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Loeb’s

 

For us at Loeb's, it started in Columbus, WI

 

In 1923. Hyman Loeb, our father, ran a small business out of his back yard. He was called a junk collector. Hyman would go on his horse-drawn wagon door to door. Loeb would collect all kinds of junk including paper, rubber products, metals, and rags. He would then take the items home and sort out and sell the items to different processors.

 

Hyman had the help of his five sons, Maury, Bill, Harry, Archie and Leonard, and one daughter, Rose. But just as important he had the help and backing of the community.

 

Now 53 years later, two of his sons, Bill and Archie, carry on his trade. The sons have moved to Watertown and up the ladder to scrap processors. They now use heavy equipment to produce an important man-made resource for mills, refineries and foundries. That resource is scrap metallics from old products that can be remelted into raw materials for new products. Along with our new title, we also have another hat, that of a recycler.

 

1111 S. Tenth St.

 

Cross Reference:

Oliver H. Kirscher, 1917–2008.  Ozzy had been employed in the scrap yard at Loeb's in Watertown for 18 years