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box, common in many homes at the time. Many customers had recurring orders; otherwise, it would mean two trips to the door. Payment was commonly ‘on account’, cash, or by tickets issued by
Silverwoods. His compensation was minimal: often just a bottle of chocolate milk and the beloved opportunity to care for the horse - feeding, watering and grooming.
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President and Managing Director of Silverwood Industries Limited of London, Ontario. The company was a dealer in cold storage products and a manufacturer of ice cream and butter; it began operations in London and provided services across
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Ontario and acquired a number of smaller dairies. By 1984, Silverwood was taken over by the
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and the name was carried on as a milk brand. While the dairy disappeared, the
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in 1907. He became a successful cattle rancher and operated a bottling plant north of the city. The present-day neighbourhood of
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I know that name!: the people behind Canada's best-known brand names
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299:HISTORY of VICTORIA COUNTY - PART 25
369:Dairy products companies of Canada
364:Companies based in London, Ontario
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31:History
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