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Carr’s Hardware and owner Darlene Scott have been honor with the Marysville Historical Society’s first-ever certificate of recognition. According to local newspaper the Marysville Goble, Marysville’s Historical Society President Ken Cage moved to town in 1965, the same year that Carr’s Hardware owner Darlene Scott was elected president of the Liberty Elementary PTA, so her store’s 90-year anniversary had a special significance for him. “After our first PTA meeting together, she asked me to serve as its Ways and Means chairman,” Cage said Aug. 6, before presenting a certificate recognizing the time that Carr’s Hardware has been part of the community. “Since 1965, Darlene has been a big part of my life, and her store has been a big part of Marysville.”
Cage said three other downtown businesses — Hilton Pharmacy, Oosterwyk’s Bakery and Kuhnle’s Tavern — have been around roughly as long, but Scott’s daughter, Gail Libbing, asserted that Carr’s is the only one that’s operated continuously from the same location with the same family.
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