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Photo of Marion & Vera Filman; Residence of G. N. Filman, Aldershot Clipping from Burlington Gazette, May 3, 1963 Filman Family Long Established in Town To date in this series, none of the Chamber of Commerce members we have written about were born and raised here. We now come to one who was. He is William G. (Bill) Filman, whose father has a local street named after him; Filman Place. Mr. Filman was born in the west end of town, which until amalgamation in 1958, was known as Aldershot. He attended Maplehurst Public School, Waterdown High School and Park's Business College. The Filman family is a long-established one in this area and there are now no fewer than 17 families, listed in the telephone directory, reputedly all related. Bill Filman used to help his father on the family's market garden when he first left school. He then started at Halliday's Home Center, where he went through the ranks and on leaving there 12 years later, was heading the design and drafting department. To gain enough experience to open his own Men's wear store, Mr. Filman was employed for awhile in clothing stores in the Hamilton district. He opened his own store three years ago in the Mount Royal Plaza, on Brant Street, above the Queen Elizabeth Highway. He is currently president of the Mount Royal Businessmen's Association. He feels that the Mountain Gardens-Rolling Meadows area, could well be the potential heart of the town. Also for the last three years, Mr. Filman has been a member and director of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce. He has served on that group's retail committee and is presently chairman of the social and telephone committee. He thinks that the Chamber has done a "remarkable job" recently, in making itself heard in community affairs and that at the same time has become more publicized which cannot help but benefit its position in the community. Photo of William G. Filman Mr. Filman feels that the Chamber should speak up when it is dissatisfied with town affairs. He feels that there are projects of a more urgent nature than a town hall for instance, things such as better streets, sidewalks and a traffic study. He also disagrees with the indiscriminate building of shopping plazas all over the town. He would like to see the existing community centers expanded. He favors more municipal costs being directed to create a more favorable atmosphere, which more industry and commerce would take root. He would like to see more density areas developed in the town's core area and more low housing put up to encourage industry. Like many of the Filman family, he has been a member of the East Plains United Church since childhood. For recreation, Mr. Filman enjoys curling and is a member of the Burlington Club. He also enjoys photography as a hobby and can sometimes get very engrossed in it. He also likes music and is in fact, a past member of the Musicians' Union, this harking back to days when he was a drummer with a dance band. Another distinction of Mr. Filman's, which is rather unique in any senior Chamber is that he is a bachelor. The Chamber of Commerce will hold a membership drive in conjunction with the week set aside for Chamber activities