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Last Updated: Nov 1, 2024
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Steeped In History...It all began in 1944 when Ralph Charles Walter and Bill Copeland began a side business installing venetian blinds, which eventually expanded into aluminum window installation.
In 1956, the business location on Boston Hollow Road, originally a warehouse, started to morph into a small retail shop for basic hardware supplies. With this transition, R.C. had to purchase a warehouse in Greenock to transfer roofing materials into that building and keep the new building as a retail outlet. Finally, in 1973, the hardware store was complete the way it stands today. The employees were officially able to complete their first real display decorated with gondolas. Currently, the store is still a True Value franchise and Tom continues to run the store with the help of his family; brother, Reverend Paul Walter, and son, Mathew Walter, who marks the fourth generation of the Walter family to be in the hardware business. |