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Show 4D lakeside Mervyn s a Newgcafe Anchor Sfere ADVERTISIMINT Review, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1981 wnw ... ' rv people in the Newgate store, headed by store director Jerald Littley who previously was assistant director of the Layton Hills When Mervin Morris opened a small soft goods store at San Lorenzo, Calif, in 1949 he intended to name it Mervins. A sign painter he hired to paint the name on the window told him that changing the "i to- a y would give the name "better ba- drens Sherry Carter; accessories, Kathy Morris; lingerie, Jeri Pick- ett; womens sportswear, Christy Zweifel; womens Jan Coomer; domestics, Jeff Donati and jewelry, Kelly Johnson. Karen Laine is display manager ready-to-wea- r, Mervyns. With the exception of about 15 people that transferred here from Layton, the entire store was staffed and Steve Long will direct receivby Ogden area people, lance". Littley. ing activities. Store hours will be Mondays With that offhand suggestion, the said. 14 deThis include the business doesnt a through named Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to fledgling painter 9:30 were of who one the to become Saturdays from 9:30 was p.m.; partment managers that. transferred to Ogden from Mer- a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from 10 Wests more successful junior vyns stores in Layton and Salt a.m. to 6 p.m. department store chains. Lake the 82nd store carrying City. The Mervyns is described as a But they were all Utah resijunior department store. name provided by the now forgotWe fill the gap between the naten painter opens Friday in the dents," Littley said. discount and major departtional In to addition the stores Littley, Newgate Mall. The 82,000 square foot Ogden top management team includes ment stores," Littley said. is located in the northMervyns will be one of three ma- Jhan Turner, operations manager, ernMervyns end of the Newgate Mall is the Scott Wangberg, lost prevenjor anchors in the multimillion dol- and space formerly occupied by Sears lar Newgate Mall at 36th and Wall. tion manager. which has been extensively remodDepartments in the Mervyns Open seven days a week, Merand renovated. vyns will have 14 departments of- Ogden store and the manager are: eled The mens Ogden Mervyns store, the James Shoes, of wide and a Soderquist; range clothing fering wear, Jim Hauser; fabrics, Ruth 6th in Utah, is slightly larger than accessories for the entire family. Mervyns will employ about 275 Reading; boys, Boyd Rich; chil he average in the chain. - There are three Mervyns stores in Salt Lake City and one each in Layton and Orem. Mervyns brown logo is seen primarily in California. There are 23 stores in the northern part and 12 each in central and southerner1 California. Mervyns expects to have more than 115 stores in five western states by 1983. Mervyns doesnt have a flagship store and there are none in the center of a major city. The success of Mervyns has been the subject of a number of recent business and trade journal analyses and Morris was named the National Retail Merchants As- -' sociation Retailer of the Year in 1980. The company was acquired by Dayton Hudson in 1978 but Morris retained the chairmanship until last year when he turned the reins over to his handpicked successor, John Kilmartin. , Area's Leaders View Mall as Major Asset and the entire area, New jobs, increased revenue to finance needed municipal government services and a greater selection of retail goods and services. Thats how the Newgate Mall is viewed by mayors of the three cities in which it lies. It also is the opinion of other area leaders such as Weber County Commission Chairman Boyd K. Storey and Ogden Area Chamber of Ogden Mayor said South J. Farrell Shepherd. Riverdale Mayor Leon Poulsen agrees, reporting opening of the Alpha Beta store last spring has already brought a substantial impact to the coffers of that city. All three cities have a part of the mall with the lions share in Ogden. Riverdale has the Alpha Beta store, one of the major anchor tenants in the multimillion dollar regional mall. A bank and some other smaller shops near Riverdale and Wall are in South Ogden. The major pdrtion of the huge shopping facility is in Ogden City. Dirks was particularly elated by the opening of the Newgate Mall, Commerce President Charles Lindquist. A major dividend of the Newgate Mall will be the role it will Ogden as play in the retail center of Northern said Ogden Mayor A. Stephen Dirks. It will be an asset to our city Utah, Workman puts finishing touches on light fixture in the interior of Newgate Mall. t ; Project Chief Rates It fops; Likes Ogden Gordon McLennan says the Newgate Mall is the best hes built and Ogden is one of the more enjoyable places he and his wife have lived. t And thats quite a compliment to both, considering that McLennan hafc built a couple of dozen shopping facilities in various parts of the world during the past two decades. vAnd youre thinking he says that everywhere he goes, McLennan told an interviewer, then as a grin breaks over his face, he adds but Im serious. Mrs. McLennan and I have thorpughly enjoyed living here the past couple of years, he said. We particularly like the people theyre friendly, courteous and easy to meet. )We like the mountains and the he said, adding changing seasons, wdve discussed coming back here when we retire. As project manager for the Newgate Mall, McLennan was respons- ible for getting the multimillion dollar shopping facility built according to specifications and on time. As a project engineer for Homart Devepment Co. and its parent Sears, Roebuck & Co. for the past 20 years, McLennan has led an almost nomadic career that would be a delight to a man with a touch of the wanderlust and frustrating to a woman trying to make a home and raise a family. Except for one assignment in Mexico, McLennans family has gone