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THE DAIRY BUSINESS IN THE FORT ERIE AREA::
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1900's::: Jonas Sherk,
page #1.
who owned a large farm on the north east corner
of Bertie and Concession roads,
was the first gentleman to
start in the Dairy Business in the village of Fort Erie. He
continued to operate ttll 1922,
when he sold to a Mr. Hunt,
who carried on with the business ;w
hich
Operated only a few years
1900's:::
and
he named Fort Erie Dl1.iry.
name 'Went with the business.
In the early 1900's Mr. E.L. Lichtenberger,
who had his farm
on the west side of Sunset Rd.just north of the Bowen,
began
in the Dairy business. He started supplying milk to the workers
it �1s closing· lT10ved -,fo Jarvis St.
at the Shipyards �>ta:hd\.1a£ter
to supply the neads of the people in Bridgeburg Amigari and
Fort Erie. In 1936 they built a two story brick building on
the S.S. side of Jarvis,
just west of the Post Office: no. 67.
At this move the business name changed to the North End Dairy.
He continued at this location till 1945 when he sold to
Mr. I.W.Ohm of Thorold. In�1952 the business was sold to two
partners: Gordon Gray & Karl Parr. Eventually Mr. Parr became the
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sole owner.Early in 1963 plans got underway for a new Bank of
Montreal on this site and the business was again sold ,
this
time to Silverwoods of St. Catherines, marking the end of the
North End Dairy.
1900's. George Miller
who
,
h�d the
south ea t corner
farm on the
of Ridgemount Road and the Bowen,
into
went
iness with his b r ot her Henry under the name
Dairy .
Their
They split
milk was
customers,
the
nor t h end
delivered by
pail;
of
Hillcrest
i n t o t o' sec t i ons
and whenever out serving
th ey always wore spotlessly white uniforms.
Fred Miller who had the
j ust
district
the Dairy busÂ
back from
farm to the west on Split
the Bowen,
operated at
the name of Maple Grove Dairy.
In
the
the same· time,
19401
out
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closed, in
to the Ridgs
favour of Maple.Grove.
Dairy. I'
9 �j
rct.
under
{f
new regulations
governing the Dairy b usi ne s s came into effect,
Dairy
Rock
It
and Hillcre st
finally sold
l
tJ:J�£-
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THE DAIRY BUSINESS IN THE FORT ERIE AREA
1902.'
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Cr esc e nt Dairy,
opened with�William Kraft as
did a good business along the Lake Shore,
the American summer
of Kraft Rd.,
In
1919
visitors. His
j ust south of the
1919 the E ver e t t
twins,
#
page
2.
He
proprietor.
where he supplied
on the
farm was
west side
DOminion.
Rowland and Bur we ll ;
established
themselves in Bridgeburg and Fort Erie under the name Evere�t
Bros.The
Rd.,
family
farm was on the west side
opposite the C hrist Disciple
Church.
of Windmill
Point
THey started
out
with a sa les office in the Pool Hall building in the south
end,
Niagara St.They a ls o used
t ha t
stood at the fo ot of Bertie st. In 1926 they
the Red
new Dairy Store in the Allen Block
where they sold milk,
1921.
opened the i r
other Dairy
of Jarvis
p oducts�
business from his
farm
on the north side of Garrison Road, known as Maplewood, formerly
the home of Ernest A. Cruikshank. The milk bottles were marked
1''rancis Alexander and sons, however the letter-head, the wagons
and
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Ferguson
on t he north side
ice cream and
Francis Alexander went into the Dairy
Barn of J.F.
the vans carried the name of the farm MAPLEWOOD.
In 1926 Mr. Alexander sold out to Otto Mehlenbacher and Orvil
Zavitz�
and their business became part of the
newly formed:
FORT ERIE DAIRY.
1921.
William Doan was the founder of the RIDGE DAIRY in, Crystal Beach.
He started his business from the family farm on the west side of
Ridge Road,
that had belonged to his
business from a
small
in front of the barn.
directly
cement building
father.
He operated his
that stood close
to
the
Dairy
road
The business moved to new quarters, almost
across Ridge Road. Once more it moved
this time to the
north east corner
of Rebstock and Derbie
roads,
where they built
a large brick building, and a dairy bar on the corner where they
s old milk, ice cream and other Dairy products. Bill Doan sold out
to Mr.
