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Show American Sportswear Resumes Operation After Moving Into Newly Modernized Plant MAKE HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF JACKETS ANNUALLY Manufacturing Plant Employs 60 Brigham City Residents y 8 Box Elder NEWS Brigham City, Utah Wednesday, February 10, 1954 The American Sportswear went employees during the slack operation winter and spring months so back into this week In their neiwly remod- they will have experienced help ocwhen production U heavy. eled building formerly cupied toy the (Dance Bowl, The plant produces around a purchased toy the firm last fall. half million dollars worth of Interior of the building was jackets annually. During the completely remodeled for the war years, most of this was for manufacturing plant, the the armed services and followwas ground floor being devoted to ing that some production offices and warehouses for raw done for War surplus stores. materials as well as a stock This has been discontinued, room for finished jackets after Oscar reported, and now almost they have Ibeen inspected, wrap- the entire production is In leaped and tooxed, ready to fill ther jackets. They still have shipping order. An elevator has one melton jacket in the line. been installed to move materA good portion of the producials to the second floor manution is sold under the American facturing plant. brand although they The quarters upstairs houses Sportswear do manufacture jackets to any where the cutting department to toe sold under skins are cut toy patterns as well specification labels. Oscar Grunig private as jacket lining. The materials jackets have been ; ; . plant manager and designer, holds one of the patterns then go to the long rows of spe- theHorsehlde most 'popular in the past, Where machines cial for cut leather jackets. out skins sewing he made and used to Grunig says, but goat skin is they are assembled and made becoming increasingly more In into finished leather jackets. demand and may toe the best It's a complicated manufac- seller during the current year. turing process involving a lot of Hides are Obtained from a hand labor. Pockets must be cut wide variety of sources. Goat butand finsihed, zippers and are skins imported from tons sewed on. Jn all, the ordi- India whilemostly the suedes are from more or 300 Involves Jacket nary from the New Zealand. are separate operations Horsehides mostly domesto the room wrapped tic cutting some come from although and boxed product. Canada. Calf skin, is all domesThe repair department is an- tic as is the buck skin. In fact, other Important function in the the deer hides are bought loplant. There Jackets of all cally and sent to San Francisco kinds and makes are repaired, for tanning. An interesting thing about zippers and new Knits installed. tanned hides is that they all was The American Sportswear come out about the same color, started in Brigham City in Au- a sort off an unless a gust, 1909 by IBill KirShbaum, dye Is added in the tanning pronow of ILos Angeles. He is the cess. In that manner, they can general manager of the firm. be made any shade off gray, tan, or what ever you want. Oscar Grunig acts as plant brawn, i all the does design manager, In .this process they are gaug used lng and cuts the patterns ed for thickness and split as the jackets. His necessary to maintain an even for making brother, Herman Grunig, serves standard. as factory foreman. Mrs. Stel Visitors are always welcome la Seifert Is the firms office at the plant, Grunig says, but managed and Thayer Conner It is advisable to call In ad Is In charge of the shipping de vance to find out iff the plant Is in operation. patrment. Be Visit an to the Youll find Mrs. Wanda Hansen, who cuts one educational and Interesting Is one of the the jacket linings, because the American' Sports Herman Grunig original employees off the firm wear plant Is an important fac there eontinu worked has and , . plant foreman, inspects one of the hides from which tor In the economy off Brigham In Its since founding. ously the jackets are cut. City. fact, she was empolyee INo. 2. Possibly it would toe well to The firm now employs 60 put in a plug too for the prodpeople, has an annual payroll uct manufactured locally. If you of around $100,000. While the want an American Sportswear period starts jacket, you can ibuy them at peak production In July and runs until the end Blocks, Zundels or Van Enge of the year, the firm tries to hold lens. full-tim- e ' stretch across the floor where skilled hands fit and sew the pieces together and they come off the assembly line as finished leather jackets. Overhead power trunks furnish . . . After Final Inspection jackets are cellophane wrapped and boxed, ready for shipment to retailer establishments all over the nation. . . . the various machines and rows of fluorescent lights give plenty of illumination. Wiring in the new plant was done by Ruel Eskelsen. 220 and 110 volts to Thayer Conner . . . fills the orders, boxes and prepares shipments, as well as handling stock in the big warehouses.. ARE PROUD TO BE A LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR Mrs. , . skillfully cuts work. Marty Davenport the hides, using patterns for the layout FOR THE FAMOUS American Sportswear Jackets Made In Brigham City, By Brigham City People They congratulate this Home Industry on their recent expansion in their new location. They fed this is another step forward to a greater and better community. Zundels Believe In Supporting Home Industry Mrs. Wanda Hansen . . . No. 2 employee of the , firm, cuts out jacket linings and Carefully ties them for the sewing machine operators. Delmar Whitney, salesman for Zundels, proudly dispays the beautiful American Sportswear jacket purchased by Katherine Fishburn. It is made of finest suede and comes in a wide variety of colors: Black, Navy, Grey, Rust, Tan, Bark, Kelly Green and Red. |