CES second grade visits Brandies Ace

Callahan Elementary School second grade students walk to Brandies Ace Hardware on a field trip each year. Co-owner Raymond Fachko demonstrates key cutting. The tour included historical facts. The building was built in 1915 and once housed a silent movie theatre and boxing ring. A hardware store first opened at the location July 5, 1945, during World War II. The small building just west of the store, behind the parking lot, was once the Callahan Jail.