Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Southpoint Sun - 3
Former area resident looking for help with local dairy research By Mark Ribble LEAMINGTON — A former Leamington resident is researching Ontario’s dairies for a book he’s collaborating on and he’d like your help. Stephen Wuerch, who spent much of his childhood in the Leamington area, now lives in northeastern Ontario and he has a list of local dairies in this area that he’d love to have more information on. “Over the last 20 years, I’ve written several articles on local Windsor-Essex County dairies for different magazines, bottle clubs, papers and historical web sites,” says Wuerch. “Over the years, I’ve had a difficult time finding information on some of the smaller and older dairies
in Leamington and multiple dairies in Kingsville and Wheatley — no matter how hard I try to get leads.” Wuerch’s goal is to finish off the history of all the dairies in the county over the next couple of years, while family members and former employees may still be alive. If you’ve got a story to tell about the local dairy scene, he’d like to hear from you. He can be reached at 705-544-0360 or through email at sewuerch@hotmail. com. You can also text that phone number. If you have photos, bottles or caps, he’d also love to see them. Here is a list of dairies he has discov-
Three of Stephen Wuerch’s local dairy bottles, from left, Kennedy’s Dairy, Leamington Dairy and Jersey Dairy.
ered in his research so far. LEAMINGTON: Jersey Dairy 1930 and 1946. (owner Miles Truax) Phillips Jersey Dairy 1930 Kennedy Dairy 1934 – 1943 (Owner Elton C. Kennedy) Leamington Sanitary Dairy (1945 - bought out by Silverwoods) Dawson Dairy (H.G. Dawson) 1920-1923 Decew Dairy (James Decew) 1904. Essery & Liddle Dairy 1925 - 1929 Liddle Dairy (H.A Liddle) 1926 Nicholson Dairy (Charles H. Nicholson) 1919 Oldham Dairy (Leonard Oldham) 1924 Wigle & Bullen Dairy 1915-1923 Wuerch’s milk bottles from Kingsville Dairy and RobKINGSVILLE: Kingsville Dairy (Allen inson’s Dairy. & Wigle) 1934-1950 Poulter Dairy 1933-46 Robinson Dairy Downham (W.S. Downham) 1907Sherman’s Dairy 1909 Glenvale Dairy & Creamery (1925Brown & Crewe 1919-1925 1946) Wuerch was featured in a 1994 story Golden Dairy (A.J. Golden) 1919-1923 in the Leamington Post about his local Curtis Brothers Dairy (1925-1946) dairy collection and research. He’s hoping to ‘cap’ off his vast array of knowlWHEATLEY: edge with a little bit of help from area Wheatley Dairy & Creamery 1943-? residents who may have something to Stevens Dairy 1911-1917 share.
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