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Show Free Press - Wednesday, October 0 26, 1994 - Page 4 Yesteryears Continued from front page Road (Main Street). A picture ofthe place shows a roadster filling up with PEP 88 in front of two lumber buildings, one of which is advertised as a lunch room. Edward "Ted" Larsen and Elmer Cloward erected a service station at 16 East State in April 1927. It was originally a Continental Oil Company franchise, though numerous operators leased the station over the years. Adjoining motor lodges were developed to the south in the late 1920s. Bob Edwards leased the franchise in the early 1950s. In 1953 a new building was erected on the site by Utoco. Frank Bailey was the first operator of this franchise. While driving to the station early one 1963 morning, Bailey apparently fell asleep at the wheel and was killed unwhen he slammed into the derpass on State Street. Vern Rowley then assumed management of the station until 1967. Pleasant Grove native Lynn Walker subsequently took over the station for a time. Rinehart Oil, a Phillips 66 Company, eventually purchased the property and remodeled the place into Harts Gas & Food a popular convenience store and filling station today. Press Auto Service, a Conoco franchise, opened for trade on the northeast corner of State and First East (just west of Lehi Lumber) in June 1927. This evolved into Central Service Station, which was managed by Don Holdaway in the early 1930s. Buck Peterson and Lynn Milne became the managers in late 1933, followed by Lamont Fotheringham in 1936. Gene Wilson openedKells Service (featuring Texaco products) in this station on 16 July 1937. For Glen Wanlass one year (1950-51- ) had Glen's Service 2 there. When Wanlass ceased operation the property was purchased by Lehi Lumber (which later razed the old service station). Francis Grant operated four service stations in Lehi during his 45 year tenure. His first establishment was the Malan Service building. Next he leased a Shell Oil station at the Forks of the Road, which was formerly Dean's Service, the subject of today's photograph. His third station, Grant's High- way Service, was a truck stop and wholesale delivery station at 647 West Main. The last of his stations, built at Fifth West and Main (where Dean Powell had formerly been) was first called Grant's Beeline, then Grant's Maverick. In 1969 he retired and sold the establishment to Caribu Four Corners Oil Company of Afton, Wyo. In 1972 this firm demolished the small station and erected the Maverik Country Store. Dean Powell first worked as a gas jockey in his father James Powell's station at approximately Fifth West and Main. He briefly managed the PEP 88 station on Center and State before taking over his father's station in 1933. Powell demolished the old place in July 1939 and constructed his new City Service Station on the site. In 1950 he moved to the former Main Motor building at 11 West his staMain and tion. Three years later heleased the newly built Utoco station from his place. In 1964 his hard working and amiable son, William G. "Bill" Powell, took over the station. Bill and his mechanic son Greg built a large combination garageservice station building on the site of the old station in 1986. In 1932 Joe Lambert leased from Joe Rosell a combination service stationsnack shop on the summit of the Point of the Mountain. In 1940theStateDepartmentofTrans- -' portation redesigned a three-mil- e section of Highway 91 through the area so that Point of the Mountain Service was no longer aside the roadeater-cornere- B &KAutoParts(BrentLarsenand PaulHardman)in 1973. Gary Smith then built a new garage at 42 North 150 West. Faye and Oral Evans built a small service station at 111 East Main in 1935 and called it Evans Brother's Service. In 1936 the property was purchased by Frank Earl, a wholesale distributor for Standard Oil Company. Glen Wanlass, who had worked with the Evans Brothers, became the new lessee. The affable Wanlass Toge" to - his customers operated Glen's Service at this site for the next thirty-nin- e years. During 1950-5he also leased Glen's Service 2 on State and First East, a Chevron franchise like station 1. Wanlass retired in 1975 and the station was leased to Randall Brunette. Shortly thereafter the property was sold and the station demolished. Driggs Oil Company (Forrest and Norval Driggs) built a service station at 290 West State in 1937. In 1940 Dwight Bates assumed Norval's interest. Six years later, when Forrest built Driggs Billiards on the other side of town, Bates became manager of Wasatch Service as the Driggs Oil Company establishment was known. In 1950 Premium Oil bought out Driggs Oil Company and Dwight Bates leased the station, changing its name to Bates' Premoco. He eventually expanded the services to provide a hoist, tire room, and grease g pit for the