Lloyd did well on his listing of businesses. The Billy Wright
store that was where Wayne’s Food Pride is now was sold by Billy Wright
to my grandpa Henry Olson in 1947. He only owned it for a short time,
according to my aunt, and then sold it. There is some question of who
bought it but we think it may have been Clarence and Amanda Schultz.
Amanda is a niece to my grandparents. I think Joe Morinville bought it
next and it seems to me there was a fire in the upstairs apartment later
and it was bad enough that the building was torn down. Joe then moved
his store to a building just north of Said (Sy) Kadry’s pool hall where
he ran it for many years. My grandma Myrtle Olson was employed by Joe
for several years and I helped on days off from school carrying bags out
for customers. I wasn’t an employee, just helped Grandma so she didn’t
have to do all the carrying. This is just my recollection and is open to
correction by anyone who remembers for sure. The other question about
the businesses was the first name of the Gagner who ran the Rec Hall
where Hassan Murray lived upstairs. I am pretty sure it was Herbie
Gagner. There used to be a sign on the north wall of the building and I
remember asking my dad about it and he told me who used to run it. It
was before my time but the sign was still there when I was younger.

On the subject of carrying groceries out, there was a little old
lady from Overly named Verda Garver who always came to Joe’s Store on
Saturdays for her weekly groceries. I waited for her to come because
she drove a little ’46 Ford coupe that was Mandarin Maroon and looked
like new. I just loved that little car and would always take my time
putting the groceries in it so I could look it over good. She had a
small dog that rode on the parcel shelf in the back window. This was a
business coupe without a back seat which made it even more cool to me.
I always wondered what ever became of her car and then one time at one
of our car shows at the Peace Garden one showed up that was just like
it. I talked with the owner and told him I knew of one years ago that
was just like his car and belonged to a little old lady from Overly
named Verda Garver. He just grinned at me and said, “This is Verda’s
car.” I think he said he was a banker from Fessenden but I’ve never
followed up on the car. Just more old memories I thought people might
enjoy. Thanks Gary!

Dick