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if gwcitwbe hertjd wednesday jan 8th 1947 the georgetown herald laausstwiiiaii oii wmuaitb mmiii lukbodsc bwir nrnmvm astaoaovk suunuiab raka ootta mkiphod rats u00 w abate oopka to wauxsbo bnranpufauaherandttltoi aarocm l meaamor staff leslie itvcoak re broomaead baiptrl dawson bat mi to prated each wednesday afternoon at oh oftloa on man st oantsstoim aatturtoed aaaeoond daas mau post office dept ottawa r of toe oanarhan wsekly nesrapapen aaanrtatym and ttia ontarioquebec drriavoo of toe ojnxa thf editors column main streets changing scene last year about this time we devoted much of this column to changes on main street in our six years of residence in georgetown main street being used as a term for the business picture rather than the street proper another year has gone by and still we find the scene changing starting at the north we find mr and mrs russell kirby have moved their dress shop to brampton and penson s fish and chipstore has mo ved across from their former location that building empty for some months is now ready for occupancy by a manufacturing company and mr ernie rawson who announces the opening of his radio shop in this issue jack thompson back at hia first love radio sold his phoenix gift shop to paul and ruth barber and around the corner don barrage r has taken over rachhns cleaning and pressing and wih soon be doing his own dry cleaning in a plant under construction on j j gibbens property behind long s a hespeler na tive riley brethour naa taken over tyers milk pro ducts now known as the georgetown dairy and mr tyers is trying his hand at farming on the cedarvale property on lower main street calvin clark sold his electrical shop to jesse wardlaw farmed for most of the year at limehouse then sold his farm and is build tng a grocery store on the highway near the veterans housing development russell thompson sold the taxi and auto accessory business which he established to jim ross and tom clapham and went into chicken far- uing at limehouse and still another merchant jack roughley closed out his watch repair business to live tile rural life out there limehouse certainly has an at traction for our main streeters continuing on we find roy barker now mana gmg dominion store jack watson having accepted a position with silver s dept store while his friendly rival at carrolls across the street is now jim bingham who took over when al goodlett moved to tillson burg the 0netublockowned by one of george towns oldest businessmen john o neill was sold this year to victor diggins who has two companies fed eral sales and georgetown manufacturing in full pro duction where mr o neill formerly had his garage and carnage works up beside the oddfellows hall harold barnes and a zeravlev are in partnership in the lin coin auto body tlie familiar face of dave brill is m at the rcotners he having sold kisclothlng business lo jack cotton who still retains the brill store name dave and g w mclintock who retired from managership of the bank of commerce have both moved to toron to bob ireland from windsor is the new bank mana w f s sold his s bu koss thompson and jim cummins opened a shoe repairing business in connection with the store simmons jewel lers slated to move into part of the golden gate cafe premises are at present using one window of the cafe for display and sales two days a week next door stan grabb s furniture sales has added an attractive store in what had been a vacant building for many years the three richardson brothers walt ken and harold are all jqow associated with their father in operating the halware store harold having sold his meat store in toronto to come to georgetown on mitt street too we see changes tom hew son has taken over the former hedley shaw feed mill for his farm implements automobile and real estate agency mrs shaw sold out to the georgetown feed mill and moved back to toronto across the street dr j h chamberlain is about to open a medical practice in part of the muckart building which w e nodwell is vacating the georegtown laundry a new business in 1946 has just moved from the clark building on john street to its new location in part of the building erected by norman snyder on mm street mr snyder wih use the rest of his building for garage space for his trucking business on lower mill street the mackenzie building beside the gregory theatre is being completed and al norton is getting anxious to set up his bowling alley m the basement while two retail firms will occupy the pstin boor norm reids refreshment booth which had moved to make way for the building is now in the gvhkh hit grandfather r marchment used to op- r recent change was die sate by a r tta garage and chrysler agency to ray when you tally them vp how many rmayear and we wonder what chan- rsrfflferfa j a willooshby reiltor f nlargei organiiatitn bhftt willoughby ptst piesldenvaf th froncmto real estate jack w1lloughby john a wllloutby boanj has announced the appointment of his eons messrs jack and bert