Willson, and for a time the business was owned by Horace
Clough of Crescent Park. It was finally taken over by .Archie
J<alloy
who became owner and manager. In 1972 the business was absorbed by
.Avondale of ST.
Catharines;
and
they
moved their operations from
Fort Erie to this site. After a few short years
back to their head plant in St. Catharines.
1922.
1923.
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Avondale
moved
At this time Jonas Sherk sold his farm in Fort Erie and his
business was c o n ti n u e d to be operated by the new owner
Mr.
Dairy
Hunt.
Wh i t ic ke r Clough bought the farm of M e lford Hershey, on the east
side of Rose Hill Road, and started his Dairy business, which was
called the "ROSE HILL DAIRY". He cont rtl ed in operation till 1926
when he sold to Otto Mehlenbacher and Orvil Zavitz. It then became
part of the newly formed "FORT ERIE DAIRY".
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�'11TIE DAIRY BUSTNESS IN THE
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1926.
FORT ERIE AREA: : : :
In 1926 the Everett Bros.
page
Dairy moved
a part of the Allan Block,
# 3.
to Bridgeburg and
which stood on the north side
of
Jarvis in the middle of the business district.
1926.
Orvil Zavitz and Otto Hehlenbacher purchased the Business of
Mr.
F.
Alexander of
Clough,
Rose Hill Dair.y;
"FORT ERIE DAIRY".
formed
operator.
a n d also that of Mr.
Garrison Road,
and combined the two into the newly
VJ.r.
Mehlenbacher became owner and
their customers till June
They continued to supply
when they merged with Avondale of St.
1970,
Mehlenbacher retired in 1962,
and Mr.
manager.,Avond�le continued to use
Fort Erie Dairy,
they
moved
however after
the merger ·with
ch a n ge s
Catharines.
E Holmes became
Mr.
the
the buildings of the
purchasing the Ridge Dairy,
their operations to Crystal Beach.
the old employees of the
W.
A number of
Fort Erie Daity were kept
Avondale but. they
had
on
after
to adjust to many
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NORTH END DAIRY:::
1936.
The Lichte:.10erger family built
the south
the red brick building on
side of Ja r vi s and it opened the North End. Dairy,
continuing in business till 19L�5.,
when
they sold to·I.W.
Ohm of Thorold.
1949 :
1952.
Opening of the Dairy Bar at the North End Dairy.
Gordon
Gray
and
�arl Parr
of Milton Ont.,
ovmers of the 11NORTH END DAIRY"
became
the new
at 67 Jarvis St.
In1963 plans got underway for the new bank of Montreal. The business
was sold to Silweroods of St. Catherines ,
the building_ was demolished
and thus ended the North End Dairy.
RESEARCH BY IDUIS .MC. DERMOTT.
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�1970.
In June of 1970
_page # 4.
great change in the Dairy Industry
a
took place not only in
We
began to
see
Itlrt Erie but all of Ontario.
the end of the independent Dairy farmer,
and in their place
we
had the big Dairy concerns.
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dairy after another sold out,
ERIE DAIRY
1971.
and
we
saw
which sold out to Avendale
�n
One
the ned of the
FORT
May 25th., 1970
The first JUG store opened in the north end at the er. of
Dufferin and Central Ave. It
aslo
was
new
a
venture in
Milk
merchandising. It was called the Corner Store, .and although
milk and dairy products were the big seller, you could also
purchase general
merchandise
package d meats etc . They
,
were
such
as
cigarette, papers,
operated under
a
franchise system.
TBE RIDGE DAIRY sold to Avenadale of st. Catharines. Avendale
then moved the operations from their place in Fort Erie
to the plant in Ridgeway. They left this location after only
a
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,
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1?7,5.
few ye§J's, and all operations ea.nte out of st. Catharines •
BECKERS opened their Jug milk st or�
on
Bertie St.
that had formerly been Thompson's Store.
Beckers opened their second stoe
Crescent road and
the Garrison.
RESEARCHED
on
,
in the building
the south west
3 1253.
BY LOUIS MC.
DEF.MOTT
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