Support your small local business. We certainly are! One such has helped sustain us for years, including through this time of uncertainty.  I invite you allI to look to supporting local businesses, especially the local family-run businesses. They could really benefit from your patronage.  

Webster Bros Hardware Store

Take, for instance, our local hardware store that has been serving the community for three generations. Such staying power is remarkable in and of itself.

Apart from the convenience of not having to drive 10 miles to the big box home improvement store, Webster Brothers Hardware has just about everything except the big items like lumber. toilets, large power equipment, and the like. But they do carry quality merchandise (like Stihl) and they stand by their products. 

We treasure such places. We know where the Webster Brothers live. All of them. And when we go into their store, it’s like walking into Cheers. There’s always a smiling someone there to assist, whether it’s one of the brothers or a friendly assistant. And they know my name. 

Covid-19

Webster Brothers was forced to close for about a week and that drove home the sadness of the situation, even out here in the country.  And, when they reopened, under strict guidelines and CV-19 protocols, we were elated. It’s such a joy to drive into town and do something normal especially now that the rules have loosened up.

So, I hope that you all have a business like this somewhere in your community. If so, please be sure to stop by, before heading off to a big box home improvement store or clicking the mega on-line store. Even if items are more expensive at the local place, isn’t it worth a little extra to support your friends and neighbors?

According to a recent survey, businesses with 20 or less employees have been more severely impacted by Covid-19 than larger businesses. These provide personal service like your local hair salons and spas, small scale contractors, and retailers like our Webster Brothers Hardware. Many of these businesses are like small craft bravely navigating the open waters and much more vulnerable to being tossed about in rough weather.

Whether your local shop is a hardware store, a feed and seed, a mom ‘n pop’s restaurant, or a family pharmacy, please, support them. And also, let them know that you appreciate all they do for the community. 

About Webster Bros Hardware Store

A family owned and operated old timey hardware store, Webster Bros Hardware offers old fashioned service and a helping hand! First opened in 1954, by brothers, Clyde and Bill Webster, the store was a grocery, hardware, toy, about anything store.

Websters is now a lawn and garden, clothing, hardware—and so much more—store. Now owned by Clyde’s three sons, Howard, John and Roger, with 84 year young Clyde, still present and working almost every day.

Clyde’s wisdom, honesty and character are evident in the way he taught his children and grandchildren to now run the store. Webster Bros employees are also valued like family, something that inevitably contributes to the ambience. It’s been said, “If you can’t find it at Webster’s, you don’t need it.”

If you’re in the area, please come by for a visit and meet the “family”, while supporting local business.

May you have abundant gardens.