Tip Top Western Wear to close its doors after more than 70 years.
The Garrison Ave. staple plans to close at the end of March. Author: Kathryn Gilker Updated: 7:12 PM CST March 3, 2021 FORT SMITH, Ark. — Tip Top Western Wear is hanging up its hat after opening on Garrison Avenue in 1947. “We’ve been on this avenue a long, long, long time,” Sam Wald said. Joe Wald started Tip Top as a shoe repair store. When he met his wife LaRue they started dry cleaning services and in the 1970s they started selling the western wear you see today. “It’s very sad but we can’t dwell on that. It’s been very receptive," he ...