Hartville Hardware & Lumber makes 50 year anniversary this Saturday
Hartville Hardware is marking 50 years as part of the Miller family's business operations with special events on June 18.
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Hartville Hardware is marking 50 years as part of the Miller family's business operations with special events on June 18.
"We're open to evaluating opportunities," he said. Sommers represents the fourth generation to lead the company, which traces its origin to Sol Miller, a Hartville area farmer who in 1939 decided to open a livestock auction. After the auction was established, Miller's wife Soloma opened a lunch counter in the barn. They later allowed vendors to open a flea market. Sol and Soloma's son, Howard R. Miller Sr., began managing the auction after his father died in 1958 and bought the business in 1962. He later bought a hardware store, opened a restaurant and tried other businesses. Some worked and...