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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oreoon, Sunday. December 21, 1958 odd 3d EHM CffUDQ Mad 1 Jeddeloh Plant Makes Equipment For Coast Firms By MRS. CLYDE KELL Gold Hill Three unique machines, the gang-saw, a veneer dryer feeder, and a veneer saw, all of which are used in the lumber and ply wood industry, are the princi Brothers Sweed Mills, Inc., Gold Hill. Fred and Otto Jeddeloh are production at the Jeddeloh pal products among others in principal stockholders of the business. The firm, one of southern Oregon's newer im portant industries, has a pay roll into the five figure class. The site for location of the business was selected because skilled labor could be drawn from both the Medford and Grants Pass areas. Both truck and rail facilities for shipping are available at this particular location, which was an addi tional favorable factor. Various Activities Fred and Otto Jeddeloh came to the Rogue valley in 1946. Previously tliey had been engaged in various ac tivities in the Middle West. Both men had experience and a background in the metal working industry,- which they had learned after coming to the United States when young men from their homeland, the northwestern part of Ger many. The first business that they engaged in in Jackson county was that of lumbering and saw milling. The location of the saw mill was on Galls creek near Gold Hill, and they op erated it until 1954 by them selves. In 1952 they imported a German gang saw and put it into operation in their own saw mill. Had Advantages It soon became apparent that this machine was not built to meet American pro duction demands. Howerver, it had many adherent advant ages which the Jeddeloh brothers recognized as being outstanding. When, after some use, the machine collapsed, the Jeddeloh brothers salv aged many of the working parts and redesigned and con structed a frame that was NOTHING MM- No Cordi No Ear lurron Comfortable Self-Adjusting Sound Plat f'ftt Mo Eyeglote from Front Trim, Smart Styling For those who con us a bone conduction hearing aid $225 FREE QUALITY TEST! Coma m or call for home appointment GEORGE E. WHITE, Hearing Aids 131 West Main, Medford Phono SP 3-1841 tfr" "- SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS more rugged and would be capable of more production. This machine worked so well and created so much in terest that the Jeddeloh broth ers decided to manufacture this machine. This was in 1955. This portion of their busi ness was incorporated in Jan uary, 1956, as the Jeddeloh Brothers Sweed Mills, .Inc Sales in the beginning were excellent and orders came in faster than the shop could produce the product. However, in the fall of 1956, the lumber carket took a de cided slump and the market for saw mill machinery ben come non-existent. And be cause of bad marketing condi tions, the work force was drastically curtained While in the beginning the plant had employed approximately 15 to 20 men this figure dropped down to 5 and 6 employees. Research Done Much money was spent now on research and development of new products. In the fall of 1957 a major item was ready for sale. This was a, veneer dryer feeder. That this was an outstanding piece of machinery is evidenced by the fact that the plywood indus try accepted this machine and started placing orders. The principal reason for the wide acceptance of this pro- ducti s its labor saving fea ture and its ability to make better utilization of dryer capacity. Because the product experienced tremendous ac ceptance it became necessary to expand the plant facilities. In the early summer of 1958 the available floor space was more than doubled. The man power was increased from 5 to 6 employees in 1955 to about 35 now. Practically all of the workers in the produc tion end of plant are skilled laborers, such as machinists of all types, welders, and as sembly men. Several Departments The manegement of the firm is divided into several departments. All divisions are staffed by competent person nel. The product development and research department is headed by Otto Jeddeloh with J. H. Webster, Medford as chief engineer. Vernon Nally, Gold Hill, is in charge of the production engineering department. The production department is di rected by Harold Brewster, Gold Hill, plant superintend- 5 Uvma Swimt MAKING AIDS iiWiii mt hit -i-rf - l ent. The accounting depart ment is under the supervision of Dais S. Collins, Gold Hill General administration is done by Fred Jeddeloh, Adolph Jeddeloh is in charge of sales and his partner is Robert Brewster, of Portland. ihe sales division is a sep arate organization, established by Adolph Jeddeloh, and was expanded by forming a part nership with Brewster. Insure Future Constant research and de velopment is being done in order to diversify and insure a stable future. Just recently, a veneer saw was added to the line. It also has proved to be a product the industry is ready to accept, because in coming orders are keeping a certain number of men busy in turning out the new ma chine. It is another item that distinguishes itself; by being a labor saving device. Expansion of facilities will continue as the development of new products makes it nec essary, the administrator of the firm said. He added that pinpointing any dates or esti mating the number of people eventually employed would be pure conjecture at this time. Expansion for 1959 is still in the planning stage. Machines are built to cus tomers orders and are assemb led and shipped to agreed de livery dates. All components and materials used in the man