Morgan County News | 1947-12-26 | Page 2 | Farm Wife Launches Country Store

farm wife launches country store SH ELLSBURG IOWA marking a rebirth ol of the country store in denton benton county hobby harbor has been launched as a typical old time mercantile business establishment by a laemers tar lar mers wife in her larm farm home near here mrs opal gardemann a former school teacher who wanted to start the venture in a small way thought worth of merchandise would be enough to stock the store now her stock inventory is about and she already has made plans to remodel the farm home to provide additional merchandise space farm families in the vicinity and motorists attracted by the sign tacked to a telephone pole near the entrance to the gardemann farm are amazed to find they can buy radios washing machi machines machla aes ei and countless items that are hard to get