This was the first Newsletter that Schmidt Machine sent out to our customers.
The newsletter is hanging in the hall of Schmidt Machine Company today.
Lovell one room school house, where Schmidt Machine first began in Lovell.
Schmidt Bro's moved from North Street in Carey, OH to the Lovell one room school in about 1934 or 1935
Photo taken June 13th, 1982
Methodist church was razed in 1933 by Forest Davis and Delmar Lortz. Some of its material was used to build the cottage home which stands 150 ft. northeast of the original building.
Photo dates about 1927. Salem Centralized School opened in 1928.
This Photo was taken in 1951
of Schmidt Machine in Lovell
Left to right: Edward Shaffer, Richard Schmidt, Ivan Schmidt, Frederick Cattran, Earl Moser, Lawrence Schmidt, Bill Schmidt Jr., Bill Schmidt Sr.
Picture was take about 1952.
Photo was taken in 1975
About Us
Where Schmidt Machine Began
Schmidt Machine Company started out in the home of Bill Sr. in 1928. Shortly after starting his own machine shop,
Bill purchased an 80 acre farm, while also continuing to farm the 160 acres of his father-in-law's. Bill was a person
who liked to tinker with things; his family started some trends that hit the entire United States. The first idea that Bill
started was putting a set of rubber tires on a tractor in 1932, being the first person to do this in the state of Ohio.
In 1934, Bill Sr. moved his machine shop into an old school house in Lovell. Schmidt Machine Company first started
selling Wallis tractors. Soon after, in 1935, the district manager of Massey-Harris approached Bill and his brother Ivan
to start selling Massey tractors. Today Schmidt Machine Company is one of the oldest Massey dealerships in the
entire region. Also, in 1947 - 48, Schmidt Machine Company built the very first four-wheel-drive tractor. It was
assembled by Lawrence, a brother of Bill Sr., and Herbert Walton a long-time friend and fellow tinkerer with Bill.
Then in the summer of 1957, Schmidt mechanics were the first to put a corn head on a grain combine.
Bill Jr. followed in his father's footsteps as a builder and a tinkerer. He rebuilt Ford Model A motors and manufactured
a reduction gear box and governor to control speed and placed them in combines. Bill sold the new machines all over Ohio and Michigan.
Now there are 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations involved in the operation of this business. Over the years the original structure
has been added to many times, and all of the work has been done by family and other employees of the business.
Schmidt Machine Company is now making many aftermarket replacement parts for all makes of combines and sells through
a catalog in all parts of the United States and Canada.
*** All photos were provided by: Lovell Market ***