It’s a Party & You’re Invited

Jerrol’s 76thAnniversary

June is our Anniversary Month and you are invited to the party. We will have our history display up all month and you earn DOUBLE POINTS all month long.

On Tuesday, June 21st it will have been 76 years to the day since Don & Irene Williams opened Jerrol’s and you can stop by and get a FREE dish of Grandpa Don’s Root Beer Float ice cream made by Winegar’s in recognition of our Founder Don Williams who loved root beer floats. They were his favorite among all the things we served when we were a soda fountain.

Also on Wednesday the 21st , when you spend $76 in store you will receive a FREE quart of Grandpa Don’s Root Beer Float ice cream.

Fun Facts about Jerrol’s:

• Jerrol’s opened its doors for the first time on Saturday, June 21st, 1947 as a Soda Fountain.

• Don & Irene Williams, our founders and Rolf’s grandparents, started the store in their front yard right at the stop sign where C St & University Way is today.

• Neighbors baked pies which Don Williams purchased and resold.

• The name "Jerrol's" is a combination of Don and Irene's two sons, Jerry and Rolf. They took the first three letters of each name and added an apostrophe S for ownership. JER ROL ’s

• At one time there was an entire Pet Department with Fish, Birds, Reptiles and small animals.

Art Supply Drive We Would Like to Thank YOU!

Over thirty bags of art supplies were donated to the Investing in Your Future event held May 21st!

• Jerrol’s once had a full record as in vinyl department.

• At one point, Panty Hose was our best selling item.

• There was a Mobil Gas Station in the middle of our east parking lot from the 1950’s to the 1980’s.

• Our original sign was above our door for 71 years before it blew down in August 2018. You can see a video of it falling atSign.Jerrols.com

• Rumor has it that Rolf T. started at Jerrol’s at age 13, that would make his first year at Jerrol’s 1978.

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