one of the main features of the program of 

 the annual meeting was the mortgage burn- 

 ing ceremony. O. M. Richardson, manager 

 of the American Dairy Association, gave 

 the principal address. The creamery had a 

 very successful year which closed Sept. 30, 

 1944 and a substantial sum of the earnings 

 for the year was paid out in the form of 

 patronage dividends. 



In his annual report to shareholders and 

 members of Producers' Creamery of Carlin- 

 ville. Manager F. A. Gourley showed gains 

 made during 1944 over a year earlier, as 

 follows: Butter made, 550,000 lbs., gain 

 20%; milk powder, 1,220,000 lbs., gain 

 50% ; buttertat purchased, 950,000 lbs., gain 

 50%; total sales, $783,000, gain 50%; net 

 earnings, $23,000, gain 40%. There was an 

 increase of 300 milk patrons during the 

 year. Because of the increased business, 

 present building and facilities of the Carlin- 

 ville Creamery will not handle the volume. 

 Additional property has been purchased 

 back of the creamery to provide space for a 

 second boiler and the creamery proper is to 

 be made 20 feet wider which will provide 

 2,800 additional square feet of space. This 

 new addition is to be built immediately. 

 The board of directors has authorized the 

 purchase of a water cooling tower; one 

 3,000 gallon milk storage tank; another 150 

 horse power boiler and one automatic milk 

 receiving scale. 



Recently, D. L. Garber, member of the 

 Mt. Carroll creamery board and representa- 

 tive on the IPC board, reported that con- 

 struction on the new Mt. Carroll Creamery 

 buildings had been temporarily held up 

 because steel beams for supporting the roof 

 had not been shipped. Otherwise, con- 

 struction had gone forward on a satisfac- 

 tory basis. Manager Ray Sailor reported 

 that new equipment is arriving so there 

 will be no delay in installing the equipment 

 when the building is completed. Volunie of 

 milk and cream received through the winter 

 months is steadily increasing and is now 

 20% above a year ago. 



Recently, the board of directors of Prairie 

 Farms Creamery of Henry, let the contract 

 for the construction of a new $60,000 

 creamery building at Henry. The successful 

 bidder was the Ole Jorgensen and Sons, 

 contractors of Clinton, la. Construction is 

 to start immediately. The board of directors 

 and officials of this new creamery district 

 are as follows: Marshall-Putnam, Herb 

 Schumacher, president, Toluca; Stark coun- 

 ty, Joel Wilson, secretary-treasurer, Toulon ; 

 Peoria county, Joseph Rahn, Edwards; Bu- 

 reau county, Carl Neureuther, Spring Val- 

 ley; Woodford county, Peter R. Schertz, 

 Roanoke. 



The board of directors eieaed at the 



annual meeting of IPC met recently and 

 elected officers for the current year. The 

 full board and officers are as follows: 

 Harold Enns, Minier, president; Harry 

 Gehring, Altona, vfte- president; W. A. Bis- 

 mark, Geneseo, secretary ; Robert Cowles, 

 Chicago, treasurer: E. A. Fosce, Marion; 

 Thad Loveless, Gillespie; A. Bower, Bush- 

 ton : H. B. Smith, Randolph ; John Sterchi, 

 OIney ; Harry Leeper, Farmington : Chester 

 McCord, Newton; D. L. Garber, Mt. Car- 

 roll. , 



Roy Holvsrson 



Newaik FanDen' Giain 



Company Managei Dies 



The death Jan. 1 1 of Roy Holverson, 

 manager of the Newark Farmers' Grain 

 Company, Kendall 

 county, for the last 

 19 years, marked 

 the end of a long 

 career in the field 

 of CO operative 

 grain marketing 

 and community 

 service. Although 

 Mr. Holverson had 

 been gradually fail- 

 ing in health for 

 the past year, his 

 death was a shock 

 to the community and his many 

 friends. Funeral services were held Jan. 

 14 at the Newark Lutheran Church, 

 and burial was made in Norway cem- 

 etery. 



Mr. Holverson was closely identified 

 with activities of his community 

 through his long association with the 

 Newark elevator, believed to be the 

 only elevator in the country that owns 

 and operates its own railroad and loco- 

 motive over a short two-mile line be- 

 tween Newark and Millington. 



