Show I Old Establishment Cl Closes seS se'S Its It's Doors Door s i J I It was with a sincere pang of regret that our citizens he heard rd of the decision j by the management of or the Welsh Drs- Drs coIl coll k Buck establishment to close up shop Friday December 3 3 which meant the end of our oldest department store It has been known for sometime that the store as well as all our other merI mer- mer I 1 chants was having a hard time but hopes were held th that t something would happen and the store would weather the storm and continue in business I I A brief brier history of the store follows I Previous to 1896 the store was under the management of Driscoll Welsh I Co From 6 o 1898 a partnership was formed b Buck Henry Welsh and I Tim TIm Driscoll i 1 in 1898 it was incorporated ed under the name of or Welsh Driscoll Buck with W. W J. J Buck Henry Welsh and ond I Timothy Driscoll as the owners In 1901 Mr Driscoll died and Mr Buck and Mr i Welsh became the owners I In 1924 Mr Welsh died and in 1926 Mr Mr Buck answered his final summons summons summon I In 1914 Fraser Buck uck started to work for the establishment and was the resident resident re- re manager when the decision was reached to close up In 1929 J. J M. M I Hearley Salt Lake City came to Park i City as the representative of the Welsh Interest Mr Hearley has not been active lin In the store since November of 1952 1952 I when he returned to his Salt Lake City J home coming here only for short periods to help out At one time the two other Buck boys I John and Keith were employed at the store but due to economic conditions they were forced to look for tor employment elsewhere John JohI left in iri 1949 and in 1950 Keith left for Idaho to engage in business for himself At the time of the closing of the store Fraser Buck and Miss Mary Dougherty were the only employees Miss Dougherty has been een een a clerk for many years Mr Buck and Miss Dougherty have made no plans as to the future but itis It Itis is 15 the sincere hope of all that employment employment employment employ employ- ment for both of these good people may maybe maybe be found here so that they may still stUl reside with us us and continue to take an active part in our civic and social life I |