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the georgetown herald wednesday evening april 4th 1950 page 2 meet your 1956 edition of georgetown raiders intermediate hockey team dave irons left wing age 24 6 4 206 lbs ron dixon right wing age 24 511 165 lbs dollars and sense how con you benefit from having a current account youll find it much easier to keep an accurate record of your current expenses when you have a current account when you pay all bills by cheque on your current account you receive back at the end of each month all your cancelled cheques as well as u bank statement showing every withdrawal and every deposit you have made the cancelled cheques serve as receipts and arc accepted in court as evidence of payment of the amount shown furthermore they are much easier to lile away than receipts and take less room to store with them and your bank statements youll find it far easier to get an exact picture of how you spend your mono so its a good move to use a current account for paying all current bills and keep your savings account for actual savings georgetown branch c j hirt manager the canadian bank of cowferce macmurdos invite you to come in and look at their spring outfits for boys and girls girls straw hats blouses and skirts a touch of new york is added when you buy a joan doreen dress for your daughter boys trousers shirts and bow ties and ladies you will want to tee our selection of spring skirts blouses etc baby gifts including kirk kraft weaving coutts easter cards 164 gueiph street phone tr 72125 front end alignment now a specialty with our new ra align complete repainting collision service bf auto body repair shop 40 guelph street next to georgetown creamery triangle 73601 nights tr 73 125 i lanes haulage for excavating and grading ponds cellars etc top sou sand oravel rail tr 72521 blake inglis left wing age 21 6 165 lbs paul barber defence age 21 5 9 160 lbs bud haines left wing age 21 5 11 155 lbs bill chard centre age 28 56 150 lbs chamber urges merchants try shopping campaign a projected program which would include preparation of an industrial brochure for the town and some type of shopping campaign to boost nur chants business was discussed at a meeting of the chamber of commerce last tuesday in the municipal building harold bairstow new president of the chamber in his inaugural speech suggested that merchants combine for some sort of campaign and outlined possible avenues of approach suggestions included issue of gift certificates with purchases with such certificates redeemable in merchan rise at an participating store such campaign to last two or three weeks another idea was to have a weekly luck draw for which shoppers would receive chances with each purchase mr bairstow also suggested that merchants might issue a shopping guide which would list all services available in georgetown and would be very helpful to new residents of town who are not familiar with lo cal stores and businesses l georgetown community swimming pool donation lut c previously acknowledged 28 868 16 it wilson 10 00 john mcmcnemy jr 25 00 a thompson 25 00 poul poulsen 50 00 irvin mcpherson 25 00 ron breen 25 00 bert tuck 25 00 r beaumont 50 00 chas davics 25 00 chris vandcrvoorl 50 00 michael lorusso 25 00 s finnamore 20 00 chas h boyle 50 00 howard c robinson 500 i j norton 25 00 r varey jr 10 00 ray mccartney 25 00 george cooper 25 00 carl karns 5 00 j hiddleston 25 00 j addy 25 00 joe marchmcnt and the credit valley boys 25 00 walter louth 25 00 john farmer 25 00 thomas parry 50 00 arthur stamp 25 00 harry l allen 10 00 ivan leslie 25 00 john c inglis 26 00 norman mcdonald 25 00 p mark ham 2100 wm chaplin 5 00 kd mcdermott 25 00 archie mcdonald 20 00 fdward pclirs 10 00 h arnold 50 00 john ii campbell 52 00 higcnc v rem 25 00 hriward arnold 52 00 w bunathan 500 mhel culhbut 20 00 p llernngton 20 00 joyce marshall 26 00 doreen sanderson 20 00 jo sandc rson 26 00 m fclktr 20 00 lonice bradley 21 00 h trcanor 20 00 verna i outh 26 00 h rasmussin 20 00 t brush 52 00 helm mossop 2 00 pomtln oites 20 00 ann hc 52 00 marjonc hoe 2i 00 mary carey 26 00 rose dcbocr 52 00 j dempster 26 00 v george sargent 25 00 steve emmcrson 52 00 o carter 52 00 t herbert 52 00 a grieve 26 00 o llernngton 26 00 jack o louth 26 00 clarence freestone 26 00 frank taylor 26 00 kees van lierc 26 00 bob tost 25 00 ken davidson 25 00 cyril englcby 50 00 matt mcdonough 25 00 bob hardman 20 00 robert webster 10 00 ieonard raynor 25 00 ernie forgrave 10 00 mrs alex greig 300 norton floral 25 00 chapel street school 300 roger schofichj 500 such proposals would not be defin ilely sponsored by the chamber bu would be ur to merchant members to combine and woik out details preparation of an industrial bioch ure would however be a chamber activity and would be a project wlucn would be helpful to the town in gi n cral whose lifeblood depends on n dustnal activity the question of night depositories in the two local banks was discussed jim ajcorn and dick miller represen ting the hank of commerce and roal bank said this would involve an out lay of over s4 000 to each hank and that service charges would be per haps 10 or s15 year lnough customeis would have to he assured to make this a paying prop osition for the banks and they acic asked to draw up a questionnaire f r interested parties a number of mei chants present indicated they would be interest d in safi guarding mum v taken in aftir l inking hours in this wa harold met lure lames linton an 1 harold marshall were named as a nominating committie to present fun nominees to fill the directorate at the next meeting they were asked lo have a good proportion of merchants among the nominees retiring president john gunn re viewed last eors activities before va eating the chair for the incoming president mr gunn said the chamber had tried to find a solution for parking problems downtown but had run into snags in getting prices for properties under consideration a council rate payers committee is presently work ing along the same line seeking a large central parking area which would provide accommodation for the downtown shoppers the chamber of commerce he said had sparked activity towards estab lishment of a hospital and plans are now in progress under a hospital committee of which he is chairman the chamber combined with the georgetown s women s institute to instal new stone gates at the park en trance and work will be completed on this project this year assistance had also been given for hnslmas lighting downtown th meeting was attended by some twenty interested people represent ing merchants banks tradesmen ratepayers associations and industry pinegrove social personal mrs c gilbert and her daughter margo from toronto spent the holi days with her mother mrs arthur reeve main st south constable george cousens station ed in ottawa with the rcmp has been spending ten days with his parents lt col and mrs gordon cousens mr and mrs william sinclair mr and mrs cam sinclair and their son carl have just returned from a motor trip south they motored to several interesting places spending 2 weeks in st petersburgh fla they also visited with mrs nell english of glen williams who is m lakeworth flori da spring is here get those new firestone tires now why wait longer and risk a costly accident each new tire bought from ui balanced free with the one and only hunter wheel balancer all sizes in all grades in both all black and whitewall carried in etock harley motors 31 john street trianglo 72591 milton lawyer gives tips on real estate deal with reliable and well esta lished realtors anil be very careful of agreimcnts made when selling prop eilv said george elliott c when hi spoke to members of pincgrove and i ignj farm ioruins last week it was the final meeting of the sea son for the forums mr hliott advised farmirs to read contracts carefully and lo consult a lawjer infore signing an papers a film lnough and for all wis shown and vocal and instrumental numbers wire given by david how den and audrey brown i until and t social hour followed the progiam for fuel oil telephone tr 72251 automatically delivered by ralph murfin oil sales call tr 73271 tr 72674 concrete work footings cellar floors sidewalks block work brick laying for your construction needs carpentry homes kitchens remodeling garages bathrooms modernizing mcnally construction elgin street rwar cnr station