In the early 1890s, Johnstonville resident, Vic Perry saw a need and put into motion his traveling store. In the summer, when hay season was in full swing, which should be noted then was very labor intensive, one did not have the luxury to travel to town for supplies. It was not unusual, for a farm to have a hay crew of twenty people. Perry would travel from ranch to ranch, making a circuit selling his wares. When Standish was founded in 1897, Perry opened a general mercantile store there, but each summer he was busy with his “store on wheels.”