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Show Expansion Days Launched By S. House C. of C. Sugar House merchants will salute the opening of a new business busi-ness building in the area Friday and Saturday. The merchants will be welcoming welcom-ing the Dixon building and the businesses it will house with two days of bargains and specials. Stores plan to remain open until 9 p.m. Friday. Officially dubbed "Spring Expansion Ex-pansion Days," this event has been held on several occasions in the past when new buildings have opened and new businesses have moved into the area, according to D. James Cannon, executive secretary of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce launched the gay expansion days to stimulate and pep up the grand opening and each merchant of course, will offer enticing grand opening bargains to the usual multitude of shoppers in Sugar House. And more than 150 businesses that thrive in the south east area will participate in the affair. The promotion has been chair-mened chair-mened by Paul Pehrson, president; Gordon Sorensen, Neisen Banks of the retail trades committee. Merchants are planning to use a public address system to flood Sugar House streets with music during the celebration. First store to open in the new building at 2188 Highland Dr. is a Thorn McAn Shoe Store, Thursday (today). Following soon will be Columbia Savings and Loan and Standard Optical. Business offices will occupy the' second floor. The building has been built by Hyland Lumber and Hardware Company with John N. Clawson as architect. It is a steel frame structure with brick and aluminum siding. |