Sugar House Bulletin | 1946-05-24 | Page 2 | Once a Hobby, Rugs Now his Business |

Type	issue
Date	1946-05-24
Paper	Sugar House Bulletin
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK	ark:/87278/s6tj2p2d
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Article Title	Once a Hobby, Rugs Now his Business
Type	article
Date	1946-05-24
Paper	Sugar House Bulletin
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	2
OCR Text	Show Once a Hobby, Rugs Now His Business LARGO, FLA. Several years ago S. M. Rife started making rugs j from rags cut and torn by his wife. I It was just a hobby which he en- joyed after his hours at the post office. He enjoyed working out new patterns so kept it up. Today Mr. Rife is in the rug business. busi-ness. Church organizations and individuals in-dividuals began buying his product, j and the demand grew steadily. i Soon he purchased a loom, bought carpet warp and started In earnest to supply his customers. Recently he bought a house and has turned a shop in the rear into a utility house devoted to his former hobby, which Is now a profitable business.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tj2p2d/9685546