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the georgetown herald wednesday august 23rd 1 944 the georgetown herald hews op osokgetown vobval olsn wiixiju1s umxhoube btevvattottn asmoovs balunafad hohmh terra chrta acton brampton milton subscription rates cm united s atea and oversew 000 year single cople bo advertising rates will be quoted cm appllcauon telephone n 8 walter c biehn publisher mary h biehn editor garfield l mcotlvray j boucy manner of the canadian weekly newspaper aaeodauod and um onurlooueboo dlvldou of tbe owna thejeditors corner time and tide plans are in the making now for the publicizing of georgetown and district through a booklet which will set forth the advantages we have to offer indus tries both in canada and m the united kingdom when this booklet comes out it will be a sort of milestone of progress in addition to telling what strides have been made in the last fifty years it will also be a signpost to the upandcoming generation pointing the way to fu ure progress as we contemplate this marker of new develop ments it s interesting to look back to the year 1913 when the georgetown herald edited at that time by the late j m moore published a special industrial edition which gave the history of all business enter prises in and close to georgetown 1 also chronicled the prominent men of that day this to our knowledge is the last publication of its kind in the district to date ajve have a copy of it at hand through the kindness of one of our readers over forty ears ago there were sixteen indus tries of which we may well be pardonably proud and modestly boast these were namely the barber paper mills the barber coated paper mills the georgetown coated paper mills the h t arnold glove factory the georgetown foundry co creel man bros knitting machinery harley kay knitting machine factory c b dayfoot co shoe factory j b mackenzie planing mill glen woolen mills jos beaumont s woolen 6c glove mill v leming quarries logan quarries terra cotta brick co halton brick co speight s machine shop in 1913 there were two lines of the grand trunk railway running through georgetown its mam route to guelph western ontario and the ha milton to allandale line no less than eighteen passen ger trains stopped daily at the station the editor noted however that the one company method of transporta hon would soon be supplemented by the opening of the toronto suburban electric railway from the queen city to guelph discussing municipal affairs of that date it appeared there was a young and active board of trade at the time the 1913 council consisted of reeve j m moore l e fleck wm barber f s near and h h heartwell the minister of the methodist now united church was rev s m roadhouse of knox church rev c f cameron of st george s anglican rev a b higginson of the baptist rev gordon holmes of holy cross church rev father traynor the public and high schools were well established mstitu tions of learning the library was in operation also with 3500 volumes upon its shelves a good deal of space is given to a biography of j a willoughby now one of toronto s most promi nent businessmen and realtor who got his start in georgetown as the owner of a flourishing livery and bus business situated in the block now occupied by the canadian legion and hedley shaw feed store he was a very public spirited citizen and a real booster for georgetown there were two banks in georgetown the mer chants bank of canada manager mr g c laur ence and the bank of hamilton of which mr w n mckay was manager the bennett house situated on the site of the present municipal building was a thnv ing twostorey brick hotel with 28 bedrooms and accommodation for thirty five horses the paper states one commendable thing is the brilliance of the lights in the rotunda where a person may see to read at any point the other hotels were and still are wright s exchange hotel and the mcgibbon house merchants at that time included r h nixon phm b who acording to the paper had the largest and best appointed drug store in town situated close to the bank of hamilton and the herald office and messrs donald mclntyre 6c sam kirk who operated the a e moore floral co this company was later bought by the barbers and last year the greenhouses were sold there is no floral company in georgetown t the present time there were milliners in georgetown h 1913m the persons of the misses adams groceries and confectionery were sold by oliver mckay miller co fid tailoring and sold men s furnishings a flo hardware business was owned and managed by mr j w kennedy mr j j gibbensliad the mam stxvet bwnry the paper points out that at the conven tion of tba national association of masterakers held fa buffalo in september 1913 jvlr gibbens was a first ffnze in the bread making tompetitldns csomstewns ony harness maker was r h nixon ftrh foster and mr a b wilison both operated jewelry stores mr l kennedy did a big business in bread cakes and pastry in his store on the corner of guelph and mill strets he also earned a full line of groceries candy 6c ice cream were sold in w l ha- milton s well kept store w j patterson butcher an drew vance livery w h boles music dealer and ma- rhine agent the jas a bell repository r a lewis dry cleaning e j scott phm b druggist and opti cian j h jackson departmental store wm gamble vegetable gardener james clark flour and feed j mcdermid groceries crockery and footwear h w kennedy groceries and boots mckay bros groceries flour and feed r c adams 6c co dry goods mill inery groceries etc john macdonald coal wood gro ceries j h lane real estate w h wilison under taker and embalmer c van allen merchant tailor w c anthony hardware and tinamithing etc a j blackburn merchant tailor j m buck butcher john ballantyne general store gartley pump works all these business establishments played their part in supplying the needs of the citizen 6f georgetown over 40 years ago all have changed ownership since the only main street business which is under the same management now as then is mcbean 6c co in 1913 it was situated on the corner of main and mill streets with three storeys and a basement for their mercantile business there were seven clerks mr mc bean still takes an active interest in his store in glen williams john a wheeler conducted the glen store and mr timothy cunningham was proprietor of the glen williams hotel mr wheeler sr s son still operates the store in looking over these facts we have garnered it becomes apparent that although two large factories h t arnold 6c sons and creelman bros are no longer in operation here georgetown has replaced them sev eral times over and our industrial standard is definitely higher now than it was in 191 3 in connection with the ftnal payment of due 31st august 1944 inasmuch a trt incoms tax pay ments that fsll du on 30th april last wz postponed to 31st august this will remind you that any balance due mutt he remitted to your district inspector of income tax on or before 31st autjust 1944 to avoid penalty to be sure that the payments are correctly creditad to youx account your remittance should be accompanied by a letter showing clearly your full name and address and stat ing that the payment is to be applied to your 1943 income tax colin gibson mlnmw of national r c fraser eluott dpty mtalr of shomii rwmm for taxario men and women now are urgently needed to save essential food crops now toady for harvesting tomato pickers peach pickers apple pickers grape pickers aug 15 to oct 1 aug 15 to sept 23 sept 15 to oct 20 sept 15 to oct 31 one way transportation paid those who will work a minimum of one month return transportation paid to those who remain until the end of picking season pleasant outdoor work with good wages and an opportunity to serve on the food front are avail able to hundreds of men and women of ontario afply at once in person or mail this coupon rrikmmil building totonto a voumttn ma tm pood mont a- h t arnold factory which wo located where the k c mcmillan farm implement agency now does busi- iess at the corner of guelph and mill streets 200 varie ties of gloves and mitts were made by its employees numbering well over 50 at the rate of a hundred dozen pairs per day in the creelman knitting machine fac tory housed in the building now occupied by pensons fish chip store up to 1000 knitting machines of various sizes and sorts were manufactured during the j ear both power knitting machines and home knit ting machines were made yes many changes have come about m the ast fifty years and we look forward with great interest to the publication of the board of trades booklet which will tell of the progress that georgetown has made dur ing the period georgetown fair sept 15- 16 directory f r watson dx iuxa qoorgbtown office bonn 9 to b esoept tntmdiy afternoon dr x burns milne dcntal buivocon xray georgetown pbone so dr clifford rod usdds dknttst i 410 7 c thompson tjfsottanck bftmvux pin auto windstorm o p mnwsj n abm stasmsblp pbone lifts- or oeorgstanra monuments hnrrmra and 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