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BANK OF
MONTREAL
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1st Ave. W. Owen Sound
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Plaque. To Be Unveiled At New Bank
A plaque will be unveiled here
on Saturday to cormmemorate four
Milestones, Milton Rayner, man.
ager of the Goderich branch of
the Bank. of Montreal, has an. •
nounced.
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The plaque has been Install
to observe the estalilishme a o°
the first bank here, thjenten.
'nlal of Confederation, opening
this weekend of the ' - r� . s ew
building arfd-- s 15 anniver-
sary of the.' Bank of Montreal.
TO OFFICIATE.:
Di. Frank, Mills,' , mayor of
Goderich, will unveil the bronze
tablet during brief ceremonies
marktg the .official opening of •
the Bank of Mrin1 real's new prem.
ises at the southeast corner of
Court House square and East .
Street. The plaque is located on
the front exterior wall of the
new building. ,
Following , is the text of the
Paque to be unveiled on Satin..y by the Bank of Montreal:
"In September, 1853, the first,
bank in Goderich was opened on
Harbour ' Hill by the Bank of
Montreal. This plaque com„nem."
orates that' event and was in.
stalled by the Bank to observe
its 150th anniver aey, in' the Cell.
teunial year. of Canadian •Confect•
eration. This buiidingwasopeie.t
:on May ;3, 1967. Unveiled by Dr.
i'raak: vI'lls, Mayor of Goderin.
May 13, 1967"
The branch was established in
September 1853, in a twa•si.arey
fram? . structure ori the north.
ea -I: corner of West and W.,:aing.
ton Streets.
In 180, • bus: less was trans-
ferred to a more spacious office.
about a half block from Court
Howse square. T'ais building ser-
ved until 1905,. when quarters'
were erected al .the corner of
West Street andJcurt House
square. Tues• premises now are
being vacated in fa for o�'. the
office to be opx:ned officially on
Saturday,
When the- Bank of Montreal -
opened it's office here -in 1853,
Goderich' had a population 'of
.3,000'..•The railway "had not arr-
ived and cbmmunications
co,: -;if cn"d to t'Ze stagecoach and
boating. Fifte e:i years after telt
branch began business,•the Buff-
alo and Lake Huron Railway
later purchased by the Grand
Trunk Railway, reached Godn.
ich,
With the discovery of salt de.
posits in the area in 1870, the
economy began to flourish. The
"arrival "of the "Canadian Pacific
Railway in 1907 and the develop•
ment of the harbor gave support
to the district's prosperity.
150—YEAR=•OLD 3ANK
The Goderich branch is backed
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CongratuIations
Fro
ELWOODSm RIDIELL
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
• 1991 4th Ave. W.
CONTRACTORS FOR
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PLUMBING, HEATING AND ELECTRICAL
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BANK OF MONTREAL
Deserves
Congratulations
On This Their
OFFICIAL OPENING
AMPLITROL
ELECT.RONICS
LIMITED
737 Church Si.;
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• Suite AS, Toronto
by Canada's, senior financial ins.
titution. Founded by nine Mon,
treal merchants in 1817, the bank
shortly afterward opened atra.n,
ch in Quebec City. A third office
at York, now •Toronto; soon foli-
o}ged, and 'the branch -banking sy.
m was born. The Bank of
Monireal issued Canada's first
native currency, too.
Today, the Bank of Mo trai
has more than 1,030 offices.. Of
these, 354 are in this province,
directed by Edward A. Royce,
general m^nager . for, On;:ario,
resident in Toronto. -
Other offices offices are located
through -out Canada and in the Un.
ited States, Mexico, ..England,
France; Germany, Japan and at
,Canadian armed forces' bases rte
France and Germany.
In conjunction with the Bank
•.of : Lona,.i • nd S.)uth America,
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,the Bank of Montreal in 1958
founded the Bank of London and
Montreal , Limited, operating_ in
Latin America and the Caribbean.
In 1964, Barclays Bank D•C•03
acquired a one.third interest in
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