Volume 8 , Issue 1

Bickel Bus Line & King Parrot Brand Goods...

"My name is Neva Jean Wilson Schwerdtfeger, I can not recall the Anthony Wholesale Grocery Co in Anthony, Kansas, but I do recall the Bickel Bus Line. In the fall of 1946, I began my teaching career in Mullinville, Kansas. there was no public transportation from Alva to Mullinville, but I could get a bus from Mullinville to Pratt, Ks and get the bus that came into Pratt from the east and on to Alva. I do not recall many passengers but there was always stuff in the back of the bus. The bus line was owned by the Bickel family, who lived in Alva on 7th street at that time. They had one daughter about my age, who has been deceased at least 15--20 years now.

I did not know any of the other members of the family. I was 80 years old August 10th, this years... so the memory is not A+. I was born and raised on a farm 7-1/2 miles southeast of Alva... and I do remember the King Parrot Brand Goods." -- Jean Schwerdtfeger - Email: gmjean@kanokla.net   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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