{"id":1563,"date":"2026-10-31T17:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1563"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:37:52","slug":"business-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1563","title":{"rendered":"Tools, photographs and the shop\u2019s work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">Roling family<\/a> \u203a Tools, photographs and the shop\u2019s work<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">Original photographs, reference letters, the tool chest and dealership keepsakes, with the equipment and services behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1a1d4d33 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f5f1e8;padding-top:32px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:32px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/martha-widmer-bob-company-truck-upright.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/martha-widmer-bob-company-truck-upright.png\" alt=\"A woman beside the open cab of a truck, with a second person inside; the truck carries J.F. Roling &amp; Son lettering.\" class=\"wp-image-436\" style=\"width:720px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/martha-widmer-bob-company-truck-upright.png 1536w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/martha-widmer-bob-company-truck-upright-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/martha-widmer-bob-company-truck-upright-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/martha-widmer-bob-company-truck-upright-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martha Widmer and Bob beside a truck marked \u201cJ.F. Roling &amp; Son, Salisbury.\u201d Names come from the handwritten caption; the photograph is undated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For generations, the Roling family story in Salisbury ran through a machine shop and the people who kept it working. J.F. Roling &amp; Son grew into a dealership and repair business, remembered in staff photographs, newspaper notices and family keepsakes. Here are the working lives behind the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1555#jf-roling-machine-shop\">Explore the machine-shop photograph \u2192<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=483\">Browse all family photo collections \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"inside-the-shop\">Inside the shop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centennial history describes blacksmith and lathe repair work, followed by windmill sales and installation. It says steam engines gave way to gasoline engines around 1910, and later to electric motors powering the shop equipment. These details are attributed to that historical account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1926 court opinion, <em>Frazier v. Radford<\/em>, describes J. F. Roling &amp; Sons as a Salisbury machine shop operated by Mr. Roling and two sons, with two other men working there. The shop repaired parts of a dredging machine used on the Bee Branch reclamation project. The opinion places the engineering contractor\u2019s work between December 1922 and June 1923, but does not date the individual repairs. The sons are unnamed in the opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"roling-shop-offerings\">Repairs, farm equipment and the work of everyday life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The advertisements show how much could pass through this one business. In 1916, J. F. Roling advertised machinery repairs and engine supplies, adding that the shop was now prepared to do plumbing. A February 1922 notice announced a cash-only policy and a reduced labor rate of seventy-five cents an hour, explaining that the change would save bookkeeping time and expense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 1923, the advertised range stretched from welding and tires to gasoline engines, pumps, farm implements, plumbing supplies, boilers and radiators. Later notices offered corn cribs and silos, water heaters and home heating. The work reached from the farmyard into the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A July 1952 page captures those two sides neatly. One advertisement invited readers to see new John Deere tractors succeeding the A and B models; another offered Green Colonial furnaces and installation. The familiar dealership name belonged to a business with more than one kind of customer and more than one kind of job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Sources for this story<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, March 24, 1916, p. 8; February 3, 1922, p. 5, \u201cCash Basis\u201d (policy announced as effective January 2); February 2, 1923, p. 6; October 21, 1949, p. 5; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1362630526\/\">July 18, 1952, p. 9<\/a>; September 26, 1958, p. 6. These advertisements document what the firm offered, not completed individual sales. The 1952 advertisement does not supply the new tractor model numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tools and craftsmanship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two recommendation letters preserved in the family collection describe Frank Roling\u2019s machine-shop experience in 1890. In a letter dated August 2 at Quincy, Andrew Kley calls him a machinist and an \u201cA No 1 lathe hand,\u201d says he had served his time with them, and describes several subsequent years of work with him. In a letter whose date is read as August 2, 1890, the Gardner Governor Company recommended Frank after several years in its employ, also noting his experience in engine and general machine shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1890-reference-letters\">The 1890 reference letters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These family-held copies let us read the recommendations in their own words. Select either image to see it at full size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andrew_Riley_Reference_for_Frank_Roling_Quincy_1890.