(below) The mill as it is today. The business was purchased in 1965 by Harold “Bud” Schroeder and operated as Schroeder Milling Company Limited.
(below) The mill during the period it was owned by John Eidt.(circa 1900) Parts of the existing mill are perhaps the oldest structure in the community.
“Noah Fried ran the grist mill until he built and moved to what is now Schroeder’s bean mill. [Ed. note: Noah Fried’s original mill was located on Fried Street, in an area referred to as the “mill reserve”.] This mill was sold to Jacob and George Kellerman, Jonas Hartlieb, Christian Walper (grand-father of the present Reeve of Stephen, Allan Walper) and Joe White, John Eidt, Bill Elhers, J. Kellerman, Reid and Schroeder.”
extracted from “Friedsburg-Dashwood 1860-1985” by Mary (Patterson) Rader, 1985; pg. 3, ISBN 0-9692115-0-3