The Jensen-Byrd Co. has had a long history in Spokane and former salesman Don Mittelstadt was there for 47 years of it.
Mittelstadt, who turns 93 in July, got a job at the company at age 18 after he graduated from Lewis and Clark High School.
“Scott Jensen hired me for 75 cents an hour,” he said. “I filled orders and worked on the price desk.”
The company’s name can still be seen on buildings in downtown Spokane. There’s a six-story building near the WSU Spokane campus where Mittelstadt attended sales meetings, plus two buildings side by side in the 300 block of West Riverside Avenue.
“When I first
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