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Show Story of the Pioneer 5-10-25c Store of Sugarhouse The Ben Franklin Store is I owned and operated by the Lucaa Maack Company, a corporation of the State of Utah. Chartered in 1921 as a wholesale Notion Concern, Con-cern, and are still doing business in that capacity. In 1925 this Company opened on December 4th the business now known as the Ben Franklin Store, under the name of United 5-10-25c Stores, at 2122 South 11th East in Sugarhouse, which makes them the ''Pioneers in this section by 15 years." In 1929 this business was moved mov-ed to its present location 1069 -1071 East 21st South, and in 1937 it joined the Ben Franklin nation wide voluntary chain of "Independently owned variety stores. It now enjoys the reputation reputa-tion of being one of the fine stores in the voluntary chain of over 2500 Ben Franklins all over America. Amer-ica. , Mr. Paul C. Fredrickson, is now the local manager with Mrs. Alta Johnson his assistant. Mr. Geo. H. Lucas is president and general manager of both retail and wholesale departments, these together with Gordon H. Lucas as vice-president and secretary make up the managing personal of the company. "Our retail variety business has grown from a very small beginning be-ginning to what is now the envy of all variety stores in the inier-mountain inier-mountain area." |