MEMORIES: WAYNE FEED

What a treat it was to get this picture from Donnie.  He saw this sign, somewhere along the road, on their trip this week.

We stayed in Marion for a couple of years after Dad quit teaching and he went to work for Wayne Feeds.

It was a traveling job and he, often, went to Yankton and would take me along.

On those trips we would spend the noon hour at WNAX Radio and watch the live, hour long, program from noon to one called, THE DINNER BELL ROUND-UP.  It was an all live variety show with singers, dancers, bands and comedians.  In other words, a TV show before there was TV and one of the sponsors was WAYNE FEEDS.  I loved it and, I think, that's what first gave me the idea that radio might be a fun job....it turned out that it was for about 35 years!

Wayne Feeds was started by Dale McMillen, who was a proponent of supplements for animals, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  The company was very successful and sold the product nationwide.

As time moved on, Wayne Feeds merged with other companies and ended its life as a brand name for pet foods.  They were especially known for their MONKEY CHOW!!

This leads me to wonder.  If Dad has stayed with Wayne Feed would Donnie and I now be swinging from trees?