward the cur rent contemporary way of thinking But regardless of what any ex pens say they still have to satisfy the customers and deal with them in a reliable fashion Looking ahead Mr Bergsma says Georgetown Decorating Centre will continue to provide their customers with Ihe service they ve come to ap preciate over the last years which remains paramount In business you can never stand si 111 says Mr You always have lo look ahead There always that desire to expand but we don t want to go into a chain We have to keep the service That is Number One Enjoy An Evening With Family and Friends at MAY 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