SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1959
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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THESE FRONT OFFICE MEMBERS OF WEYERHAEUSER'S staff were among those on the
spot when the Klamath Falls mill first opened its doors on December 16, 1929. Left to
right are Ed Hickman, office manager; T. S. Durment, public relations; Frank Tarr, pur
chasing agent and Thelma S. Newton, receptionist.
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PLANT EMPLOYES still on the staff who were present for the December 16, 1929, open
ing of Weyerhaeuser1! big pine mill on the Klamath River include, left to right, Jim Staf
ford, machine shop; Richard Griffith, blacksmith; Bill Crawford, pond foreman; Ralph
W;ll!m. box factory foreman and Jim Hunter, machine shop foreman.
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OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREW who were on hand for the opening 30 years ago of
Weyerhaeuser' mill in Klamath Falls were, left to right, Jack Biwer, shipping dock fore
man; Conrad Schweiger and Neil McEachern, stacker employes; George Olson and Rus
sell Griffith, unstacker employes.
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THEN AND NOW: Loading logs on a flatcar with the use
of a jammer as shown in the top picture by Ted Durment,
was a far cry from the modern truck haul and reload with
gas powered equipment, as shown in the lower picture taken
by Eugene Gjertsen in September of this year. Durment re
members taking the top picture but couldn't recall just when
it was snapped. Notice the absence of hard hats on the
hook men and the loader. Both operations pictured are those
of Weyerhaeuser Company which celebrated its 30th an
niversary in Klamath Falls on last Wednesday.
Rare Toys Fill House
SANTA ANA. Calif. (UPI)
There's no telling what will come
of rummaging through an attic.
For Mrs William F. Krcdel, it
meant setting up "housekeeping"
with two dozen dolls and a collec
tion of miniature antique furniture.
yard. They became the nucleus
of a display of toy furniture prob
ably unsurpassed outside museums.
Muskraf Trapping
TUI.ELAKE Muskrat trapping
is AP.'lin onttint linrlitruuu nn Tuln
Mrs. Kredel has hundreds oli,i .j i., ii,,i, ,
Wildlife Refuges in California and
Upper Klamath Natinal Wildlife
Kefuge in Oregon. Applications for
trapping permits from experienced
trappers are being considered ty
the refuge manager, Robert V.
Russell, Tulc Lake Refuge Head
quarters, Route 1, Box 74, Tule
luke, California.
Refuge headquarters Is five
miles west of Tulelake. Last year
toys, tiny dishes, and miniature
cooking utensils, all at least 50
years old and many more than
100 years old. The small treas
ures till a hexagon-shaped play
house, which was Mrs. Krcdel's
retreat when she was a child. She
began fixing up the playhouse
when she returned to live in her
childhood home after her moth
er's death a few years ago.
Mrs. Krcdel moved the smalL 7,7.17 pelts were- taken on Tule
cookstove where she used to fry
her breakfast eggs, several sets
of toy dishes, dolls, and other play
equipment which she found in the
attic lo the playhouse la her back
Lake Refuge, 2.347 on Lower Klam
ath, and 1,004 on Upper Klamath.
The trapper's share of pelts tak
en is 75 per cent, the government
share 23 per cent.