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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1951
Frank Nikolay accepts post at Green Bay
Frank L. Nikolay, attorney at law, has accepted a position of the legal staff of the Office of Price Stabilization’s district office at Green Bay, which covers 52 counties in northern Wisconsin.
Mr. Nikolay began his work with the organization Thursday and is now residing in Green Bay.
His duties as commanding offi cer of the local service battery at the National Guard will require his presence here over the weekends.
The Nikolay Law Office will continue to function under the direction of his brother, Jack Nikolay, who was formerly with the Leicht and Curran law office at Medford. Mr. Nikolay will move his family from Medford as soon as living quarters can be found.
Girl Scouts making paper drive to buy projector Your old magazines, newspapers and books are wanted for the scrap paper drive now being conducted by the Girl Scouts. The money they receive for these will be used to help purchase a move projector for the grade school.
Your waste paper will help the school, as a projector is needed for visual education of the children; you are also helping in the preparedness effort, as the paper mills urgently need the old paper to manufacture products needed by the Department of Defense.
The price on sorted magazines and paper is much higher than the mixed kind, so, if possible, you are asked to tie various kinds of paper in separate bundles. Don’t overlook old catalogs and books. If you can send them to the grade school, it will be appreciated.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1981
Downtown businessmen look for improvements
Downtown Abbotsford merchants took the first tentative steps last week toward what they hope will be a renewal of business strength, higher property values and general prosperity in the main street area. Although any concrete action remains in the future, downtown merchants discussed their common problems and agreed to hold a formal day-long meeting in the future with the purpose of organizing to combat the problems.
Theireffortswillreceiveprofessional planning and financial assistance, the group also learned from Kevin Jones of the West Central Regional Planning Commission. The WCRPC had applied for approximately $6,000 on behalf of the city of Abbotsford to allow the commission to prepare a downtown development program in conjunction with the city’s comprehensive plan. Jones said the state has approved funding for the proposal.
Organization is the most important factor in the hoped-for revitalization, according to Bert Stitt of the State Department of Development, who spoke to the gathering of merchants as Abbotsford City Hall. Said, Stitt, “All of the downtown area should be treated as one business, and it should be organized and managed with that in mind.”
Stitt, who has worked with businessmen in other towns with the same problems, recommended as a first step that merchants and other interested persons get together at a day-long “retreat” with the purpose of identifying downtown problems and mapping out possible strategies to solve them.
