June 15th, 2011 @ 10:22pm
By Davison Cheney, ksl.com contributor
President Joseph F. Smith, the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, told Walt Macey he would refuse to shop in his store if it continued to be open on Sunday.
Macey and his business partner had three stores in Salt Lake City's Rose Park area. They disagreed when it came to being open on Sunday. Macey’s business partner agreed to split the responsibility of what was then known as “Save A Nickel.” The larger store went to Macey, while his partner took the two smaller stores, thinking that Macey would struggle financially in honoring his commitment to be closed on Sunday and that he would be able to get Macey’s store back for next to nothing. READ MORE