Alvin Shenkel and L. Carrie Patterson were married at Carrington. Alvin was born in Carrington October 9, 1909. Carrie was born in Hawksnest Township, Wells County March 11, 1910.
Alvin Shenkel worked for Foster County independent from 1928 until July 1948. The family moved to Nampa, Idaho, where Alvin started his own printing press in 1949.
Alvin and Carrie were the parents of one son, Gary Allen, who now lives in Portland Oregon.
Alvin retired in 1975.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 38B