Volume 10 , Issue 10

L. A. Wagner Cash Grocery - Alva, OK

"I believe that the last owners of the grocery store was Paul and Veva Wiebner. We shopped there 1948 thru early 1950s." -- Marthesia (Marty) Myers - Okielegacy comment

"My father, Paul Wiebener, returned home from WWII in 1946. He and my mother (Veva) bought the store from mother's dad, L.A. Wagner, and operated it until 1955. It was about that time some of the larger grocery chains entered the Alva market, making it difficult for mom and pop stores to compete. My dad had an acquaintance operating a grocery store in Aspen, Colorado and he invited our family to move there and manage the store. We did, but were back in Alva in little over a year. We were flat-landers not mountain people, and although we had a great time and I have lots of memories, Alva was our home." -- Marvin Wiebener - Email: mwiebener@pldi.net - OkieLegacy Comment
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