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Show Chamber Honors 'Oldtimers' at Birthday Banquet Thirty-five of Sugar House's "oldtime" businessmen were hon- ; ored last week at a Chamber of Commerce banquet as part of the area's 103rd anniversary celebration. celebra-tion. The banquet capped a week-long Sugar House celebration, which also included a Pioneer Village party for "oldtime" residents. Wendell J. Ashton, Salt Lake City advertising executive, was the principal speaker for the Chamber gathering. He lauded the founders of Sugar House and praised the tradition of passing businesses on from father to son. Declaring that the movement for the past decade has been to the West, Mr. Ashton declared that Sugar House could very well become be-come a large center of population. popula-tion. Mr. Ashton's father, the late Marv Ashton, was a Sugar House Pioneer Mode J. Wright was in charge of the program and Paul Pehrson, Chamber president, conducted the meeting. "D." James Cannon retiring executive ex-ecutive secretary, introduced the "oldtime" businessmen and spoke briefly about their businesses. |