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 …
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Ace Hardware Honors 2014 Coolest Hardware Stores
Ace Hardware Corporation is proud to recognize six local Ace Hardware stores with the company’s fourth-annual “Coolest Hardware Store” awards. Of 4,850 locally owned and operated Ace Hardware stores worldwide, these six winners were named as winners of this prestigious …
Read More »Woodson Lumber Company Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary
Woodson Lumber Company is celebrating 100 years in service this year. According to local newspaper, The Eagle, one hundred years ago, two Missouri brothers made their way to the Brazos Valley, where they settled in and took over a lumber …
Read More »Retzlaff’s Hardware Mark Retzlaff Passes Away
Marcus “Mark” Retzlaff, 85, of New Ulm died July 12, at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm, Minnesota. Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with …
Read More »Henery Do it Best Hardware Opens Fourth Store
Henery Do It Best Hardware announced plans to open a new store in Bremerton in August. Owner Matthew Henery recently signed a lease on an approximately 26,000 square-foot building in the Wheaton Mall and said the store will employ about …
Read More »McCord Son to Join Family Business
According to a local news outlet, Mike McCord didn’t want to pressure his son to consider taking over the family business, McCord’s Do-It Best hardware store. Quite the opposite — he had contemplated auctioning or closing the business in 10 …
Read More »Bill’s Ace Celebrates 30 Years in Business
Bill’s Ace Hardware in Osceola, Wisconsin is celebrating 30 years in business. The company plans to celebrate by hosting a community service event. According to the owners owners Bill and Jill Chantelois, the event is a way to give back to the …
Read More »Waters True Value Relocates, Expands
Waters True Value is relocating in Emporia, Kansas. The opening date is scheduled for early 2015. “We are excited to begin construction in the near future to upgrade the building,” said Mark Shook, Waters True Value store manager to local …
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