Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Farmers Pledging Support to Newton Creamery, 1916

“Newton Creamery Talk,” first printed in the Enterprise and then reprinted in the Hickory Daily Record on Sept. 26, 1916
The meeting of the farmers Saturday to discuss the creamery proposition resulted in a decision to locate the plant at Newton and a committee was appointed to meet tonight to draft a charter and appoint a sub-committee on location.
The charger committee is composed of W.B. Gaither, L.H. Seitz, H.P. Lutza, A.D. Haren, P.P.E. Fry, J.Y. Killian and Thomas Edwards. These will meet tonight in W.B. Gaither’s office and complete the charter amendments.
They are to appoint the sub-committee, which will investigate the question of a site, and will consider temporary locations until a permanent building can be erected.
The meeting was well attended and about 400 cows were reported with $2,500 of stock subscribed. The committee will solicit a few more shares of stock to complete the necessary capital.
Newton is very much pleased with the decision of the farmers and is glad that the creamery is to be located here.
The number of cows pledged does not include a good many that will later be brought into the creamery herd. The Dutch Dairy Farm with their splendid herds will not come in for a time, being under contract to furnish cream. A good many more than 400 will eventually be supplying the creamery.

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