The Trading Post sold coins, candy, nylons, camera, milk, and more. Roland [Rollie] Langholz opened the store in 1967. He also sold metal detectors, a hobby which led to his taking part in a search for parts following an airplane crash, Sometime in the late 1970s Job Services of Iowa rented a portion of the front and were still there when the Trading Post closed. years later.
Deb Turnball: when I went to Junior HIgh, we had open lunch and we went to The Trading Post (also called Rolly's--not sure how to spell his name) and get candy. The store also got me interested in coin collecting.
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The Trading Post sold coins, candy, nylons, camera, milk, and more. Roland [Rollie] Langholz opened the store in 1967. He also sold metal detectors, a hobby which led to his taking part in a search for parts following an airplane crash, Sometime in the late 1970s Job Services of Iowa rented a portion of the front and were still there when the Trading Post closed. years later.
Deb Turnball: when I went to Junior HIgh, we had open lunch and we went to The Trading Post (also called Rolly's--not sure how to spell his name) and get candy. The store also got me interested in coin collecting.
Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 01N0253