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andrew_Riley_Reference_for_Frank_Roling_Quincy_1890.jpeg\" alt=\"Photographed copy of Andrew Kley\u2019s handwritten reference for Frank Roling, dated August 2, 1890 at Quincy, Illinois.\" class=\"wp-image-886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andrew_Riley_Reference_for_Frank_Roling_Quincy_1890.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andrew_Riley_Reference_for_Frank_Roling_Quincy_1890-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Andrew_Riley_Reference_for_Frank_Roling_Quincy_1890-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andrew Kley\u2019s reference for Frank Roling, Quincy, Illinois, August 2, 1890. Photographed copy preserved in the family collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gardner_Governor_Company_Recommendation_Frank_Roling_1890-08-27.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gardner_Governor_Company_Recommendation_Frank_Roling_1890-08-27.jpeg\" alt=\"Photographed copy of a Gardner Governor Company recommendation for Frank Roling, on company letterhead with date read as August 2, 1890.\" class=\"wp-image-887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gardner_Governor_Company_Recommendation_Frank_Roling_1890-08-27.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gardner_Governor_Company_Recommendation_Frank_Roling_1890-08-27-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gardner_Governor_Company_Recommendation_Frank_Roling_1890-08-27-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gardner Governor Company\u2019s recommendation for Frank Roling, Quincy, Illinois, date read as August 2, 1890. Photographed copy preserved in the family collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jf-roling-tool-chest\">J. F. Roling\u2019s tool chest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the wooden tool chest the family remembers J. F. Roling making in trade school or soon afterward. Inside the worn chest, tools share space with newspaper clippings and later family keepsakes. The family also remembers him making a square during trade school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-open.jpg\" alt=\"Open wooden tool chest with two shallow trays, assorted tools, papers and newspaper clippings.\" class=\"wp-image-971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-open.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-open-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-open-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The chest open, showing its wooden trays and the tools and keepsakes now stored inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-closed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-closed.jpg\" alt=\"Closed wooden tool chest viewed from the keyhole side, with a worn lid and two exposed hinges.\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-closed.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-closed-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-tool-chest-closed-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The closed chest, with its worn wooden lid and keyhole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chest\u2019s exact date is not established. Neither of the 1890 reference letters names a trade school or mentions the chest or square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"alignwide roling-dealership-keepsakes\" aria-labelledby=\"john-deere-keepsakes\" style=\"margin:3rem 0;background:#f5f1e8;padding:clamp(20px,4vw,32px)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"john-deere-keepsakes\" style=\"margin-top:0\">Keepsakes from the dealership<\/h2>\n<p>John Deere keepsakes preserved by the family bring another part of the dealership\u2019s story into view. Among the hats, tie and small objects is a <em>Farmer\u2019s Pocket Ledger<\/em> printed with the name \u201cJ. F. Roling &amp; Son, Salisbury, Mo.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"max-width:640px;margin:28px auto 36px\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-keepsakes-from-the-Roling-family-collection.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-keepsakes-from-the-Roling-family-collection.jpg\" alt=\"Two John Deere hats, a green tie, a pump oil can, a cylindrical advertising tin with a coin slot, a Farmer\u2019s Pocket Ledger and a centennial medallion arranged on a wooden table.\" class=\"wp-image-1011\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;max-height:680px;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-keepsakes-from-the-Roling-family-collection.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-keepsakes-from-the-Roling-family-collection-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-keepsakes-from-the-Roling-family-collection-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\" style=\"font-size:0.9rem;line-height:1.55;margin-top:12px\">John Deere keepsakes from the family collection: two hats, a tie, oil can, coin-slot advertising tin, <em>Farmer\u2019s Pocket Ledger<\/em> and centennial medallion.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,280px),1fr));gap:28px;align-items:start\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin:0\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-hats-and-tie-from-the-Roling-family-collection.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-hats-and-tie-from-the-Roling-family-collection.jpg\" alt=\"A green broad-brimmed John Deere hat, a yellow woven John Deere cap and a green tie bearing the words Quality Farm Equipment.\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;max-height:600px;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-hats-and-tie-from-the-Roling-family-collection.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-hats-and-tie-from-the-Roling-family-collection-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John-Deere-hats-and-tie-from-the-Roling-family-collection-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\" style=\"font-size:0.9rem;line-height:1.55;margin-top:12px\">Two woven John Deere hats and a green tie. The broad-brimmed hat and tie carry the words \u201cQuality Farm Equipment.