Mr. Holverson was born at Lee, Lee 

 county, Oct. 31, 1884, son of John and 

 Elizabeth Williams Holverson. He 

 started farming for himself near Sen- 

 eca, LaSalle county, and at the time of 

 his death still owned the farm he pur- 

 chased there. About 25 years ago he 

 helped to organize the Seneca Shippers' 

 Association, and he managed it for 

 seven years. In 1926, the Newark 

 Farmers' Grain Company needed a new 

 manager and the board prevailed upon 

 Mr. Holverson to give up farming and 

 take the job of reorganizing their busi- 

 ness. The success of the elevator tells 

 the story of his management. 



In 1912 Mr. Holverson married Ellen 

 Hall of Chicago. There are two children 

 living, Russell and Bernice Hanson, and 

 four grandchildren. 



Mrs. Coolidge and her two daughters 

 plan to remain in Jacksonville until the 

 end of the school term. 



Make labor-saving hay devices work for 



you — not you for them. A little thought 

 and system reduces the number of "grunts" 

 per ton. 



Name Coolidge Adviser 



For Livingston Connty 



W. F. Coolidge, farm adviser in 

 Morgan county since 1935, has been 

 hired to succeed R. C. Smith as farm 

 adviser in Livingston county. Smith's 

 resignation as farm adviser is effective 

 March 1. He is taking a job with the 

 Ferguson company in Michigan. 



Coolidge was born and reared on a 

 farm northwest of Bloomington and 

 has been in farm adviser work for the 

 last 17 years and prior to that period 

 was engaged in farming for eight years. 

 He is a veteran of World War I, hav- 

 ing served in the Navy. 



•y G. H. IftiMT ,. 



T. D. Karnes, manager of the Fanners Ele- 

 vator at Fairbury, died Jan. 21. He had 

 recently suffered a heart attack and had been 

 unable to return to his office. He was 

 rounding out 34 years of service with the 

 Fairbury cooperative. He is an old per- 

 sonal friend of Frank Haines, manager of 

 the Illinois Grain Corporation. Notice of 

 his death was received just as the lAA 

 Record was going to press and details on 

 funeral arrangements for Mr. Karnes were 

 not available. 



Donald Rowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. 



C. Rowe, Paxton, has accepted the manager- 

 ship of the Elliott Farmers Elevator in 

 Ford county. Mr. Rowe is a graduate of 

 the College of Agriculture, University of 

 Illinois, and until recently was employed 

 by the division of seed inspection of the 

 Illinois department of agriculture, Spring- 

 field. 



The director attended annual meetings of 

 farmer elevators at Jerseyville, Perducville 

 and Kewanee during the month. Highly 

 satisfactory financial reports were returned 

 by Managers Friesmayer, Weter and Drew. 

 Patronage refunds were declared by Jersey 

 County Grain and by the Kewanee Farmers. 

 Perdueville stockholders considered re-or- 

 ganization plans which will enable them to 

 pay patronage refunds. 



Latest new member of Illioois Grain Cor- 

 poration is the Penfield Grain and Coal 

 Company at Penfield, Champaign county. 

 Lee Wilson is manager. 



The Grundy County Farm Bureau has 

 purchased the Coal City Grain Company 

 from the former owner, J. W. Bovkwalter. 

 A Farm Bureau grain and milling company 

 is being organized. 



G. H. Iftner, lAA director of grain mar- 

 keting, attended the annual meetings of the 

 Farmers' Grain Dealers Association 

 at Des Moines. Iowa, and of the Farmers' 

 Union Grain Terminal Association at St. 

 Paul, Minn. A net profit of around $400,- 

 000 was reported by the Iowa Cooperative 

 on the handling of 28,000,000 bushels of 

 grain. A net profit of more than two and 

 a half million dollars was reported by 

 F.U.G.T.A. The Northwest Cooperative 

 handled 129,000.000 bushels of grain last 

 yf^ir. , . ■ , - : , ^ 



J. O. Cain, Manager of the Jacksonville 



office of Illinois Grain Corporation ad- 

 dressed the annual meeting of the Bunker 

 Hill Farmers Elevator Company on Fan. 20. 



FEBRUARY. 1945 



