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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER 27, 2000 ry Perera DECEMBER Bah Humbug: Winterton’s Closes _ After Five Years, Mom and Pop Market Shuts Doors fter nearly five years convenient service, neighborhood Winterton’s closing it’s Midway of neag Market doors : any small business. You put your heart has not lost his sense of humor. While _and soul into it, and to abandon all that in a matter of weeks is kind of trau- the owner quipped, “I think I’ve been - matic.” cured of the small business bug.” The store, eee ringing up some of his final customers, In the meantime, the market will at 99 E. ‘Main i in Midway, was originally built in the late is for the last time. Deane the protestations of loyal customers, owner Kent Winterton decided early last week he simply can- not equal the Smith’s and King’s of the remain open 1800s. The original grocery market had a_ wood floor, which is “I think I've been still visible in the front cured of the small part of- Winterton’s. After changing ownership several times, the neighborhood treasure for liquidation from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday. through business bug” coolers, kitchen wares KENT WINTERTON , tripled in size when tile was put in during the ‘50s. Though Saturday. Already, people have inquired about buying the store’s equipment including the shelves, and even machine. the copy Winterton has no objections. “Tf it’s not hooked to - | grocery world. “It’s tough,” Winterton said. “These has been -remodeled. re | — since, -Winterton’s has maintained it’s quaint, a beating heart, it’s for sale,” he joked. The erstwhile owner said that while mom ‘no frills charm. the whole Had things gone as lee. Winterton and his brother would have used the market to move to a larger out,” he expects a bigger, more com- pop. stores just can t com- _ The store, au has been a Midway grocery institution for over 100 years, will close officially as soon as all the’ merchandise is gone. As an incentive, Winterton has marked all location. But sluggish sales eventually community is “bummed petitive store is on the horizon in Midway. As for the Winterton’s loca- tion following Jan. 15, the landlord is Tite , mM and pete.”— phe COURIER STAFF TO hn hee DEREK JEN SEN es items 20 percent off for the liquidation. the market in July 1995. : opened Topo “I expect it will take a couple weeks before everything sells,” the owner said. “We have to be out by Jan. 15.” . Winterton, along with brother Paul, - ri Because Paul spends time as a teacher at the local middle school, Kent Prone, ‘Winterton. has remained the sole full- ie “Owner Kent Winterton time employee. As such, he is not tak- ing the end of his enterprise lightly. “There’s no one more disappointed than I am,” he acknowledged. “It’s like _ _ End of an era: Due to slow sales Midway’s Winterton’s Market is closing for business. _dampened his enthusiasm. “It’s never been fabulous,” he admitted. got to face the facts.” “Yet as hard. as closing i is,, Winterton EERE million for his presidential race, = then guided the campaign to a nar-— _ row victory over hes President Al Gore. e eae acne eae looking for interested parties. “To whom or what I have no idea,” Winterton concluded, “but he'll lease it to whoever, he can.” cea sLeaset a SS is _ requirements,_ ikl nog de, owner,ee : bass who is a licensed General Contractor, spe S | “ = Utah j is now ‘nearing ‘the. i even point for federal funding, : receiving just slightly more in fed. eral services ian it = in1 taxes, “We've =e- aS sing | 1455 654-59907, oriRay)Norn, oownerrand = es oe cee in customn finish and ne °“There are dee stories wich fully openuie elevator | to cach, floor and 2 a eee lowert level. etsaks| 29th am ong. ce iSstates. It neces ben porresident | See e ow fT oe ry of Old em flEl Rvea us today and experience ee ane t f |