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r j is gcojioftpwnqntaltjo wednesday march mh 1957 second section council okays new hours for meat stores y georgetown mons club nvjtes you tq attend th annual st georgetown arena rose room friday xiarcrri5tk v dancing 930 130 with the modern aires 2 beautiful door prizes draw prizes spot and novelty dahces dress dptional couple- 300 invitations are not being mailed this year this is your invitation to attend tickets now available from lions club members order bylaw amendment for closing moh bylaw anwrnm monday georgetown grocery stores and fruit merchants bake shops and meat markets will sqonbe- ohserv- farm implement dealers had been ing new closing hours at a council meeting last wed nesday council by a 62 yote or i quite in 6rder for council to kccede dercd an amendment to the stare closing bylaw which will provide for the nine such stores to close on monday and be open all days thursdays action followed submission of a petition signed by seven merchants asking for the change pat vance in presenting the petition said that two merchantshad declined to this proposition asked cr hyde kcoarpitajl styles clreurige too you wouldnt expect tha old rotttatrop to kp up with tha slack new can on todays superhighways in tact you probably wouldnt risk your life in it but because you never know when siduiess or acci dent may strike you dawn you and oil the other people of this district ore trushfig your lives to a 32- yearold hospital a 2000000 ekpansion program has be proposed for peel memorial hospital to keep it ahead of the line ot danger you must decide whether this expan sion is truly nec you will want to leam exactly what expansion is proposed and how much it will cost you in taxes to learn rhe full truth so you con moke this vital decision about expansion be sure to ottend peel memorial hospital annual meeting thursday march 14th 8 pm christ church parish hall brampton endorse it jack saunders and n b hill signers arecleaves meat market bucks fine foods farn- 6115 goldhams meat market grand union carrolls kays groc ery and georgetown grocertcrias iga foodliner a petition had been presented to- council several weeks ago but ws withdrawn on suggestion of mayor armstrong who pointed out that there were certain technicali ties which the petition should cov er concerning allowance for stay ing open until 9 pm the week be fore christmas and the day before a holiday since that time a gen eral meeting of merchants was cal led at which it was indicated that some other types of stores might also favour the change but to date no further petition has been recei ved by council in a discussion which preceded passing of the bylaw motion the mayor on wednesday remarked that it is questionable if kays gro cery comes under the bylaw as a grocery store but that the neces sary 75 per cent majority would still apply without that store cr ern hyde who wih cr har ry hale voted against the motion pointed out that council had discre tion to okay or veto a change and that while he realized the petition represented a majority of those concerned it was a minority of bu sinessmen and hfc wouldnt like to see business hours split he said shoppers should also be considered and he believed most shoppers will be opposed to different closing hours for various stores cr fred harrison said that the mayor had indicated in the past that the majority should rul and that council could take no other action than to pass the motion lis reference was to a petition by a number of garagemen some time ago for a change in hours which was rejected because the majority was not high enough in councils opinion he asked or a recorded vote replying to mr hyde the mayor pointed out that council in past years has taken similar action fol lowing a change in open liours from saturday to friday nights ejtempted from closing xegulatidns at their request he said and it js to a request from any certain grouj cr hale said iie would favoii changing thehyfaw to allow the group to open all day thursday but could not agree to forcing two merchants to close mondays tyhen they did dot want to has there been any effort to get all the merchants together on m at the meeting of merchants a show of hands was asked and nobody wanted the bylaw as it stands at present replied mr vance we have waited three weeks to present our petition but riie others have lalten no action several councillors said they dis liked seeing merchants split qri the issue but in view of the large ma- jarity could see no reason for not granting the request all labour whether store help or store operator is entitled to a full two days off said reeve al len it will be a good thing when they all get together and realize they will do as much business in five days mayor armstrong in summing up the question before a vote was called said he is disheartened that merchants as a group cannot dec ide on united action this experiment will bring one side or the other to united thought he opined the mayor reeve deputy and crs mcgilvray harrison and gray voted for the bylaw amendment and crs hyde and hale against cr alfred sykes was not present at the meeting buddirg firemen this young man may be a future recruit for the georgetown fire oept if he keeps up this type of training ueus one of the large number of youngsters who are getting training under the george town athletic association looking on is cpl jim bilsborrow of the local police force e- i br n0tke to motorists who have not obtained their 1957 licences your 1956 operators liconco and vehicu permit will xpira at midnight march 14 after this date it will be illegal to drive with 1956 licence or plates the deadline is march 14 act now to avoid the last minute fineup heed this warning and avoid inconvenience and possime prosecution renew your licences now builders discuss town mortgage loans at the regular meeting of north halton builders association on thursday february 21st it was announced that there are now eighteen paidup members considerable discussion took place regarding the policy of lending institutions with regard to mortgage loans in small towns and the following committee was ap pointed to prepare a brief out lining the views of this association h near p skelly john heaven j e burns and harold bairstow a research committee compos ed of l spencer j muszynski e muszynski s silverstein and har old fobert was appointed to in vestigate all aspects of processing mortgage loans on an owner ap plicant basis will speak at legion motor vehioes branch dartment of highways ontario major gen g r pearkes vc cb dso mx ild with the announcement by the local legion branch 120 officials that general pearkcs is speaking at their membership night being held friday march 22nd at their hall on mill street georgetown is being honoured by a visit of one of canadas most distinguished so1- ilicr sans lie is also understood to be one af this countrys most dec orulcd men with service in both wurs his last military command was that of general officer com manding in chief pacific com mand during world war ii general pearkcs is known local- y by men who served with him mthc first world war he served with the same regiment as a num ber of men from this district and was awarded the vc since his retirement after world war h he has represented esquunault- san- nlch in vancouver island in the house of commo at ott although born fat jjigiand ihe fsimmsssmjiat bills are less bother when you plan ahead to meet them the secret is to have a plan that will help put your finances on a sound basis and build a solid foundation of savings for the future the royal bank family budget book provides such a plan it contains no magio formula but it does help you plan your budget to suit yourself ask for a copy next lime youre in the branch current accounts savings accounts travellers cheques money orders safekeeping services the royal bank of canada canadas largest b a n georgetown branch r j miller manager w dont put off that trip travel now pax later find it dlfficah aavingfbr that dream vacation boacta ticket tnatalrnent plan la your answer its aa aimplaaa thkn aaemir wall help you plan your oversea trip payaa littla aa 10 down wttjh up to 24 montba to nay tha voilal youiw on your way john r barber agency isii insurance and travel 27 mill street tr 73521 va an early age coming here shortly after the turn of the century he is married to a sydney bc nat ive the former constance blyth and has one son john it is believed to be the first time yxstted georgetojwa gjjbgiayjja late 3ssssei ly after the first world war general pearkes has been very active in legion affairs and in vet erans work on the west coast jthegeneral will be accompan ied bv mrs pearkes on his visit to that at full general has officially he district j intends to visit ajiumlber of ib other dtatrict