wiuoughfoy to partnership in uie firm of j a willoughby real estate witt the addition of his two sons mr willougwby is further in creasing the efficiency of a real estate frotn which has grown from a tlfty county business to become one of the largest agencies in canada at 33 mr jack willouarhtoy the eldest is not new to the real estate business with his fatlers agencv for several years he reilgnedfl in 1943 to enlist li the armed forces receiving a rejection he went into military investigation work mibsquently rejoining his fathers firm this year following his graduation from the ontario agricultural college with the degree of bjs a mr bert willoughby 29 spent five years during world war ii in the chemical division of canadian industries at shawlnl gan palls he entered his fathers office lost may while at college tie was president of the student body and also an ardent supporter of oil athletics pension plan inaugurated by wini gkain plro alliance paper mills ltd at tb1 show the latest addition to the list of benefits made available to employees of alliance paper mills ltd is a pen sion plan with a guarantee of a mini mum of sixty monthly payments rec ently announced by mr a e h fair president and to be effective as of 31st december 1m6 for some time now it has been the company s policy to jiare its success with its employee sal ir cs and tab ges have been increased from time to time and for several yea the com pany has contributed to the cost of a oroup life insurance plan for its employees annual holidatys with full rate of pay are now an accepted practice and certain statutory holl i days are paid for as if worked for many years the company has been making a voluntary retirement al j lowance to employees of continuous j long service who have reached the retirement age the new pension- plan provides for joint contribution by the member and one company to ensure an annuity based on 1 mi r of members earnings for each year or service from nhe time of joining the plan until retire ment in recognition of the faithful ser vice already rendered by the older i long service employees the plan pro vides for the granting of a pension for post service for each member with more than five years of continuous service at effective date and wtio s the plan within si the effective date the full cost of his part of the pension applicable to post service is born by the company the company has made application for contracts with lheloniii ion gov eminent annuuies br nch with re spect to the bacpln and with the sun life assurance company of qan ada with respect u h biipulcmen tary plan and all contiibutlons to be made by members d by ti c com pony on the mcnlxr behalf will be deposited with the governimiit and or the assurance company for the benefit of the members only summed up the company s policy is to continue an intelligent and as gen erous a labour and welfare policy as conditions will permit samoan polict commissioner a l braisby diefe in new zealand a native of kettering england and high commissioner of the samoan ppuce since 1924 arthur leslie brote- by jled recently while on a visit to new zealand he was 04 years of age mr bralsby wql be remembered in georgetown where he visited seven yeans ago with his brother mr fred bralsby in 1004 mr bralsby went to new zealand after service with the british army in the south african war and he served in the first world war with the new zealand forces he was a member of the guard over count von luekner at motuihl island after the war he transferred to the samoan at med constabulary later the force naa disbanded but he remained with the samoan police and in 1924 be came inspector in charge of police and prisons in apia he took a pro minent part in the suppression of the mau mwlsfog m3 bralsby acted as bodyguard to the ktog and queen when as duke and duchess of york tbep hew zealand be prince of wslw m a atmuar oapaott on a wt la 19u at is sontnd t fata wm and to w o brownridge prominent grain exhibitor at district fairs won three prizes at the recent chicago interna tlonal livestock and grain show mr brownridge placed fourth with chan oellor peas 5th with erban late oats ttnd 7th with ajax early oats h oterjday ufa iat are mady ixtoslia n r nbq twoh a m0 out happy fuwts iw7 ttmhimtaa and kbak- jamili cads into qiln alrj beamim tbcjr actftootad to bur sufflclcpt hie in- bruce mackenzie the lorujfon lire insurance company 1 georgetown m ioaoewlw de laval milking machines and cream separators woods electrical equipment milkers grinders coolers firestone tires and accessories cockshutt farm implements universal farm jeep 4 machines in one light truck car tractor and power unit willoughby real estate agency office on mill street just around the corner from the bank of commerce telephone office 33 2 w residence 332 7 piuiim tniotui iiihoomimitotimaiii e lepage realtor toronto telephone ad 6ss1 farms country estates surburban homes city houses summer properties meachbr national 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