Tom & Kathy Durham...Weber Hill Signs
Hi Fellow Letterheads... I started Weber Hill Signs in 1984, as a
one girl shop owner, Kathy Weber. Being a graphics person, this was a
great job to do on the side while raising 2 boys. The word got around,
and I kept moderately busy, with time for the kids and extra income to
boot. The sign trade magazines were always my link to the sign world and
in 1991 I happened to see the announcement for a Letterhead Meet in
Bloomington, IN. Only being two hours away, I immediately made plans to
attend. (left to right) Tom & Kathy Durham, Sally Greenwalt & shopdog KC, Jason It was total excitement, just being
involved with all the talent, I'll never forget it. I laughed when I
read how Steve took his portfolio back to the hotel after seeing the
wonderful work on The Portfolio Table. Don't feel bad Steve because I
did the same thing. Anyway, Tom and I found out that my Niece
lived 2 blocks from where he worked at a sign company in Kansas City.
Over the next couple of years, I would visit the shop when I was in
Kansas City and we all became good friends. His sign buddies quickly
accepted me. Tom had been in the sign biz all of his life and had lots
of information he would share with me. It turned out that we enjoyed the
same style of work and our styles were very similar. In addition, we
both share a love of old signs and other antiques. Tom and I became
inseparable, hopelessly in love. We decided on a permanent merger and Tom
moved everything here to the St. Louis area. We were married at an 1880
log cabin in the area on Sept.30,1995. Letterheads from Kansas City
joined us along with many sign people from here. It was a great day for
us all. House Springs, MO is just a small town on the outskirts of St. Louis. We work at home or at least across the driveway. We have two buildings we work out of. The first is 24' x 45' with a three bay garage and office. The office was just remodeled. We put in two rooms, front reception and display, the back part is for the computer. At present I'm finishing the second building, 24' x 40', for doing all the wood cutting. Like most shops, we do a variety of
commercial work. Trucks, commercial real estate, sandblasted wood and
glass, plus all the wild and weird requests. We have been doing a lot of
antique reproduction Likes and dislikes? Hey, signs are
one.....like some, dislike many. Outside of work, I enjoy riding horses
and Tom likes riding Harleys. The kids keep us pretty busy most of the
time these days. As soon as they are gone, we hope to travel a little
more. Right now we try to make a Letterheads meet or two each year. We have one invaluable employee, Sally Greenwalt, who has been with me 5 years, and is a dear friend too. We love our work and try to just have fun, learn and maybe make some money too. Tom & I do all the designing, painting and vinyl, Tom does the carpentry, and Sally takes care of all the paperwork. I am in charge of the sales. As a couple, working together has only been great for 2 years now and I don't expect that to change. This work allows us to be individuals and yet to be a team. We appreciate all that the Letterhead's offer and stand for and hope to always learn and benefit from our association with this terrific group. [ Home | Join Us | Bulletin Board | Events | Find A Letterhead | More Profiles ]Copyright © 1996 The Letterhead Website |
signs.
These are the most enjoyable types since we get to be the customer,
designer, and fabricator. We've had good response so far with them. We
do about 75% of our work on the computer. I still get to throw some
paint on once in a while. We have the Gerber Advantage with an
additional Super Sprint hooked up for use as a cutter. We use a Cannon
600 color printer. We also recently bought a new Dell 16 ram Pentium
with Windows 95. Now if I can figure how to network these together or at
least get the most efficiency out of them. 
