Park Record | 1947-12-25 | Page 11 | Farm Wife Launches Country Store

I Form Wife Wile Launches Country Store SHELLSBURG IOWA JOW Marking IOWA Marking a rebirth of the country store in Benton county Hobby Harbor has bas been launched as n a typical time old-time mercantile business establishment by a farmers farmer's wife in her farm Jome near here Mrs Opal Gardemann a 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 I Farm families in the vicinity and motorists attracted by the sign I tacked to a telephone pole near the entrance to the Gardemann farm are amazed to find they can buy radios washing machines and countless items that are hard to get