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Sent by Mildred Wynes.
The Way it Was Hiattsville Cheese Factory
Creative marketing enabling producers to recieve a larger share of the
consumers's dollar is one of the big problems facing today's farmers. Sixty
years ago men in the Hiattsville vicinity sought a solution to increase milk
prices by starting their own cheese facotry. Information about this venture
was recieved from Doyle McDanel, who, as a young man, was dired to run the
factory---and from Carl Hiatt, whose Father, Gus Hiatt was the last
secretary-tresurer of the company.
Johnnie Hiatt was a cheese-maker near Hiattsville, producing cheese on his
farm. This probably sparked the idea of a factory. In 1923 thirty-six people,
mostly farmers, but including some Moravia businessmn, purchased shares at $25
each, the money to be used to build and equip the plant. Purchaser of the most
shares was E.R. Scott, who took five. Most people took one share. J.T. Hiatt
was given three shares for the use of the building lot. Total receipts from
the sale of shares was $1325 and the cost of the building was 1307.90. First
officers were J.S. Coffin, president, Roy Scott, B.L. Meadows and J.M. tucker
directors, and W.A. Rose, secretary-tresurer.
Farmers brought the milk in, as much as four or five hundred pounds a day.
it was put in a vat and a steam boiler heated it to the proper temperature.
Rennet was added to set the milk, which was then slied with a big knife. It
was then let stand till it agin reached the prescribed temperature, after which
the whey was drained off. The curds were then poured into forms, either
longhorns or flats, and a jack-press was used to remove the remaining whey.
Longhorns weighed eight pounds, and flats about 25 pounds. Finally the cheese
was taken to the crying room for curing.
The secretary's book shows that sales of cheese amounted to from $350 to
#500 per month during 1924. During the month of September, 1923, the factory
paid #1.63 per hundred for milk. McDanel was piad $101.80 for a month's work,
and Bob Stoops was piad $10. Lute Hiatt, Roy Scott, Pearl Hiatt, U.S. Hiatt,
M.E. McDanel and W.H. Callen purchased the whey by products, used for hog feed,
for from 78 cents to $1.35. In May, 1923 shareholders received dividends of
6%.
However there were problems in making the cheese. McDanel had to watch the
curds carefully to keep the "Skippers" out. Sometimes the floating curds, for
some unknown reason, refused to settle. But the most serious problems was that
, before electricity, the temperature of the drying room couldn't be
controlled. If it became too hot the cheese was of inferior quality. With
today's technology, all of these difficulities could be solved. However they
proved too much for the Hiattsville Cheese Factory, and it was deemed not to be
paying proposition. In 1927 shareholders were paid off at $6.27 a share, thus
ending an innovation experiment.
While recalling his work at the cheese factory, Doyle McDanel added some
interesting side-lights on Hiattsville. He says that the village recieved its
name because it was said that you could go in any direction and not see anybody
but Hiatts. Tommy Manson had a store there. Afterwards it was owned by Jesse
Coffin, who added improvements. A stockyards was a necessity, for farmers who
shipoped their livestock to market by train. They drove their animals, even
hogs, to the stockyards.
We are grateful to those who share with us and our readers their memories
of by-gone-years.
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Carl is unmarried (1960) and lives in the parental home which he owns.
He is a floor finisher.
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Obituary said that her son Carl was living, "in this city", at the time of his mothers death in 1960.
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These records provided by Mayme and Annis Bales of Linneus, MO. Note further states that these records sent them by Betty HAITT Edwards, RR 1, Selma, Indiana, July 1, 1965.
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Sent by Sherry Mitchell. Carl was living in Independence, Kansas in 1960.
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Sent by Greg Hiatt and Deanne Younger
Entered Navy, July 21, 1943. Reported to Naval Training Station July seven,
Farragut, Idaho. Graduated from "boot" Sept 22. Entered Navy Hospital Corps
school at Farragut, Idaho, Oct 25, and Graudated Dec 1.
Transferred to U.S. Naval Hosptial at Shormaker, Calif Dec 3, 1943.
Attached to U.S. Marine Corps Jan 28, and sent to Camp Eliott, Calif.
Attended Field Medical school for nine weeks. Then transferred to Co. F, 2nd
Battalion, 28th Reg. 5th marine Division, on April 1, 1944 at Camp Pendleton 90
miles south of Los Angeles. Shipped over on Sept 22, 1944 from San Diego.
Arrived at the city port of Hilo on the island Hawaii in the Hawaian Islands
Sept 25.
Boarded ship (APA-211) Jan 7, 1945 for two weeks landing in Hawaian Islands.
Left Honalulu, Jan 28, was told "Imro Jama" our finial distination.
Refueled at Marshall Island Arrived at Saipan Feb 11, transferred to Ship
(LSL-634) Refueled and made practive landing in island of Tinian.
Formed convoy and headed for "Imro Jama" at dawn of Feb 19. Got into
landing craft at 8 o'clock. Our wave number 8, headed for beach at 9 o'clock,
hit beach at 9:30 30 minutes after first troop hit beach.
28th Marine Regiment Captured Mount Suriba Yaura after five days of action on
Feb 23, Casualities from regiment 1000 men while taking Suriba.
I stood guard night of 28 Feb 1945. We moved up to northend of "Imro" after
taking Suribachi. I was wounded by Jap machine gunner, when going after three
wounded men at about 11 o'clock A.M. March 1.
Evacuated to navy hospital ship (USS Salace) same day. Ship was filled wtih
causalities. March 2, we left for Gaum and arrived March 5th. War taken to
Army General Hospital (no 208) Evacuated by hospital plane March 21, Stopped
for fuel at Marshall Island and at Jonston Island. Arrived at Hickam Field at
Pearl Harbor, March 13, Taken to Naval Hospital at Ariel Heights above Pearl
Harbor Evacuated by Ship (USS Metsonia) to States.
March 26, Arrived at San Francisco, April 1. Taken to reviewing hospital at
San Francisco and transferred to Oakland Naval hosital (Oak Knoll) two days
later.
April 25 Transferred to Naval hospital at Glenwood Springs Colo, May 25, for
convalucent treatment Discharged from U.S. Navy Nov 9, 1945.