R. G. (Rudolph G.) Bachertz learned broom making when he apprenticed in the trade at age 12. He worked with his brother C.M (Charles M.) Bachertz for over 30 years, and then for two decades on his own, in a broom factory on West Liberty Street.
Working by himself, he could make two dozen brooms an hour. Broom corn could now be purchased locally, although prices were rising, and maple handles were harder to find. He had made brooms for 58 years, he said, working six days a week, Sunday through Friday, as he was a Seventh Day Adventist.
“Making brooms is my vocation, my hobby, and my recreation,” he said.
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W. K. Kellogg made corn brooms and innovated corn flakes.
The Kellogg family were all Seventh Day Adventists.
Now you’ve made me want to tell someone, “ok broomer” but for the life of me, I have no idea what kind of situation would warrant that.