“The boys” gather for a cold drink and fellowship on a Sunday morning.
Originally, Fred, Daisy and their older daughter, Mary Elizabeth, lived in an apartment at the back of the store. They moved into an apartment in the upper level in 1929. Their younger daughter, Carol, was born in 1934 – the only child ever born in the store building. The enterprise had a wide variety of services. In addition to the groceries, the original store sold dry goods such as underwear, work clothes, boots, shoes, oil cloth, and even linoleum They also purchased cream and eggs for several years. In addition, the Turkey Ridge Store was a gas station and eventually Fred purchased a bulk truck for fuel delivery to farms. Fred and Daisy sold the business in 1946 to their employee, Albert Dangel, a World War II veteran. Fred started an appliance business across the street, but retired after a heart attack in 1955. He lived in Turkey Ridge until his death in 1975. Albert Dangel and his wife, Geraldine, operated the Turkey Ridge Store from 1946 through the end of 1952. Among the fondest memories from those years was the Sunday morning fellowship. The Dangels would barely get the doors open upon returning from church when the crowd rolled in for their bottle of pop or other refreshments. With more and bigger farm machinery in use after the war, Albert bought a new bulk fuel truck in Yankton for “the outrageous sum” of $1,550 plus $700 for the tank. He also added a garage onto the operation. It was cold and snowy on New Year’s Day 1953 when the new owners, Howard and Phyllis Georgeson and their children,
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