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| name             = Retzler Hardware
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|Organization name=Retzler's True Value Hardware
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|Trading names=Retzler True Value Hardware
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Retzler Hardware
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| image_caption    = Joseph Lloyd Retzler
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| predecessor      = <ul><li>[[Wayne Hardware & Supply Company]] (1945-1958)</li><li>[[Wayne Hardware]] (1938-1945)</li><li>[[Welsh Hardware Inc.]]</li><li>[[Harding Hardware]]</li><li>[[Harding & Jones Hardware]] (1870's-  )</li></ul>
 
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| successor        = <ul><li>Retzler True Value Hardware</li><li>[[Tignor Hometown Hardware]]</li></ul>
 
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| foundation      = [[Wooster, Ohio]] ({{Start date|1958}})
 
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| founder          = [[Joseph L. Retzler]] (1963-2003)
 
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| defunct          = {{End date|2003|07|23}}
 
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| location_city    = [[Wooster, Ohio]]
 
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| locations        = [[N Walnut St|132 N Walnut  St]], [[Wooster, Ohio]]
 
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| parent          = Value V & S Service (True Value) Building Material / Garden Equipment and Supplies
 
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|Services=Hardware Store
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|Year Start=1958
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|Founded in city=Wooster
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|Founded in state=Ohio
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|Name of person=Joseph L. Retzler
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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>
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|Successor=Retzler True Value Hardware[[Tignor Hometown Hardware]]</li></ul>
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|Start date=1958
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|End date=2003
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|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 & Jones Hardware]], 1870's-
 
** ''previously'' [[Harding & Jones Hardware]], 1870's-
  
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==Quick Facts==
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*  [[124 N. Walnut St., Wooster, Ohio]]
 
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*  [[132 N. Walnut St., Wooster, Ohio]]
 
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*  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>
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*  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]]
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[[File:RetzlerHardware-Ltrhd01.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Invoice from Retzler Hardware dated 1969.]]
 
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[[File:RetzlerHardware-Ltrhd02.jpg|thumb|300px|Receipt from Retzler Hardware dated 1969.]]
 
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{{Daily Record article
 
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Latest revision as of 16:26, 3 August 2023

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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
Founders
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.

Read more
Timeline Cover Title.png

View the timeline of this establishment.

Read more

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
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