A Gerstner tool box, a night watchman’s clock and a Fred Frick clock, on loan from David Remmel, were among the items discussed at the Waynesboro Industrial Museum’s annual Collectibles Night Aug. 29 at the museum on Philadelphia Avenue. The items are among the latest acquisitions of the museum.
Other community members who participated in the program included: Bill Dick, who shared a photo of Waynesboro Knitting Mill employees from 1936, and Sondra Fries, who talked about her late father-in-law, Bob Fries, who was selected by the State Department to represent the machine tool industry as a member of the first cultural exchange mission between the U.S. and Soviet Union in the 1960s. Fries was a machinist and later salesman at Landis Tool Co. and also worked at JLG.
Wayne Bartholow talked about his J.H. Johnston rifles. Johnston was a Waynesboro gunsmith. V. Brian Shook, president of the museum’s board of directors, presented several recent donations, including a pin from the 50th anniversary of Grove Manufacturing Co.
Terry Flegel showed those attending a Frick Co. operator’s manual on how to build refrigeration equipment, autographed by President A.O. Frick, from 1896, as well as the annual statement of the board of directors of Frick Co. from 1885, listing assets of more than $1.3 million, which today would be a little less than $44 million, according to Fleagle.
