Long History to Rob-Lyn's Store
Traer's Rob-Lyn's Store embodies a long local saga beginning with TJ McGinnis acquiring Bull & Geil in 1888 and rebuilding after the 1884 fire. It later passed to Farmers Mercantile Company, endured 1927 damages, and evolved through closures, remodels, and name changes into Bob Lyn's Fabric and Domestic Center by 1966 under Clarence and Robert Naylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob-Lyn
Tracrites
TJ. McGinnis
Bull & Geil
Gehl
T. J. McGinnis
Farmers
Star-Clipper
Robert
Evelyn Naylor
Farmers Mercantile Company
Clarence
W. H. Naylor
Farmers Mercantile Commany
Traer
Co. B. Youel
Gamble
Clarence Naylor
Naylor
Tama County
Clarence FE
Robert W. Naylor
Robert Stil
Robert Naylor
Georgis Youel
Bob Lyn
William
Discount Store in Second Year in Traer
Disco Mart opened in fall 1971 as a Traer business with seven former Traer Super Valu employees. Judy Mundt Burghart manages the store offering a general stock and a thriving catalog department. The white frame building once housed Traer Methodist Church and has served several ventures since 1906 including H E Deke’s store and S and W TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disco Mart
Tracr Super
Judy Mundt Burghart
Traer
Traer Methodist Church
Old Buckingham
H. E. Deke
Ted Jocns
S & W TV
Traer Oil Stations and Dealers in Local Area
A. W. E. service station on the north edge of Traer, owned by Earl Thierer, handles Mobil Oil and is supplied by Wreck Brothers Oil. Longtime owners Erroll Allen, John Whannel, and Forrest Edwards formed A. W. E. in 1936, selling to Thierer recently. Les' 66 on Highway 8 is run by Les Vorba. Lone Pine on Highway 63 was leased by Ron Nielsen. Phillips 66 stations are owned by Traer Oil Co., bulk firm since 1972 by Jim Dinsdale and John Draper. Skelly agent John C. Fleming. no longer a Skelly station, site razed for First Community Bank. Garages and body shops include Bernard Bottomley and Robert Logan on south Highway 63, Ed Felts at Ed's Body Shop on Second Street by the Masonic Temple, opened in 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracr
Earl Thierer
Mobil Oil
Wreck Brothers Oil Company
Erroll Allen
John Whannel
Forrest Edwards
A. W. E. Company
Thierer
Harder
Sinclair
Ralph Harder
Chris Detje
Chris
Albert Detje
Les Vorba
Highway 8
Traer
Lone Pine
Highway 63
Ron Nielsen
Phillips 66
Tracer Oil Co
Jim Dinsdale
John Draper
Traer Oil Company
Clayton Young
Farl Griffith
Ed Felts
Second Street
Masonic Temple
Two Motels Serve Community In Local Area
D. D. Staveley built the Lone Pine Motel in 1989 and sold it to Mrs. Thelma Whannel Dillon in 1957. Dillon runs the eight unit motel on the south side of Tracer on Highway 63 with regular customers and an employee named Mrs. Helen Janssen. The Golden Door Motel opened this year as a new 14 unit establishment owned by Delbert Boldt. It is run by Pat Boldt and Mary Hayek, with living quarters for the manager, located on First Street just off Highway 63 to the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Staveley
Lone Pine
Thelma Whannel Dillon
Pat Boldt
Delbert Boldts
Mary Hayek
Leonard Hayeks
Clutter
First Street
Highway 63
Harold Brandt and Brandt’s Food Fare Chronicle
Harold Brandt moved to Traer in 1949 to purchase the Independent food store, later Harold’s Food Center. The narrative covers his Rath Packing Company start in 1929, travels, and World War I service, then partnerships, relocations, and expansions culminating in a major remodeling in 1969. It notes Doug Brandt joining in 1952, and Mary McNamee’s 23 years of service, with gratitude for their roles in building Brandt’s Food Fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Brandt
Traer
Sunnyside Tavern
Harold’s
Brandt
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Rath
Iowa
Dubuque
Rockford
Mlinois
Chicago
Peoria
Illinois
Ilinois
Andrew Rath
Cedar Falls
State University of Iowa
Doug
Adolph Coors Brewing Company
Golden
Colorado
Brandt’s
Wieck Bros. Oil Company
Jack & Dill Organization
Associated Grocers
A-G
Mary McNamee
Mary
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. W. Saylor
Discount Store
Ted
Jeh's
Alwas
Look
Second & Main Streets
Barbara Bauch
Grocers
Traer Bakery
Harold and
Doug Brandt
Frances Brandt
Marjorie Cizek Andresen
Wayne Trimble
Wahyp
Associated Grocers OF
Doug Brandy
Balme
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