Bluefield
Bluestone Valley Dairy
Information needed.
Bowling’s Sunshine Dairy
1933(?)—1937(?)
The first mention of this dairy I can locate is their appearance in a list of graded dairies in 1933 (“Notice”, 1933). Evidently, the Bowling’s Sunshine Dairy was operated by two women named Mary G. Bowling and Mary A. Bowling (“Suits Filed”, 1934). Bowling’s Sunshine Dairy later appears again with a help-wanted advertisement seeking a man to assist in their dairy (“Male Help Wanted”, 1937).
Mrs. C.W. Calfee
1918—19??
Clover Dew Dairy
1918—1977
According to a trade mark filed for a bottle design, Clover Dew Dairy is the trading name of Clarence Calfee, of which other earlier bottles exist (“Legal Notices”, 1933). See below for the design trade marked by Clover Dew Dairy/Calfee. Clover Dew Dairy declared bankruptcy in 1977 and had its assets all auctioned off (“Legal Notice”, 1977).
Kirkland Farm
~1921—1948
The owner of Kirkland Farms dairy, J.L. Kirk, announced on April 8th, 1932 that he trademarked the bottle pictured below with its exact embossing, with this trademark expiring in 1935 (“Notice of J.L. Kirk”, 1932). However, a retrospective article briefly mentions that ten years ago from 1934, Kirkland Farms took over Sanders Dairy, so the dairy probably began within a few years of 1924 (“Ten Years Ago”, 1934), with another brief article from 1921 mentioning the sister of J.L. Kirk and her husband moving to Bluefield from Asberrys, Virginia to join Kirkland Farms (“Personals”, 1921). Kirkland Farms presumably closed its doors in 1948, as that year they placed an advertisement selling their entire herd of cows (“Livestock For Sale”, 1948).
Southern Maid, Inc.
Coming soon.
Montcalm
John Wall
Information needed.
John Wall is mentioned in 1946 as being in Montcalm as a Mercer County dairy producer among a list of others (“Milk Producers”, 1946). While 1946 would be somewhat late to be using milk bottles like that shown below, there is perhaps a pyroglazed variant of this dairy.
Princeton
Leatherwood Dairy Products
19??—19??
L.C. Weikle’s Dairy
Information needed.
References
Legal notice. (1977, May 27). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 35.
Legal notices. (1933, June 9). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 10.
Livestock for sale. (1948, February 22). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 21.
Male help wanted. (1937, February 7). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 22.
Milk producers. (1946, March 24). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 14.
Notice. (1933, February 5). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 2.
Notice of J.L. Kirk, proprietor of Kirkland Farm of adoption of trade mark as bottler. (1932, May 4). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 8.
Notice to milk customers. (1918, September 22). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 2.
Personals. (1921, September 11). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 2.
Suits filed. (1934, February 16). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 5.
Ten years ago today. (1934, October 2). Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 6.