Changing Scene on Georgetown Main Street 1948 updates
The Ss Corner notes yearly merchant changes on Georgetown's Main Street South. Sammie Fong sells Golden Gate Cafe to Fred Lee. Stan Grabb plans a large expansion for Georgetown Furniture Sales. Hutchinson takes over Roy Magloughlen’s barber shop. Cordaro Candies and Stew Simpson’s taxi stand open. new offices, shops, and a laundry appear as businesses shift. Public notice hints at further changes early in the new year.
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Georgetown
Muir Street
Main Street South
Sammie Fong
Golden Gate
Fred Lee
Port Hope
Sammie
Hollywood
Simcoe
Stan Grabb
Roy Magloughlen
Harold “Hutch” Hutchinson
Hutch
Bob Richardson
Mervyn Cook
Bob
Jack Williamson
Main Street
Bob Caldwell
Budget Grocéteria
Roy Barker
Charlie Brown
Long
Gray
Donna Ryan
Bert Marchment
Lillicod
Bruno Schissizzi
Milton
John Cordaro
Stew Simpson
Gordon Knight
Emmerson Brothers
Johnny
Jim
Bill Hiller
Holiday Preparations and Local Updates Across Town
Stores close for Boxing Day on Monday ahead of a three day holiday. Margarine, banned since 1914, returns to Canadian shelves before year end after Supreme Court ruling. Richardson's Hardware debuts new gold on purple signboard. St. George's Church redecorates in mushroom and light blue. United Church broadcast carols. midnight choral communion planned for Christmas Eve. Mr and Mrs W Wakeling relocate to Windsor Mills Quebec and Mr and Mrs H G Young move to Verdun.
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Canada
Supreme Court
Richardson's Hardware
St. George's Church
United Church
St. George's
W. Wakeling
Windsor Mills
Quebec
H. G. Young
Verdun
Weather Double Bereavement for Local Ladies
Mires. John Kennedy and Mrs. Robert McPherson faced a double bereavement as two siblings died this month. Their sister Mrs. Leo Givens of Arthur died suddenly of a heart attack on December 7. She had lived in Arthur for a month since her husband's retirement from farming nearby. Mr. Hugh Mitchell, who died in Oakville after an illness, was a retired railwayman and had moved to Oakville two months ago from North Bay.
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Georgetown Herald
Ows
Glen Williams
Norval
Limehouse
Hornby, Stewarttown
Ashgrove
Ballinafad
Walter C
Herald
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Ontario - Quebec
C.wn.a
Frank Penson
Limehouse Turn
David Bowman
Harry McMurtry
Albert Woo
Tom Wong
Ken Atkinson
Acton
Carroll
Jim Taylor
Massey Harris Agency
Alex Hume
Brewers’ Warehouse
Buck's
Howard Graff
Surance
Ethel Brown
Kemshead
Pries Brothers
Walkerton
Roxy Theatre
Ernie Crawford
Jack Polly
Smith & Stone
Maple Leaf Dairy
Jack Baltine
Y John Street
Gord Harley
Harley Motors
Art Scott
B.A
Scott Motor Sales
General Motors
Ford
Monarch
Cecil Hardie
Lorne Peters
Georgetown Motors
Paing
Ernie
Arrow. Taxi
Main
Max Min Snow
DR. J. Burns Milne
Clifford Reid
L.D
D.D
M. Sybil Bennett
K.C. Mill Street
Langdon and Aylsworth
Kenneth M. Langdon
R. Macintyre Aylesworth
Bal Acton
Dxy Theaters
Mill St
Cooper
Frank Petch
Promp
P.O. Bow
Demenstis
Foreige Graultes
Pentale
Orangeville
Ont
Nielsen
Lever: ‘and
J.A. Willoughby & Sons
Toronto
Yonge St
City
Heanes
Asreag
Tom Hewson
Radio
J. Sanford & Son
Pollock & Campbell
Rosedale Floral
FA K
New York
Chicago
ST. Louis
Detroit
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