\u201d<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin:0\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-and-Son-pocket-ledger-and-John-Deere-keepsakes.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-and-Son-pocket-ledger-and-John-Deere-keepsakes.jpg\" alt=\"Farmer\u2019s Pocket Ledger printed J. F. Roling &amp; Son, Salisbury, Mo., beside a worn green oil can, a John Deere advertising tin with a coin slot and a centennial medallion marked 1837 and 1937.\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;max-height:600px;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-and-Son-pocket-ledger-and-John-Deere-keepsakes.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-and-Son-pocket-ledger-and-John-Deere-keepsakes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-and-Son-pocket-ledger-and-John-Deere-keepsakes-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/J.-F.-Roling-and-Son-pocket-ledger-and-John-Deere-keepsakes-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\" style=\"font-size:0.9rem;line-height:1.55;margin-top:12px\">The pocket ledger names J. F. Roling &amp; Son of Salisbury, Missouri. Beside it are a worn oil can, an advertising tin with a coin slot, and a medallion marked \u201cJohn Deere Centennial,\u201d \u201c1837\u201d and \u201c1937.\u201d<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.9rem;line-height:1.55;margin-top:28px;margin-bottom:0\">The individual objects have not been dated. The medallion\u2019s anniversary inscription does not establish when this example was made. Select a photograph to view it at full size.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"business-photographs\">Photographs and documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An employee-group photograph is part of the family collection. Photographs can be presented with dates when known, the source of each identification, and any uncertainty in the caption. Historical advertisements, directories, and business records can add dates and detail as they are checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The caption beneath the centennial booklet\u2019s old shop photograph identifies George Rush on the left and J. F. Roling on the right. A later framed-display caption dates the scene to the early 1900s, but the caption\u2019s author and date are unknown. The identification and approximate date are preserved as caption evidence; <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1555#jf-roling-machine-shop\">the shop photograph is in the family gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"business-lennox-training-1963\">1963 \u00b7 Lennox dealer training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An April 12 notice reported that Bob Roling, Joe Vitt and Tony Morrison of J. F. Roling &amp; Sons in Salisbury had recently attended a special dealer training school conducted by Lennox Industries Inc. at Columbia. It gives no exact training date or product details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cAt Training School,\u201d <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, April 12, 1963, page 7. Family-held screenshot; publication date and page from the newspaper viewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"business-green-colonial-training-1964\">1964 \u00b7 Green Colonial dealer training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The April 3 newspaper reported that Joe Vitt, Tony Morrison and Bob Roling had attended meetings at the Green Colonial factory in Des Moines, Iowa, the previous week. The program introduced the Green Colonial Crown furnace and included service training on oil- and gas-fired heating and central air conditioning. The notice names the attendees without identifying their local employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cAttended Meeting At Green Colonial Plant,\u201d <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, April 3, 1964, page 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1362245291\/\">Read the original newspaper page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"business-product-ads-1965\">1965 \u00b7 Water pumps and air conditioning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.F. Roling &amp; Son advertised Myers Olympian water pumps on June 11, describing itself as an authorized Myers pump dealer. A separate June 18 advertisement offered Green Colonial air conditioning for homes, stores and offices. These advertisements document product offerings before the separately reported 1974 plumbing-and-heating transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> J.F. Roling &amp; Son advertisements for Myers Olympian water pumps, <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, June 11, 1965, page 9; and Green Colonial air conditioning, June 18, 1965, page 9. Dates and pages are labeled in the newspaper viewers in the family-held screenshots; exact original-page URLs have not been established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">\u2190 Roling family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19\">Back to the family business<\/a><\/nav>\n\n\n<script>(function(){function revealTopicTarget(){var name;try{name=decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash.slice(1));}catch(e){return;}if(!name){return;}var target=document.getElementById(name);if(!target){return;}var node=target.parentElement;while(node){if(node.tagName==='DETAILS'){node.open=true;}node=node.parentElement;}}revealTopicTarget();window.addEventListener('hashchange',revealTopicTarget);})();<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Roling family \u203a Tools, photographs and the shop\u2019s work Original photographs, reference letters, the tool chest and dealership keepsakes, with the equipment and services behind them. For generations, the Roling family story in Salisbury ran through a machine shop and the people who kept it working. J.F. 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