Step back in time with us . . . . back to 1957.

We learned to ready by following the escapades of Dick, Jane, and Sally, along with their pets Spot and Puff.

This was the time when you could buy an icy cold Coke-a-Cola for a nickel and it came in a glass 12 oz. bottle. A quarter would buy a bag of candy - large enough to last a child for an entire week until the family returned to town and sold their cream and eggs, and the child was given another quarter to purchase another stock-pile of candy.

Life was simplier then.

Our childhood heroes were Sky King, Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob. We learned about animals from Mr. Greenjeans and Mutual of Omaha's Marlin Perkins. We laughed at Bozo the Clown and Mr. Moose's rain of ping-pong balls. We all wanted to live on the ranch with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and hopefully Pat Brady would give us a a ride in Nellybelle.

Right was right and everything was either black or white.

Thomas Wolfe said you can't go home again.

Maya Angelou said, "You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right."

Robyn May	Esther Allen & Robyn May
Esther Allen	Howard Pollard

Grover C. and Kizzie POLLARD and family moved to Kellerton from Eagleville, Missouri, in September 1933, and opened the Red and White Grocery Store. At that time there were four other grocery stores in Kellerton. Eventually, the name was changed to POLLARD'S Market and was in business at the same location on the east side of Main Street for 26 years.

There were three children: Evelyn (Mrs. Glen SISSEL), Ferne (Mrs. C. G. GLEASON) and Howard (who married Lowene WILKINSON* of California). After Howard's return from World War II, he entered into partnership in the store with his father. This partnership continued until Grover's death in 1952. Howard sold the store in 1959 and moved to California, where he died suddenly in 1965.

The building still (1981) housed the only grocery store in town. At this time it is known as The Tradin' Post and is owned an operated by Roger and Lou O'DELL.

Mr. POLLARD and Jerry GLEASON built the building on the south side of the grocery store which, in turn, has housed a Gamble Store, The Medicine Chest and at present is owned by the Kellerton Oil Company and is used for storage purposes.

The POLLARD family is proud to have been a part of the Kellerton Community and its history.

POLLARD'S Red and White Grocery Store ran an ad on the front page of almost every issue of The Kellerton Globe.

Ken Baker writes, saying, "Attached, pictures I have of Howard and of Robyn May and Esther Allen who both worked in Pollard's for a long time. Howard and Lowene sold the store to the Sandages, and then the Sandages sold to Loren and Thelma Drake in about 1960 or 1961.

"I worked for all three owners. Howard and Lowene taught me a lot about customer service, being a better teenager, teaching me how to like and drink coffee! Also teaching me how to break down and cut for retail a side of beef. Also, my sister Cheryl worked for Pollard's all through her school years, and the same for my brother Darrel.

"Howard didn't speak of his WW II experience, but I understand they were horrific - South Pacific."

Robyn Lucille (CORLL) MAY

* Lowene married briefly after Howard's death. It is believed that WILKINSON might have been her married name at the time the article for the Kellerton Centennial book was written. Her name is given as Lowene "Lee" STAIGER POLLARD in her obituary.

Employee Photograph Submissions by Ken Baker, July of 2011

A Helpful Smile in This Aisle

circa 1940's

Photographs courtesy of Suzanne Brown

SOURCE: Kellerton, Iowa: A History to 1981. p. 99. 1981.