Switzer Planing Mill

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Switzer Planing Mill
Id:
242
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Products:
Doors, Windows
Start_year:
1918 W.H. Switzer purchased the Orton Mill.
End_year:
Now a Rona franchise.
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Owner_president:
W. H. Switzer founder
Executives:
William Henry Switzer. Sons Roy James and in 1923 Earl Williams Switzer. in 1950 Earls son Jim joined to work in the yard. In 1954 Earls oldest son Ray joined the firm. Earls youngest son Robert Switzer joined in 1963 as the accountant.
Employees:
13 employees in 1937
Notes:
W. H. Switzer purchased the Orton Mill [ formerly the Pomeroy lumber Co.] in 1918. They produced millwork , doors, windows cabinets and stairs and pulpits. During the war they expanded a shed and manufactured a variety of ammunition boxes with the aid o