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Show FOCUS FOCUS 4D November 3, 1980 Ed and Roslyn Grose By Nan Chalat There was a time, the memory is growing dimmer now, when Park City's future was a shambles. "She had her day," people thought. One by one the stores closed, the traces of her shining silver boom were packed away in attics or sold to collectors. Most locals were saddened by the loss but certain residents really bristled at the thought of . out-of-sta- te those mining relics, old . Ed and Roslyn have amassed one of the most notable antique collections in the country. Ninety percent of the items are from north eastern Utah. The wooden case above is a shot dispenser which found much use in the days when men packed their own shells. bottles, and antiques passing into foreign hands. ' "They belong here, Ed and Roslyn Grose believed and so, in 1964, they acquired the old Star Meat and Grocery building on Main Street. The attic was filled with bottles and tins with Park City labels dating back to the On the wall, Ed found the original Buffalo Bill meat rack. Ed, who was born and raised in Park City, and whose father worked for the , mines, remembers that .one of the biggest buffalo heads Ed and Roslyn Grose have finally found an appreciative home for their country store antiques. The authentic relics, many from Park City, will be on exhibit at the new Historic Village in Heber opening tommorrow. in the west once graced that wall too "but Ive never been able to round it up." He shakes his head regretfully. The two have painstakingly and most often singlehan-dcdl- y tried to protect Park City's' artifacts from dispersion. In their search for authentic store memorabilia, they purchased items from o the Company, Lawerence and Shields and Hodgson Jewelry. Collecting soon became a e affair.1 The Country s Store was taking over floral shop. Park City Blyth-Farg- full-tim- Ros-lyn- was being "redeveloped" and suddenly preservation of the past became an urgent matter. Ed wrapped up his work for Royal Street and set about studying antiques fulltime.. Roslyn sold the floral shop in 1976. The Groses folded up much of their, memorabilia and alienated by the rapid growth in Park, moved to an old farmhouse in Charleston. There were lean times and says Roslyn, It was awfully tempting to sell items during those hard |