large business he was interested in. The station ultimately provided employment for as many as 10 people, the largest business of its kind in Lehi. In 1971, when Dwight and Gladys retired, Burlin Bates became the new lessee. He remained in the same facility until 1980 when a new building was constructed slightly to the west, after which the old one was demolished. The business, still a Premium Oil affiliate, is presently called Cash Saver. For several years in the early 1950s Denzel Turner managed McCoard's Service Station at 246 East State. He later established Den's Tire Shop at 180 West State (present site of Lee Rosenhan Automotive). Den's old station in 1956 y was leased by Grant Kirkham service). Since then it has housed numerous garages and body shopsnone of which has remained in business for long. Vern Rowley leased the American Station at 108 East State in 1963 following FrankBailes death. Four years later Vern built a new Conoco station at 514 East State, where he had purchased a large piece of property. During the ensuing years he expanded his business to include full mechanical services, d 1 way. Lambert then built a station two miles closer to Lehi on the south side of the new highway (now Highway 89). Joe's Place, as his business was then known, sold Standard Oil products. He also maintained a pop-ul- ar confectionery and lunch counter. Patronage remained good when was until the built and the roadway in front of Lambert's became a frontage road for local traffic only. In the years of the early 1930s Albert Van Wagoner operated a service station at 11 West Main. Otto Larson bought him out and then sold to Dan Smith. Smith erected a new brick building on the site and called his service stationgarage Main Motor (which was in operation during the early mid-1960- truck-servicin- s, 1940s). Carlton Wilson was the proprid etor in the War II years. Cass Willes briefly operated the place in the summer of 1950, after which Dean Powell leased it from Utah Oil company in November post-Worl- 1950. Powell sublet the garage to Gene Strasburg and Taylor Cox but oper- (Hi-Wa- ated the service station himself. When Powell moved to his new building in 1956, LaMar Jolley opened a Sinclair station briefly where Powell had been. Leo Thrasher then opened a garage there in 1957. Smith's Garage, owned by Gary Smith, was established at that location in the fall of 1967. Building owner Cass Willes sold the place to car wash, wrecker service, propane sales, and emission inspections. In 1972 he built a drive-i- n restaurant west of his station. Four years after establishing the cafe he had a complex built on the property. Though the sale of gasoline was discontinued in 1989, Vern's continues to offer alignshock and brake ments, tune-upwork, safety and emission inspections, and tire and battery sales. Texaco owned two stations in Lehi during the 1970s, though neither is in business today. Gateway Texaco at 647 West Main (formerly Francis Grant's and Junior Carter's station) is a vacant building now. The other station, at the Lehi exit ( 1075 West State), is presently the home of Utah Valley Turf. Though four Lehi businesses sell gasoline in 1995, only one (Powell's Car Care at 11 East Main) is a service station. The three other filling stations are convenience stores: Cash Saver (290 West State), Harts (108EastState),andMaverik Country Store (500 West Main). 24-ho- ur 53-un- self-stora- it s, Building permit requests keep going up, planner says Mrs. Webb also reported that some of the people who had signed waivers for connection to the pressurized irrigation system have since At the last meeting of the Lehi City Council, Assistant Planner Dianna Webb reported on the status of building in Lehi. She said that 356 building permits for dwellings had been issued in the first nine months of 1994, compared to 330 for the entire 1993 year. In addition to those figures, she also said that 650 applications are still on the books for future connected to that system without paying. single-famil- y Cedar Fort Councilmember Knollin Haws, with a second from Councilmember Wayne Carlton, made a motion to bill those residents from the installation of the system unless the owner could prove the date of first Math ig its own reward. Continued from front page There was an objection to the lack of water meters at the fire station, rodeo grounds, and the park by Darrell Cook. They must be metered because stockholders need to know howmuch How do we the city is using know whether you've kicked over your allotment or not?" McKinney pointed out that not everythingcouldbe monitored; such as the fire hydrants when there was a fire. However it was brought up that there was a main line meter that could determine any excess usage by the city. This was found satisfactory to Darrell Cook. 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