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A History of Serving the Community By SALLY RISSEL for the Sun
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acific City Hardware and Lumber is one of the oldest businesses in Pacific City. It began in 1950 when Maxine Hooper built the original building on the river to be a place for winter boat storage and ON DECEMBER 22, 1998, the original with an apartment above hardware store burned to the ground for herself. She started in one of the largest structural fires in making trips into the Pacific City. valley to buy lumber and PAT HURLIMAN, pictured above, and supplies for her project his wife Emily bought Pacific City True Bob and Sally Rissel, bought the busiand locals started asking Value Hardware on July 1, 2016. ness in 1973. The business became a her to bring some items True Value and continued to expand as for them, also. This gave more and more homes were being built her the idea that the need in South Tillamook County. On Dec. 22, was there to expand into 1998, the original hardware store builda hardware and lumber ing burned down. The Rissels relocated business. the store across the street and built their Bob and Nellie Higresidence on the empty lot left from the gins bought the business fire. The Rissels sold the business to Lisa from Maxine in the 1960s. and Gregg Alves in 2000. Maxine retired to a goat On July 1, 2016, Emily and Pat farm on Highway 22 and Hurliman bought Pacific City True Value was somewhat of a local Hardware and Lumber. Emily is Sally legend. Keith Delaney and Bob’s daughter and her husband Pat managed the business, is part of a local pioneer dairy farming as the Higgins lived in MAXINE HOOPER (above, at right), family. Pat has extensive building experiPortland and came to the original owner of Pacific City ence and has lots of ideas to expand their beach cabin on Hardware and Lumber, is pictured the business including adding fishing weekends. Nellie had an with her friend Faith Rueppell. supplies. Pat welcomes suggestions and antique shop where the is looking forward to serving local resipresent hardware store is dents and being part of the Pacific City now and Bob helped out business community. in the store. The Higgins’ daughter and son-in-law,
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