with him on all his projects which have taken them all over the North America and into Europe. The average stay in any one a few home has been 18 months have lasted two years. Everywhere the family has gone, McLennan has bought a home, the children enrolled in school and Mrs. McLennan makes them a part of the community while McLennan starts putting together a project that could range from a single Sears store to a $60 million shopping mall. The five McLennan children have attended school in Brussels, playpd on soccer teams in Paris, browsed through art museums in f book Shop to Offer $6me 25,000 Titles i . Some titles will be offered in the B. Dalton Bookseller shop opening in the Newgate Mall. Those titles will be in both hardcover and paperback, representing 25,000 current bestseller, literature, childrens technical, and books for gifts. The store will special order any how-to-d- o, American book in print, provide and for a mail purchases nominal charge anywhere in the U.S. Dalton operates more than 550 bookshops in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The first store was opened in 1966 at Edina, Minn. B. Dalton is owned by friee gift wrapping the Minneapolis-base- d Dayton-Hudso- n Corp. I 'i October stating this gives us a second ma- jobs available for Ogden area jor regional shopping center and people. will make Ogden a stronger retail Although the municipal revenue trade area. impact wont be as great for South . Opening of Newgate will com- Ogden as it will for Ogden and plete a wide spectrum of stores and Riverdale, Shepherd said the mall merchandise selection that is sec- will provide more convenient ond to none in the Intermountain shopping for residents of South Area," Dirks said. Ogden and the entire southern part It will help bring back to our of the county. Poulsen said the mall is another community those retail sales dollars that now are going outside the step in a continuing development of Riverdales commercial potential. area," Dirks said. Storey said he has been impressAs equally important as that is ed with the design and construction ; the new jobs the Newgate will of the mall, particularly its financcreate in the retail trade industry," through ing private enterprise. the Ogden mayor said, adding by Lindquist called the mall an ex- -' the time Newgate is fully occupied of confidence in the future there will be several hundred new pression of the Ogden area economy. ,. mm sale 4 Madrid and experienced the suddenness of a jungle downpour in Nicaragua. It was natural that McLennan DEYO KENNY ROGERS SHARE YOUR LOVE New SO IN lOVf WITH YOU LIFi WITHOUT TOU M Tift 6000 A MAM GOING SACK TO AlAOAMA) INCLUDING would go into the construction industry. His father was a general contractor in Chicago and he has brothers, uncles and cousins in the industry from coast to coast. McLennan spent the World War II years as a SeaBee in the Pacific, helping build roads, runways and other facilities for Marines and Navy fliers throughout the war the- lift Traditionalists indudes hrough Hcmg I mil Htaulilul Work! Jerkin Hawk N hirth i ovcWithout Anger W ater. ROLLING STONES TATTOO YOU After helping build barracks for American occupation troops in Ja- returned to pan, McLennan construction a resume to Chicago career with Sears and its real estate arm, the Homart Development CRYNTAMjAYl.i; Ikilvuiwxl lciincvNcc Lnifl Loan SONGS M THE ATTIC mcktdmg: Say Goodbye To MoMywood Ive Lowad Theaa OeytCaptawi Jack Summer HtqMand FaNsiMiami 207 nawMa irAm t No SuftMww NtThMoTroubladTimM On MaCrytnq in Tha Ram Co. His toughest assignment was in Mexico where he directed the conand that struction of two malls wasnt because of the job itself. His family couldnt join him for the first 18 months of that 2Vx year assignment. Every weekend during that 18 months, McLennan flew roundtrip from the construction site in Mexico to Dallas, Tex. where his family was living. McLennan hesitates to rate the malls hes built in order of challenge or difficulty. Theyre all challenging, he said and the common theme of that challenge is time. RONNIE MILSAP Were always fighting the clock, he said. McLennan considers the Newgate mall one of the more personal- ly satisfying he has built. , It definitely is the most beautiful, he said. But then Im partial to the antique and historical theme of Newgate. One reason hes partial to the -- , Get these and many more on sale. REGISTER TO WIN GRAND OPENING PRIZES Newgate Mall is the ahead of schedule completion. McLennan gives a lot of credit for that to the construction workers, the contractor, developer and project engineer Charles R. Kelley. six-mon- th He applauded the workmanship of the local and productivity workforce and said Ive never met a finer contractor than Si Christiansen. George Reimer (head of the development company) is exceptional in about every way, McLennan said. And working with Charles Kelley has been one of the finer experiences of my career. McLennan constantly returns the conversation to Mrs. McLennan and the role he credits her for his successful career. Mrs. McLennan has been a terrific partner, he said. She has thoroughly enjoyed our moves. She loves to meet people and see different parts of the world their cultures and lifestyles. The McLennans were childhood sweethearts in Evanston, 111. where both graduated from high school. Their five children are now 649u6.99it -- $1.00 off I I I Clip out this coupon and receive one dollar off the regular Record Bar selling price of any album or tape not already on sale. (5.98 list or higher. One item per coupon.) Coupon offer good October I I I 4, 1981. I I I I I I GHc the gift otmuMc. I I Coupon good only at Newgate Mall .1 married and have given the McLennans nine grandchildren. The couple will leave Ogden Oct. 29 for Valdosta, Ga. where he will direct the construction of a Sears store and 70 smaller shops. c I I NEWGATE MALL Sale prices good at University Mall, and ZCMI Center. |