REMEMBER WHEN FROM THE PAST--PAGE FURNITURE

Remember When
Thursday, September 11,  2008
Kenna Holm

PAGE FURNITURE

  Page Furniture was established in about 1904 and started out as produce business then they changed  and  started  selling  notions,  stationery, inks, and many other things. They soon added a line of mattresses and then rugs and slowly added furniture.
I was talking to Reid Page, Earl's second son, and he said he first remembers his dad selling china and silver and then adding furniture. He didn't do a lot with the furniture business because he took care of the fruit orchards. They also grew apples and peaches. Their orchards were located where the South Stake and Page Ward building and the homes south of there are now..

 Earl and Lynn in the Carpet Department

  Earl's son Lynn helped him in the store. They were wonderful people to deal with. They had no carrying charges or interest (can you believe buying something with no interest to pay?) They delivered all over for FREE. They went to Eureka, Goshen, Santaquin and Nephi and everywhere in between.
Reid said he would help with deliveries especially at  Christmas Time.
Reid remembers when he was little going down and dusting all the furniture and his dad would give him a nickel which he would then in turn run down to Stan Wilson's A&W root beer stand (where Wee Blu Inn is now) and buy a frosty root beer. A large cup was a nickel and a small cup was just a penny.
People were always honest and would come in and pay 5 or 10 dollars a month on their account and if they didn't have it, Earl would say, "That's okay, Pay next month". (I don't think anyone could get away with that now days).
   Reid also said that several people would come up to the orchard and work so they could pay for their furniture with work.
Earl was a good man. When he got the first radio in, he took it to a family that had 2 or 3 severely handicapped boys so they could enjoy it. The mother of those boys would have to carry the boys on her back and she would take them to the show house so they could enjoy a movie.
There were several who worked over the years for the Pages, Harold Jones, James A Daniels, Earl Walker, Blair Kirby, Bill Wright, and Gary Herbert. I remember Lynn Page and Earl Walker laying carpet for everyone and also Ted Smith.  Earl's wife Reta always did the books. Later when Lynn took over,  his wife Verdene helped in the office.  I bought a lot of my furniture and carpet from Pages and they always did a great job.

 Every year at Onion Days, they would make sure they had a beautiful float in the parade representing the Page Furniture Store.
It was fun to talk to Reid and reminisce with him about the Page Orchard and their Furniture Store. It seems time flies but it's fun to stop once in awhile and remember when..