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Show Grocery Store Which Once Stood on Park Avenue and Eighth Street Corner Is Well Remembered Good Will Radio Money with every 25? purchase". Many Parkites will remember remem-ber dancing to the orchestra Jim played in. He played violin and Blanch Fletcher was the pianist. Bert Bircumshaw and Jim Nichols both were drummers; Bob Burns and Bill Bates played accordian; "Rube" Garbett had his banjo; LaMar Hoover his trombone; and Tony Mandiola made beautiful music on his electric steel guitar. They played for dances at the Lodge halls and at Swede Hall up around the bend in Park City and even played over at Camp Kill Kare near Heber. JIM JACOBS HAD a beautiful voice, too, and was much sought after for singing at funerals. He and his wife had two children, child-ren, a daughter Helen, and a son who was deaf and who is presently working in Salt Lake City in an optical shop. There was a butcher named Walt Christiansen who some say worked in the store for a while, too, although it was never really classed as a meat market. It's interesting to note, though, that at one time his name appeared on the north side of the building build-ing as Christiansen Meat and Grocery. An interesting note of memorabilia mem-orabilia is in picture 3. The tiny building next to the grocery store was a storage house for fire hose! In various parts of the city these little houses kept the fire hose in readiness in case of a blaze.' The last person in this building, build-ing, it is believed, was a man named Scholes who built a house around the store and then tore the store down! THIS BUILDING and all these owners are gone now but they are remembered by many. (If anyone can identify the two men with Jim Jacobs in picture 2, the Park Record would appreciate appreci-ate knowing.) No information was available about the one-time ownership of this store by Ray Wortley's father. Emmet Shields behind the counter of the old grocery store at the corner of 8th Street. REMEMBER THE grocery store that stood on Park Avenue at the corner of 8th Street? The building has been gone a long time but it was a thriving thriv-ing grocery for many, many years under several different managers and owners. John Shields was an early owner and when John was gone his son Emmet, took over. If you look carefully at Picture Pic-ture 1 with Emmet behind the counter you'll see advertising posters for Schilling's Best Tea and Magic Yeast, and you can see boxes of Gold Dust on the shelf! There's a big coffee grand -' er and perhaps is that a big block of cheese under that square of cheesecloth? And even at that time they requested re-quested a 5? deposit on a bottle of soda if it was taken out of the store! Sometime later Jim Jacobs and his wife took over. Jim was blind but was a very good businessman and always amazed the customers with his skill at making accurate change! Children loved to go into that store for a cookie or some candy. LOOKING AT PICTURE 2 with Jim and two others you can spot Kellogg's Corn Flakes on the top shelf. Many readers will remember those square containers con-tainers that held crackers and cookies. The glass covers were on hinges and each one held a different dif-ferent kind. This must have been in the early 1930's. In picture 3 there is an N.R.A. symbol on the front window with Jim and his wife out front, and in picture 2 it tells about "Free l, , -i I -1 -i nmrnumi m , '--S- . B,.,. r Jim Jacobs, in the dark glasses, amazed customers with his skill at making accurate change as he was blind. . " " " " ' - ' I rj . i IP r , i .jba - . i i I III I - . ;- . 1 Jim Jacobs and his wife in front of the store. The N.R.A. symbol in the window brings to mind memories of the times. The tiny building next to the grocery store was a storage house for fire hoses. |