Silver, the son of a Russian
immigrant hardware store owner, and his wife of 35 years, Rosa, live in an apartment at 550 Grand Street, on the Lower East Side near the Williamsburg Bridge.
When
struggling hardware store owner Bill Ferguson witnesses a kidnapping in progress, he reacts instinctively, breaking up the crime and saving a young girl.
Ace Hardware's history begins in 1924, when four
hardware store owners, Richard Hesse, E. Gunnard Lindquist, Franke Burke and Oscar Fisher, joined together to buy merchandise in bulk in order to maximize their profits and compete effectively with larger stores.
The son of
a hardware store owner on the Lower East Side, Mr. Silver was known as a poker - faced negotiator who often got his way during budget negotiations, sometimes by simply holding out the longest.
Harrelson's character,
a hardware store owner named Roy who isn't as embarrassed as he probably should be by his admission that he keeps a model train in his basement, is too much of a clueless optimist to be too terribly troubled by any of it.
Sold and maintained advertising program to
hardware store owners and followed up with printing and delivery problems to satisfy customer.
The hardware store owner contributed the toolboxes, which network members also pass along to other local business owners as a recruitment tool.