Videos: Swaby Group expands, opening Orange welding supply store

Welding/Electricity Academy coming soon in former Waugh Enterprises building

A soft opening Wednesday at their new retail store and welding academy in the old Waugh Enterprises building in Orange brought togerther Orange Mayor J. Harrison Cluff (left) and Interim Town Manager Chris Snider (right) who greeted Elfrida and Lee Swaby to the town. PJR photos and video by Chuck Jackson.

Thursday morning, flanked with Town of Orange officials, Lee and Elfrida Swaby had a soft opening of their new welding retail shop in the basement of the former Waugh Enterprises Harley-Davidson building in the town.

The couple plan an open house and ribbon cutting on Saturday, October 11, 2025. The store

Elfrida and Lee Swaby at their new retail welding supply store located in the basement of the Waught Enterprises building located at 385 Waugh Boulevard in Orange.

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