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Show A-10 The Park Record WedThuraFrl, July 23-30, 2004 Personal Paragraphs TM LIB OG 03F3 news Armed Forres Sfllislying Pom Gily's loolfi By Hal Compton, Research historian Park City Museum HISTORICAL For many years, Park City was recognized for its many saloons -- 27 at one time. But confectionery confec-tionery or candy stores ran a close second! There were never more enthusiastic and loyal customers cus-tomers than the children of town, two of whom are shown in the photo. The unidentified boys are ' admiring the penny candy in a local confectionery. Shopping for a bag of penny candy was just the prelude to four hours of non-stop entertainment at a Saturday matinee at the Orpheum, American or Egyptian theaters. Penny candy was not only available avail-able in confectionery and candy stores, but also in grocery stores, drug stores, mercantile stores and hve-and-10-cent stores. During difficult economic times, such as the Great Depression, businessmen realized real-ized that a well-stocked -candy counter could provide a small but important income. Children quickly became connoisseurs of penny candy, including Jicorice, jawbreakers, jellybeans, lollipops or all-day suckers and chocolate candies of all kinds. The earliest advertisement for candy in The Park Record was Street and Coates Confectionery in 1882. The first candy was made of molasses and brown sugar, but was soon replaced by white sugar. Gumdrops and jawbreakers arrived in the 1860s. By the 1870s, grocery stores and general stores began to sell lollipops, peppermint sticks, vinegar candy, licorice twists, peppermint sticks and other penny candy. By the 1880s, milk chocolate, invented in Switzerland, began arriving and quickly became a favorite. Chewing gum and gumball machines arrived about the same time. Tootsie Rolls, the first paper-wrapped penny candy, appeared in 18. Jellybeans, LifeSavers and Hershey Bars came to town in the early 1900s. Candy bars followed during World War I, not only boosting morale for the doughboys, but also becoming an American institution. insti-tution. Traveling salesmen from Salt Lake City candy companies like Sweet Candy kept the candy flowing flow-ing to Park City and other Utah towns. Joseph Jenkins, better known as Pop Jenks, opened his Ice Cream Shoppe (inset) at 430 Main St. during the Depression COURTESY RAYE RINGHOLZ AND PARK CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM years and filled his front display windows with a huge array of penny candy, not unlike the one admired by the two boys. Pop sold Upper Pop Jenks in 1970 and died the, next year at the age of 84. Other confectionery stores were City Bakery and Candy Factory, Fred Steven's Confectionery, Nyberg's Candy Kitchen, Waters & Fitzgerald Confectionery, Orange Blossom Confectionery, Bonnie Brier Candy Store, Park City Kandy Kitchen. Park City Variety Store and Oblad's 5 & 10 Cent Store. -1984 PARK CITY MUSEUM VICENNIAL 2004 Marine Corps First Lieutenant Brian P. Wierman, son of Jeane and Ron Wierman of Park City, and more than 2,100 Marines and Sailors assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary ' Unit (MEU) recently deployed with the BelleauWood Expeditionary Strike Group to the Western Pacific and Central Command area of responsibility in support of the global war on terrorism. Wierman's unit is an expeditionary expedi-tionary intervention force with the ability to rapidly organize for combat operations in virtually any environment. MEU's are built around a reinforced infantry battalion, bat-talion, a combat service support element, a reinforced helicopter squadron and a command element. ele-ment. With its complement of fully integrated air and ground forces, Wierman's unit is ready to conduct real-world operations including amphibious, heliborne and boat raids, tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel, non-combatant non-combatant evacuation operations and humanitarian assistance operations. oper-ations. Wierman is a 1995 graduate of Parle City High School and joined the Marine Corps in October 2001. For more information on the deployment and high resolution photos, visit the 11th MEU website web-site at www.usmc.milllthmeu. Civilian Andrew R. Christian, son of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene PI Christian of Park City, recently par ticipated in the U.S. Naval Academy s week-long summer seminar sem-inar program in Annapolis, Md. During the program, Christian was introduced to academy life through a regimen of academics, physical training, intramural sports, sailing and seamanship, as well as leadership training and social activities. The , summer seminar program was designed by the U.S. Naval Academy's office of admissions to give students a taste of the challenges and benefits bene-fits of a Naval Academy education. educa-tion. Christian is currently attending Park City High School. Army National Guard Pvt. Jake M. Nfcoll has graduated from the armamenttank turret repairer advanced individual training course at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md. Nicoll has learned to perform ordnance armament direct and general support maintenance repairs and troubleshoot mechanisms, mecha-nisms, systems and components on tank turrets, armament weapons, self-propelled artillery, and infantry fighting vehicles; also, correct electrical and hydraulic malfunctions - on Howitzer cannons, mount-and-turret drive assemblies, and perform per-form cannon tube evaluation. Nicoll is the son of Mark and Kristie Nicoll of Heber City, Utah. He is a 2003 graduate of Wasatch High School, Heber City. Public comment sought on Weber River plan Meetings to review and receive public comment on an updated State Water Plan document, docu-ment, Weber River Basin -Planning for the Future, from the Utah Board and Division of Water Resources will be held in early August in Bountiful, Ogden and Park City. Meetings scheduled are: Tuesday, Aug. 3, 7-9 p.m., Bountiful City offices, downstairs down-stairs conference room, 790 South 100 East, Bountiful. Wednesday, Aug. 4, 7-9 p.m. Weber County Library, Administration Office basement classroom, 2464 Jefferson Ave., Ogden. Wednesday, Aug. 11, 7-9 p.m., Sheldon Richins Building auditorium, 6505 North Landmark Dr. (near Kimball Junction), Park City. The Weber River Basin Water Plan is a State Water Plan document docu-ment that includes information on current water usage and current cur-rent and future water demands in the Weber River Basin as well as discussions on water conservation, conser-vation, water development, water quality and environmental issues, and planning to meet current cur-rent dnd future water demands. Free copies of the water plan will be available at the meetings. They may also ;be obtained prior to the meetings from the Division of Water Resources by contacting Todd Stonely at (801) 538-7277. The water plan can also be downloaded down-loaded from the division's website, web-site, www.water.utah.gov. 20th Anniversary Celebration V'f1l 'NvisJ lii'M ' IvAl) ! 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