Equitable Creamery Company
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In the photo: Ed Beck, Elsie Staven, Milton Gum Equitable Creamery Company, a farmer's cooperative, was started on November 20, 1907 on an acre of land granted to the company by C. R. Goldsworthy for $1. It operated as a creamery and cheese factory except for 1 or 2 years until 1921. The officers were all leading dairy farmers. President: O. J. Leu Vice-President: H. Hackbarth Secretary: A. P Bean Treasurer: William Ehlert Director: John Joling On October 17, 1921, Fred Hadler purchased Equitable Creamery Company and installed new machinery. He was born in Plymouth, Wisconsin in Sheboygan County on April 7, 1874 to George and Crissie (Gossman) Hadler. The Creamery later operated as the American Milk Products Company, The White House Company, and Western Condensing Company. In the late 1930's and early 1940's, the plant made the base used to make penicillin. In 1951, Frank Gill purchased the factory and started Gill's Wholesale and Retail Wall Paper Business. Sanna Dairies bought
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- McMillan Memorial Library
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- McMillan Memorial Library Local History
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- Vesper, Wood County, Wisconsin
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- Equitable Creamery Company. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/1328. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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