He followed the long ago postal motto that nothing would stop the milk delivery, “Neither rain, snow or dark of night….”Īs kids, Schriver’s Market, was the place to go before and after school to get a snack or to meet up with friends. He never missed a scheduled delivery day in the 43 years of business even when a blizzard would shut down the postal service. Many times the older ladies would need a hand now and then to change a light bulb for them or something like that or just spend 10 to 15 minutes just talking to them. Sometimes he even did more than deliver milk. Occasionally the delivery would include a loaf of bread or a pound of coffee. When the small grocery store was open he would often delivery more than milk. He’d take milk into the houses and have to find a place in the refrigerator for it. Schriver delivered both wholesale and retail to homes in Gothenburg and Cozad for several years. Gene bought the business, which included a small grocery store, from his dad, Kenneth, in 1960. The Schriver’s would eventually buy milk from other farmers for resale and in 1948 he hooked up with Roberts Dairy and started selling their milk in cartons along with his bottled milk. Gene’s sisters, Betty Ann, Arita and Janet each had a little red wagon they used to deliver milk each night after school. All the family helped out with the business. Milk sold for 6 or 7 cents a quart and 25 cents a gallon. They had a few cows so he decided to sell the milk and cream for extra income. The business initially began in the late 1930’s when Kenneth Schriver, Gene’s dad, and his wife, Betty, decided to move to town. Guess I gave out first.” After spending eight days in the hospital with blood clots in his lungs “I decided it was time." I figured I’d quit when one of us gave out. Schriver said “I kept fixing and keeping that old truck going. He said he was planning on working a couple more years. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.In 2003 Gene Schriver delivered his last gallon of milk, saying good-bye to the business he’d run for 43 years. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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