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Waterloo brooms are still sweeping floors from Otâ€" tawa to Windsor and as far north as Sault Ste. Marie and Matheson. Nick Sadowsky who has operated the Hame! Broom Co. since 19%9, is one of few â€" small â€" manufacturers left in the business, . the only one in the Twin Cities. At one time there were four, Hamel‘s and Oetzel‘s in Waterloo and Steffens and Schiebel‘s in Kitchener. Mr. Sadowsky and his son, Alan are busy. They make 35 dozen brooms a week and haven‘t ~caught up~ with their orders for 10 years. Mr. _ Sadowsky â€" dispensed By Ernuie Ronneanburg 2 Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, July 11, 1973 ; ho. k. x s., ts [Â¥ 2tz o. i y‘“ s ‘ga{!: #1% b. 'r fitk * â€"Spzinal es _ t ° w *" s < ;\\ ~ ‘â€"_\: “ NC 0 ?’» & I . en ~efl 4 hn t . z* sif y n css f ~\‘\ Bxy 7 s * 2 mt * ":“\ f x a * ~m. * . C w &\ o any> â€"C Nee ay _ > es & *~X mssy m me ow n * @ 3 «s § i rrsg e on ollt a y a t ol acll"ts § (ix t s sz es s . Your Workmen‘s Compensation Board and The Safety Associations, Ontano@ 16 UNION STREET EAST, WATERLOO, 745â€"6773 Open Tuesdayâ€"Saturday 10:00am to 5:30 pm The best protective equipment you can ever own is already yoursâ€"one pair of eyes. Just knowing what‘s going on around you helps you avoid job accidents. So it makes good sense to look after your eyes, with y protective glasses if The TREASURE TROVE of GIFTS Waterloo brooms are sweeping MINIATURES and PLATES Canadian and Imported Handcrafted Gifts Featuring LIMOGES CHINA Imported from France Most of the smaller firms went out of business when an imported broom of inâ€" ferior quality flooded the market 10 years ago. The Waterloo firm felt the comâ€" petition too, but continued to operate. The tide turned when _ dealers _ eventually were left with the inferior product on their hands. with the services of a salesâ€" man five years ago. He‘s convinced his busiâ€" ness is still thriving beâ€" cause of a quality product. The business was founded in 1910 by Ir#Win Hame!l who insisted on quality. Mr. Sadowsky has maintained that tradition. Mr. Sadowsky buys the the job calls for them, and regular checkâ€"ups if your eyesight‘s below par. Take care of your eyes, and they‘ll see you safely through the working day. Toward a bigger broom Nick â€" Sadowsky â€" owner and operator of the Hamel! Broom Co. at 12 Bridgeport Road, the only broom manuâ€" facturer in the Twin Cities, will make his biggest broom when he returns from his holidays. best â€" material _ available. Broom corn comes from the southern States and from Mexico and hardwood for grown in Ontario but was of inferior quality. Because it has to be hand harvested, broom corn growing has exâ€" tended farther and farther south. Most of it is grown now in Mexico but some is still produced in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Mr. Sadowsky buys the southern US. crop when it‘s available because he believes it‘s the best. It won‘t be for sale, but for a competition. The firm will have an entry in the Arcola, â€"IIl. broom corn festival. Malaysia The purpose of the festival is to maintain for Arcola recognition as the broom corn capital. A prize will be awarded for the biggest broomâ€"a serviceable commodity. Winner of the last comâ€" petition was the firm proâ€" ducing a broom which weighâ€" ed 14 or 15 pounds. Mr. Sadowsky believes he can make a bigger broom. The ordinary broo m weighs about three pounds. A machine has now been invented to harvest broom corn and is in use for the first time this year. Canadian hardwood for handles comes from Quebec although during the war when lumber was scarce, Mr. Sadowsky used ramin wood from Malaysia. Some softer wood for cheaper grades comes from British Columbia. The cord binding the brooms is the only bit of more modern material goâ€" ing into the product. Nylon twine, two or three times as strong as cotton cord, is now used. It‘s purchased from Hong Kong. figsyy esw l _y > C W chL &# 2A e T.:. ..3 > Zâ€" Nick Sadowski of amel Broom Company in Waterloo works on one of the dozens of brooms the company produces daily. PAINTING & DECORATING 196 Pinegrove Cres. Waterloo PAPERHANGING OUR SPECIALTY Call Now â€" Free Estimates INTERIOR EXTERIOR 884â€" 1094 JOHN GUBESCH after 5 00 p m or While most of the larger manufacturers have added new _ lines _ particularily brushes â€" Mr. Sadows k y has restricted his business fairly well to brooms. He makes six grades of brooms, a toy broom and only two grades of whisks. Toy brooms were largely Christmas trade at one time but now the business conâ€" tinues thoughout the year. The reason is that workmen servicing oil burners have found the toy brooms just the thing for their work. They‘re used also by asâ€" phait firm workmen to apply tar to the edge of street While â€" gasoline _ prices continued to rise this past week Waterloo consumers were faced with another increase. that being the price of potatoes. A record high of $1.58 for ten pounds was reached last week with the threat they may even go higher until Ontario grown potaâ€" toes come on the market in the middle of July. Harold _ Hayne, public relations director for Zehrs Markets Ltd. said this year‘s new potatoes being sold are from Virginia. He said growâ€" ing conditions there had been poor due to heavy rain. Mr. Hayne forecasted a drop in the prices which have risen steadily since Januâ€" ary if Ontario has a good crop. Professor R.G. Rowberry of the University of Guelph said. ‘"There is a worldâ€" wide shortage of potatoes because of last year‘s poor growing conditions. A lot Potatoes go up too Cul% . n L. salt x ED 1 t m o t g\‘b‘\ *.\. \ }» . ~\w i t ts .c ereaaiiine T ‘\:' ~ ** We ‘S;') ~> > > e on T. & 080 s $s o es â€" . xkÂ¥ c c inte “\’:;‘: Aalss cx.‘" ce c._=> B cS salthls C sys =* *«3 miC, tm > s c os=l . ‘ M 2 sCWls L + °C s C in Li 5 BW s it â€"f d_“-&.“‘-\‘ $ . *« i8 ?‘ No T s nt ns * Un es . The company made curâ€" ling brooms for many years but has discontinued this line. It took three times as long to make a curling broom and changing styles and preferences presented other problems. Mr. Sadowsky who had started working for the firm in 1939 purchased the business from Paul Hamel in 1969. Paul had operated the business following the death of his father in 1942. The firm operates third floor of the w Industries building a®(2 Bridgeport Road. of potatoes that should never have gone to market were shipped anyway because of the shortage. Prof. Rowberry sai e Ontario productionsgd remained â€" static becdlse prices received by produâ€" cers did not give them any incentive to increase the production. He said, "People have been spoiled rotten by low prices that haven‘t gone up with the higher production costs. "It costs $300 to produce an acre of potatoes yielding 200 hundredweight. A farmer has to get $1.50 for 10 pounds to break even and that‘s only 15 cents a pound above what they are selling at in the stores. ‘"‘The whole thing is just an indication of things to come in the world. We are simply not producing enough food. And people who live in Canada should be thankful they are not worse off .‘