ufacture are American made. A tremendous sum of mony has been invested by the Jed deloh brothers in the machin ery required to maintain ad equate production standards. The shop is equipped with the largest machine tools in this area. Shipped Along Coast The machines produced in this plant have been shipped to various points along the west coast. The northern most point is Port Angeles, Wash., and the southern most point, Weed, Calif. Distribution on a national scale is still some what in the future. Some of the largest manu facturers of plywood have in stalled the machines, and have found them' to be satisfactory. Among the users are Weyer hauser Timber company, Georgia-Pacific company, Ev ans Products company, Martin Brothers Container and Tim ber company, and Interna tional Paper company. The Jeddeloh brothers own homes in the Rogue River val ley. Father was Farmer The men grew up on a farm and received their schooling in the north-western part of Germany, where their father was engaged in farm ing. As boys, they had no time left over for play and learning hobbies, such as fish ing, hunting and other sports that the youth here take for granted. They were kept oc cupied by working on their father's farm. They all speak fluent Eng lish, which they learned after coming to the United States Of interest is the fact that none of them could speak the Eng lish language upon their ar rival in this country. They had been taught to speak the German language correctly, which Fred said was an ad vantage to them in mastering the English language. Pupils in the school there are taught precision. . Fred Jeddeloh was the first of the three brothers to come to the United States in 1925. His brother, Otto Jeddeloh, following in 1926. They re turned to Germany once for a visit since coming to this country. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Jeddeloh, came to this country to visit in 1937. Came to U. S. in 1949 Adoplh Jeddeloh and his wife, Hilde, came to the Unit ed States in 1949. All are naturalized citizens of this country. Both Otto and Fred Jed deloh enjoy bowling for rec reation. They are members of the Gold Hill Lions club. Fred Jeddeloh and his wife, Louise, are parents of four children. George, 17, the eld est of the three boys, is a freshman at the University of aSn Francisco in California. John, 14, and Alan, 7, and their sister, Karen, 10, are pupils in the Grants Pass schools. Otto Jeddeloh and his wife, Willa, are parents of a son, Bruce, 9, and a daughter, Barbara, 14. who also attend the Grants Pass school. Adolph and his wife, Hilde, are parents of two sons. Horst, 18, a freshman at Oregon State college at Corvallis, and Jimmy, 6, a student in the Grants Pass school system. Portsmouth, England -UPD-The army announced yester day it had admonished a cor poral for making a private write out 100 lines schoolboy fashion as punishment for sloppy drilling. It said the punishment was highly irregular. VENEER FEEDER - Shows above is the deloh Brothers Sweed Mill in Gold Hill, veneer feeder after it was installed in a Much of the equipment is shipped to lumber plywood mill. The feeder is one of several and plywood industries along the west pieces of equipment produced by the Jed- coast. ' VENEER SAW - The Jeddeloh Brothers saw is shown Sweed mill in Gold Hill produces the veneer plywood plant. saw among its other products. Above the JEDDELOH MILL - The Jeddeloh Brothers for the lumber industry. Recently the plant Sweed Mill, Inc., Gold Hill, building is expanded to facilitate increased demand shown above. They constructed the plant in for the machinery. (Routh Photo). 1955, and have been producing equipment FOR LITTLE LINCOLNS Holdenville, Okla. -(CPE- L. O. Moore is turning a hobby into a profitable enterprise by making miniature log cabins, which he sells as play houses for children. The houses are four-by-five feet and 52 inches high. Moore uses rough pine lumber, the kind sawmills toss away in order, to get to the better beneath. He makes an aver age of three of the cabins each week in a small work shop behind his house. The amateur carpenter turned to the hobby after undergoing an operation a year and a half ago. His occupation is oil field driller. PLANE LANDS SAFELY London UPB A Trans-Canada Airlines Superconstella tion carrying 57 persons land ed safely here yesterday with '. a flat tire. The plane, which ! from Montreal, circled the airport for three hours using up excess fuel before making the landing. Spirit lake located in north Idaho has a bottom -of solid stone. 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It ex plained that . such problems cause an excess of muscle function and electrical activi ty which lead to a gradual accumulation of potassium in the tissues. FUEL CO. Court and McAndrews NESBIISHED 1896" GREEN (stamps Veterans Offices To Close Locally The Veterans Administra tion offices in the Jackson county courthouse will be dis continued on Jan. 2, 1959, Charles O. Porter, congress man for- the fourth district, has been notified. "Following World War n Veterans Administration of fices were activated in a large number of cities to cope with the increased workloads due to benefits provided veterans and their dependents by Con gress," W. J. Driver, acting benefits director for the Vet erans Administration, wrote Congressman Porter. "With the decline in work load iii certain benefit pro grams, we have reached the point, now where it is pos sible to close some offices near other established Veter ans Administration facilities, Driver explained. 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