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L-R Wendy, Phil, Agnes, Frank & Vaughn Providing you with only The Best Tasting items for over 25 years! Miller's Scottish Bakery Since 1988 • Fresh Bread & Buns made on site daily • Meat Pies made the old fashioned way • Scottish meats • Pastries • British Sweets & Chocolate • Holiday Gift Ideas • Coronation Street Calendars • Dr. Who items 330 Guelph St opposite Canadian Tire www.mi l l e rssco t t i shbakery.com 905 877-0596 Ann's Cartage Home, Office, & Piano Movers Serving all of Ontario since 1968 Peter & Sue Marrows 905 877-6183 Call For Your Free Estimate Today! A Bit of our History... Sole owner & operator, Peter Marrows started working for Ann's Cartage as a student and in 1988 went on to purchase the company outright. Growing up in Halton Hills for most of his life, Marrows has become well known and respected in the community.• We offer quality moving of office, household furniture and equipment at competitive rates for all our customers needs. • Local and long distance moving within the province of Ontario. • Specializing in piano moving & dismantling. • Professionally trained and uniformed staff on site at all times. • Professional packing and unpacking specialists available. a 1988...in the news • Rats have invaded the neighbourhood of Delrex Blvd. and Edward St. and the Town will be hiring a modern day Pied Piper-- a pest control firm. • Employment hits 97 per cent in George- town. If people want a job, there are jobs says a local Employment & Immigration manager. The provincial average is 5.3% unemployment and nationally 8.1%. • According to a Royal LePage survey, the average price of a single detached bun- galow in Georgetown is $150,000, up $25,000 from the previous year. • Two of the oldest industrial buildings in Glen Williams may be preserved as histori- cal landmarks for future generations at the request of owner Doug Brock. The former Apple Products property will be designated a heritage property under the Ontario Heri- tage Act. The Williams Mill is one of the old- est remaining mills built in the Glen. • AIDS education is about survival. That's ac- cording to Halton Board of Education which has unveiled the new AIDS education to be introduced into Grade 8 and 9 classrooms. • A CN train, pulling eight burning cars, left a trail of 11 grass fires. The Fire Depart- ment needed every man and every piece of equipment to put out the fires. 1988...in the news • POWER (Protect Our Water and Environ- mental Resources) has stepped up its fight against a proposed landfill in the United Aggregates quarry on Fourth Line. • Shirley Yates bagged and sorted the mail for the last time at the Limehouse post office in the General Store. Canada Post privatization ends a 131-year tradition. At the 11th hour, the new owners of the Gen- eral agreed to take over the post office. • Bill Mole of Georgetown plans to walk around the world to promote the cause of AIDS research. The trek through 35 coun- tries will take two and half years. • Russ Miller celebrated a sound victory over Pam Sheldon in the November mu- nicipal election to retain the mayor's chair for the third consecutive term. Newcomers Rob Heaton, Alf Spence, Pat McCarthy and Anne Currie also won seats. Dick Howitt re- tained his public school board seat. • Mike Compton, 18, of Georgetown ran into a burning building on Guelph St. twice to rouse the five tenants inside. • In December, the final agreement be- tween the Town, Region and developer Halton Hills Village Homes paved the way for a 417-home subdivision- the first of the Georgetown south development. Shirley Yates at the Limehouse Post Office Mecca car wash for Cystic Fibrosis Georgetown Falcons take on Erin Mills Flyers in soccer action Canadian Carriage Classic action A poor parking job at Bellamy's Restaurant Free Consultations! 48 Main St. South, Downtown Georgetown www.48salonestilo.ca Online Booking available!! 289-891-6227 18 • The Independent's 40th Anniversary Special Section, Thursday October 17, 2013