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