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THE HERALD OUTLOOK July UH Georgetown history store dates back to 1848 ITS HERE New Kids fans Good friends Pearson left and Sharon McRonald heard about the New Kids on The Block contest being run by the Herald and local sponsors and were up bright and early Wednesday morning to find out all the details Both Sheri and Sharon have the same favorite New Kid Joe Mclntyre According to Sharon Hes a babe For more information on the New Kids on The Block con test please urn to page The contest runs through July Herald photo FCP office opens doors The Family Party Coalition Par ty of Ontario candidate for the riding of Giuseppe will be on hand to explain the strategy or the expected fall provincial election Saturday July Mr Gori will hold court at the grand opening of the riding of fice at 164 Guelph Street in Georgetown starting at am The party which- is an outspoken supporter of the prolife movement will have represen tatives in 100 of the 130 ridings across Ontario by election time according to an press release By ELAINE ROB1NSONBERTRAND Herald Special On September 1848 James Young a Georgetown merchant purchased six lots from Joseph and Sarah Pratt on Nelson Township for 82 pounds and pence Three of these lots faced Main Street and the remaining three were directly behind them what is now Market Street The northern limit was Mill Street at one time named Young Street in honour of James Young and the south limit was the remaining two lots of the block on Church Street which were owned by George Kennedy On the six lot site Mr Young built his home a general store and a hardware store The remainder of the property was orchard and garden One of Youngs employees in the hardware store was a young immigrant from Caithhnessshire Scotland named There is evidence that Reid was employed as a clerk In Georgetown in 1857 His employer is not known However by 1881 Reid was work ing for James Young as a clerkbookkeeper apparently learned the business well because in at age he opened his own hard ware store further up the street On May 1878 James Young no longer a resident of Georgetown sold half of lot to Dougal Reid for and the other half to William for This suggests there was likely a substantial building on the side of lot three On this parcel in built the three storey building which stands today Next door to the north was an identical building and on the corner William built a three storey structure of the same stone for his tyammonth House a dry goods business which had been located across the street for many years Both of these buildings were razed by the Bank of Commerce in 1970 in order to erect the present structure operated his hard ware store until his death in 1903 In addition to selling hardware an 1886 directory reports he had a special department for dealing in coal to the rear of the building There is an unsubstantiated story that this area was used as a blacksmith shop around the turn of the century Upon Dougal death his son Laird took over the business When Laird died in at the relatively young age of his younger brother John P Jack carried on Jack and his family liv ed in a second floor apartment above the store In 1945 Jack retired and the sale of the store to James Goodlet Sr ended seventy- one years of Reids Hardware in Georgetown James Goodlet was born in Scotland but had come to Canada as a child In be moved to Georgetown and purchased Budget Groceteria which he gutted The building at 90 Main Street South had been used as a post office In Jim Goodlet Sr retired and the business was purchased by his sons Brian and Jim who were joined 5 years later by brother Doug Although the business now deals mainly in appliances and fur niture there is still a supply of hardware merchandise in the area which had been coalblacksmith shop The store today 1989 is known simply as Goodlets FROZEN YOGURT Come In And Try A FREE SAMPLE flokod Dally on tS Passive Reducing Exclusive Ladies Salon SUNT AN BEDS per Sesilon 10 Sessions for J 8734907 Guelph St Rear Georgetown Serving Hills Brampton Town of Caledon FULL FINANCING AVAILABLE 0AC Water Softeners Iron Filters Inline Filters Reverse Osmosis Systems Bottled Water and Dispensers Iron Removers Ozone Sterilizers A WHOLE HOUSE SYSTEM SOFTENER REVERSE OSMOSIS COMPLETELY INSTALLED FOR AS LITTLE AS PER MONTH Complete Sales Service to Residential Commercial Free Home Delivery on Softener Salt Bottled Water For a Free InHome Water Analysis call THE WATER DEPOT 232 Guelph St Georgetown 416 8731090 MEET LAURA BERRY Thursday August 2 630900 pm AT laBiiyi 124 MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN ft Refreshments will be Served Originals SVV