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Show CenM Seufli Mali Supplement To: Gunnison Valley News - The Salina Sun Garfield County News - The Richfield Reaper VOLUME 3 NUMBER THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1982 1 Bits of History Still Stand on Old Business Signs What you see get. isnt always what you Throughout southern Utah, scores of Most housing businesses buildings may belie the viewer with what they are now and what they were in the past. As the accompanying photographs show, many of these older buildings once housed other businesses, and in e many cases, businesses extinct, such as horse drawn farm equipment. long-sinc- But one of the favorite uses for an outside wall of a building was a large n sign advertising some of the around. Sweets Candy products advertising graced many buildings in the area. Who could forget the Dr. Pierces Golden Remedy signs on barns? Or how about the Lydia Pinkham advertisements? best-know- Even more interesting, though, are the sometimes faded, but still visible signs of what once was. Everything from harness shops, buggy dealers and farm implements are seen in rather obscure places on many older buildings. One thing which has its own interest is the tribute to old time builders whose work was so good it still stands, and on many Main Streets in the area, house some of the most modern and businesses in the community. Despite the apparent passing of many things of the past, one can still find traces of them with just a little looking. ? a'T r, r ,)ft- - ,&& v..,, A' ' " - ''' Quaint names, combining a cooperative and type way of doing business was common in southern Utah are businesses in the past. This building It houses a Main Street business now, but the sign on the wall, high above the street, shows that it once was headquarters for farm implements. This building is one of ''' '.' ', ' ., ', ''-- ? , -C J .? V . Wf Escalante, which was once the Peoples Exchange, and offered general merchandise, as did many businesses. It is now abandoned. in One of the most familiar signs to many Utahns, is this one which proclaimed the goodness of Sweets Candy. This one remains on the outer wall of Utah Realty South, a real estate office in Panguitch. As the sign states. Sweets was sold from Alaska to Australia. Company is still in business. !Y Y Y Richfield's oldest, and as with many buildings in the area, upgrading, remodeling and new fronts have dimmed the past of their original use. The business is the same at least pat of, in this building in Centerfield. While rather faded, the Ford" trademark remains, reminding of the Gunnison Valley Motor Co., which occupied it for uiunv Brock's has e both a garage and a real estate office same building. Now in the l |