Host Mercedes Stephenson speaks with a former deputy national security advisor for Israel and digs into the politics of groceries with the industry minister.
Gibbs IGA is remembered Drift from a Driftless place JOHN GIBBS fondly remembers the ‘Gibbs IGA’ of yesteryears. His family used to own and operate the grocery store in Gays Mills.
GAYS MILLS - It was 1946. That was the year my Dad, Ryland Gibbs, bought the IGA (Independent Grocers’ Association) store in Gays Mills.
Dad had attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison for three years as a business major. He then joined the Army Air Force and served most of his hitch at Truax Field in Madison.
Eventually, he was sent to Europe and got to England just in time for V-E Day. Then, he was on a ship headed for the Pacific Theater when Japan surrendered. I used to tell him that they heard he was coming and decided to put up the white flag.