Son carries on a long tradition of customer care

As a pioneer of modern office equipment sales, the former owner of Office Equipment Co., Ray Edmonds has seen the best and the bulkiest of office technology. He has passed that knowledge and expertise to his son, Garrett Edmonds, who now manages the business.

When Ray purchased OEC in 1969, it was located on First Street next to the old Havre Hotel, and the struggling office business sold expensive, oversized mechanical calculators that were as big as a table, heavy typewriters and awkward adding machines besides a multitude of basic office supplies. But Ray had little knowledge and experience...