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GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Goorgotown Socratarial Sorvlces QEORQETOWN 877 9 Main SI N acton E3LEASNG Onlano L7J 1W3 HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY DECEMBER 23rd 1989 PAGES Shops closed on Christmas Eve ByBENDUMMETT and DONNA KELL the Herald If you thought you could finish your Christmas shopping m town Sunday think again Most retail stores in Hills will close their doors this Christmas eve Many Georgetown merchants say they will follow the provincial Retail Business Holidays Act that won t allow Sunday opening Under the act convenience stores can open on Sundays and statutory holidays Wayne Luedtke spokesman for the Committee for Fair Shopping which includes A and and Loblaws Supermarkets Ltd Miracle Food Mart and the Oshawa Group Ltd said A and P Miracle Food Mart and all on Guelph Street in Georgetown will close this Sun day We are closing our stores to give our employees a threeday Christmas break he said Thurs day We intend to open again the following Sunday The two Canadian Tire Corpora stores in Halton Hills will also shut their doors Christmas eve I hope I never have to open on a Sunday Hare manager of Georgetown Canadian Tire said Don Gordon manager of Acton Canaoian Tire said he definitely won t open Sunday Zeller s on Guelph Street one of Remember Santa likes milk and cookies These two girls had a long list for Santa Clans when be came to visit the McGlbbon Hotel last weekend for a Business Improvement Area breakfast with Santa Heather MacArthur 3 and Stephanie Vlrag of Georgetown nestle Into Santa lap to talk about dolls toys and all the treats they want to see under the Christmas tree Monday morning Today is the last day for Christmas shopping in Georgetown and Acton most stores will be closed for the holiday Herald photo by Donna KeO the stores under the Hudson Bay Co umbrella the corporation that recently appealed to Halton Region to permit the stores Sunday exemptions won be open Sun day manager Rick said Stedman s Department Store in Acton will close Christmas eve because employees refuse to work the holiday store floor manager Chris said No one wanted to work she said Stedman although previously Sunday is within its legal to open the manager said me store owners closing in Georgetown tomorrow d rather be open chet owner Barbara Cooke she 11 be closed but I a ate retailer I should be able to when I want she says Goodlet of Goodlet s on Main said I never want to open and I never will For those looking f6r those Christmas low prices Bargain Harold s Discount will be closed Sunday despite rumors that the stores would open We made the decision across the province that our stores will be closed company spokesman Ber said Continued on Page 5 Man grabbed by throat car wallet is stolen Brampton resident Jose was grabbed by the throat and then had his wallet and Chevrolet stolen outside a Circle reatdec In Georgetown Wednesday morn Mr Pereisa was uninjured Halton Regional Police are looking for a 23yearold white male who at the time of the dent was wearing a beige coat and lue jeans The assault oc curred at 3 18am The two men met In a Bramp ton hotel earlier in the evening Mr drove the suspect to the Circle resident under the pretext that the suspect was going to show him a house that was for sale But when the two ar rived the suspect grabbed Mr Pereisa by the throat and demanded Mr wallet The suspect then told Mr to get out of the car The suspect then fled in the car Police later found the car dotted in Nerval They believe the suspect took a taxi to somewhere in Peel Region