A list of Layton's top 28 businesses in 1951: Only 2 left today

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HERE'S a list of Layton's top businesses in 1951, according to the Weekly Reflex newspaper of Nov. 15, 1951:

Wayne's Market
Dick's Service
Dick's Distributing company
Tri-State Lumber Company
Layton Launderette
Bill's Sheet Metal
Traveler's Cafe
Layton Department Store
Ray Walker's Service
Layton Cold Storage
W.M. Bush Company
Adams Grocery
Nellean's Cafe
Layton Sporting Goods
Roy's Service
Layton Auto Parts
Ray's Shoe Repair
Adams Supermarket
Signal Cafe
Farmer's Union
Union Furniture Company
Bishop's Ford
Clarence S. Simmons Realty
Dick's Billards
Kowley Drug
Layton Noodle Parlor
Stockman's Bar
Penney's
(All these were members of the Layton Chamber of Commerce.)

-HOW many of these 28 businesses listed are left today?
Only Bill's Sheet Metal (now Bill's Comfort Systems) and Stockman's Bar.

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