ASPINWALL (RAY) SAWMILL
Linn County - Brownsville
Continued from: Stanwood mill
August 15, 1934: "The mill site on the Fred McHargue place, formerly occupied by the Ed Stanwood mill, has been leased by Ray Aspinwall of Lebanon.
Aspinwall will start a new mill here and is now installing machinery and moving his equipment from Lebanon.
Five men are now employed getting the mill in shape for operation. Plans are to start sawing in about six weeks. The mill will empty about 20 men.
Logs will be hauled from the Lloyd West place on Brush creek and from other timber.
Aspinwall will make his home in Brownsville. He has been in the sawmill business for many years." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
Aspinwall will start a new mill here and is now installing machinery and moving his equipment from Lebanon.
Five men are now employed getting the mill in shape for operation. Plans are to start sawing in about six weeks. The mill will empty about 20 men.
Logs will be hauled from the Lloyd West place on Brush creek and from other timber.
Aspinwall will make his home in Brownsville. He has been in the sawmill business for many years." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
November 13, 1934: "The Ray Aspinwall mill sawed its first out-of-town order this week. It was the first real job the mill has done since being put in shape not long ago. The Aspinwall mill occupies the site of the old Stanwood mill which Aspinwall has reconstructed, bringing some machinery from his old mill near Lebanon." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
November 23, 1934: "Mr. Bones of Brownsville is doing the logging on the Pearl place for the Aspinwall saw mill at Brownsville." (Greater Oregon)
July 18, 1935: "A new planing unit is being installed at the Ray Aspinwall mill here this week. The machine will handle all types of planing work and will be ready for use in a short time." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
March 1, 1937: "Mark Wiley suffered severe injury to his back while working at the Aspinwall sawmill Friday. A miss step threw him off the loading dock." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
July 30, 1937: "Arthur Hotchkiss and Everett McKechan are falling and busking timber on the Eggleston place south of Brownsville for the Aspinwall saw mill." (Greater Oregon)
May 12, 1939: "On Wednesday at the Aspinwall mill, Walter Weischedel happened to get into the path of a rolling log and suffered a broken ankle. The ankle was placed in a cast, enabling Mr. Weischedel to get about." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
February 28, 1940: "The Aspinwall sawmill burned to the ground in west Brownsville this morning with a loss estimated at $4000. The origin of the fire, discovered about 3:30, is not known as the mill did not employ a night watchman. The mill was not insured.
Quick work by the Brownsville fire department saved lumber piled on the dock. The mill boiler was said not to have been injured.
Ray Aspinwall, owner of the mill, said he planned to rebuild and hoped to be able to resume operations in about two months. Twenty men were employed in the mill, which was established by Aspinwall in 1934 on the site of the old Stanwood mill." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
Quick work by the Brownsville fire department saved lumber piled on the dock. The mill boiler was said not to have been injured.
Ray Aspinwall, owner of the mill, said he planned to rebuild and hoped to be able to resume operations in about two months. Twenty men were employed in the mill, which was established by Aspinwall in 1934 on the site of the old Stanwood mill." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
April 8, 1940: "Ray Aspinwall, who is rebuilding his sawmill which burned early in the season, made a trip to Portland Saturday, Mr. Aspinwall expects to operate the mill with electricity when he resumes operations, approximately about May 1." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
January 31, 1941: "Earl Farrier and Henry Weger are logging on the Clarence Lerwill place here for Ray Aspinwall of Brownsville." (Greater Oregon)
April 20, 1945: "The purchase of Aspinwall's sawmill, timber holdings and other city property by a California company is announced here with Joe M. Crahane principal owner." (Greater Oregon)
Continued to: Forest Products Company