9/27/2022 0 Comments Keller Pharmacy...Ponca, NE The heat outside ranks high on the unbearable scale. But, inside Keller Pharmacy, sitting on a stool at the counter of its soda fountain, sipping the sweetness of a frozen ice cream soda makes any summer day enjoyable. For as long as anyone can remember, it seems as though Ponca has always been home to an old-fashioned soda fountain, dating back to Nebraska’s earliest days as a state.
Virginia “Ginny” Keller fondly recalls when Bessie Townsend, for whom she worked as a teenager, made chocolate ice cream by hand. Townsend was among the first women to become a registered pharmacist in Nebraska, graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1916. By Tim Trudell Read the entire story in the latest edition of Living Here magazine. Order yours today! 888-673-1081
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