Name/Title
Fankhanel family: Paul & Julia, and Earl & Joyce Fankhanel, 1929-1995 variety store business in Hillsboro, Traill County, North DakotaEntry/Object ID
2022.319.1Description
This family history folder contains information about Paul and Julia (Ouse) Fankhanel and Earl and Joyce (Watson) Fankhanel (photo, left), who operated a family-run variety store in Hillsboro (photo) from 1929 to 1995. Their store was famous for its selection of 1c and 5c candies (photo), especially popular with children.
Paul and Julia Fankhanel opened their variety store business in September 1929 after coming to Hillsboro with their young family from Barnesville, MN, as described in a Hillsboro Banner newspaper special edition published on 13 Aug 1994, vol 2 (article below), when the Fankhanel store celebrated its 65th anniversary. This article brief describes family histories for Paul and Julia Fankhanel, and for Earl and Joyce Fankhanel.
Other Hillsboro Banner articles about the Fankhanel variety store were published on 12 Aug 1989 when the Fankhanel store celebrated its 60th anniversary, an article published on pages 1 and 2 in the 1 August 1994 issue (below). On 11 November 2002 the Hillsboro Banner published article by Bob Ludwig about Earl Fankhanel; Hillsboro Banner, 30 Jun 2006, article about Buster and Joyce Fankhanel. Then the Grand Fork Herald published an article on 26 June 1995 about closing of Fankhanel's variety store.Cataloged By
John (Jack) LudwigAcquisition
Accession
2022.319Source or Donor
Aagot NysveenLocation
Location
* Untyped Location
Resource RoomBuilding
Plummer HouseCategory
Exhibit
