garnett machine

Garnett Machine   A type of carding machine, equipped with rollers and cylinders covered with metallic teeth. It’s a machine similar to a carding machine, used to open hard-twisted yarn wastes, rags, and...

Wool bagging machine

Wool Bagging Machine   This machine is automatic in operation. The same pressure being brought on each bag, making them practically uniform weight when filled; also quickly and easily adjusted when more or less press is required to get a desired weight. This...

About Bill O’Krafka

Piecing It Together for Bill O’Krafka In our PIT stop features, we assemble additional pieces of the puzzle. Readers are able to learn more about the mill, its employees and the Hespeler community at large. Remembering Bill O'Krafka by Lary Turner | March...

Ruth Zvaniga FF

Ruth Violet Zvaniga We bring you this Fast Forward on the latest information we could find. Ruth Violet Zvaniga was born Sept 5, 1923 to parents Andras Zvaniga (b. 1879 Hungary – d. August 21, 1928 Hespeler) and Olga Olischewski (b.  Feb. 3, 1886 Prussia –...