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|Predecessor=<ul><li>[[Wayne Hardware & Supply Company]] (1945-1958)[[Wayne Hardware]] (1938-1945)[[Welsh Hardware Inc.]][[Harding Hardware]][[Harding & Jones Hardware]] (1870's-  )</li></ul>
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|Predecessor=[[Wayne Hardware & Supply Company]] (1945-1958)[[Wayne Hardware]] (1938-1945)[[Welsh Hardware Inc.]][[Harding Hardware]][[Harding & Jones Hardware]] (1870's-  )</li></ul>
|Successor=<ul><li>Retzler True Value Hardware[[Tignor Hometown Hardware]]</li></ul>
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|Successor=Retzler True Value Hardware[[Tignor Hometown Hardware]]</li></ul>
 
|Start date=1958
 
|Start date=1958
 
|End date=2003
 
|End date=2003
 
|Parent organization=Value V & S Service (True Value) Building Material / Garden Equipment and Supplies
 
|Parent organization=Value V & S Service (True Value) Building Material / Garden Equipment and Supplies
 
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==Company name==
 
==Company name==
 
*  ''currently'' [[Tignor Hometown Hardware]]
 
*  ''currently'' [[Tignor Hometown Hardware]]
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** ''previously'' [[Harding Hardware]]
 
** ''previously'' [[Harding Hardware]]
 
** ''previously'' [[Harding & Jones Hardware]], 1870's-
 
** ''previously'' [[Harding & Jones Hardware]], 1870's-
 
==Location==
 
*  [[124 N. Walnut St., Wooster, Ohio]]
 
*  [[132 N. Walnut St., Wooster, Ohio]]
 
**  ''business sold to'' [[Tignor Hometown Hardware]]
 
**  ''building sold'' [[Wooster Investment Company]]
 
  
 
==Quick Facts==
 
==Quick Facts==
 
 
*  1950 - Retzler's family purchased "Wayne Hardware and Supply Company" <ref>"Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website</ref>
 
*  1950 - Retzler's family purchased "Wayne Hardware and Supply Company" <ref>"Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website</ref>
 
*  1963 - store renamed "Retzler's True Value Hardware" <ref>"Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website</ref>
 
*  1963 - store renamed "Retzler's True Value Hardware" <ref>"Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website</ref>
 
*  2003 - Joseph L. Retzler, President from 1963-2003 when he retired <ref>"Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website</ref>
 
*  2003 - Joseph L. Retzler, President from 1963-2003 when he retired <ref>"Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website</ref>
*  2003 - July 23, sold to Michael Tignor who opened Tignor's Hardware Store
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*  2003 - July 23, ''business sold to'' Michael Tignor [[Tignor Hometown Hardware]]; ''building sold'' [[Wooster Investment Company]]
 
 
==Gallery==
 
 
 
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[[File:RetzlerHardware-Ltrhd01.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Invoice from Retzler Hardware dated 1969.]]
 
[[File:RetzlerHardware-Ltrhd02.jpg|thumb|300px|Receipt from Retzler Hardware dated 1969.]]
 
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==Newspaper articles==
 
==Newspaper articles==
 
  
 
{{Daily Record article
 
{{Daily Record article

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About
Name
  • Retzler's True Value Hardware
Retail
  • Building Material / Garden Equipment and Supplies
Trading names
  • Retzler True Value Hardware Retzler Hardware Retzler's
Services
  • Hardware Store
Facts
Founded
  • 1958
    Wooster,Ohio
Dissolved
  • 2003
Related
Key Persons
Location
    • 124 N. Walnut St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio
    • 132 N. Walnut St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio
Gallery covpic.png

Discover logos, letterheads, maps, ads, and photos.

Timeline Cover Title.png

View the timeline of this establishment.

Company name

Quick Facts

  • 1950 - Retzler's family purchased "Wayne Hardware and Supply Company" [1]
  • 1963 - store renamed "Retzler's True Value Hardware" [2]
  • 2003 - Joseph L. Retzler, President from 1963-2003 when he retired [3]
  • 2003 - July 23, business sold to Michael Tignor Tignor Hometown Hardware; building sold Wooster Investment Company

Newspaper articles

  • May 16, 1964: "Red Cross Buys Former Retzler Store Building" by Unknown Author, The Daily Record, p..
  • March 24, 1995: "Joseph L. Retzler" by Unknown Author, The Daily Record, p..File:JoeRetzlerObituarypic.PNG
  1. "Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website
  2. "Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website
  3. "Joseph L. Retzler" profile on Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce" website