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Bill Streeter, Co-op Member-Owner #1
Bill Streeter passed away this past Saturday.
Bill and his wife, Elaine, ran the Cummington General Store from 1954 to 1962 in the very building that is now the Old Creamery Cooperative. T
his building began as a cooperative in 1886, when the Cummington Cooperative Creamery was co-founded by
Bill's great-great-grandfather Henry, his great-uncle Charles Cotton Streeter, and many other local dairy farmers. At its peak, that co-op included 145 dairies in our Hilltowns and
cooperatively produced 20,000 pounds of butter each month. This butter was distributed widely by horse-drawn carriage,
reaching as far as Boston and New York City.
very proud to have
Bill Streeter as member-owner #1.
You can hear Bill talk about his life and the history of the Creamery
conducted by Bill Latimer and filmed by Rose Wessel.
The portrait above by Jeanne Johns, artist (and Hilltowner whenever she is able), is the cover for the book My Good Friend Bill: The Life of a Restless Yankee written by Bill's friend Paul Schratter.
The Creamery has a single copy left in the store as of this newsletter, but more are on the way. If you would like us to hold a copy for you,
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Are You Ready for Football?
10% off
all the ingredients needed for Supernachos!
And 10% off all chips, salsa, and snacks in the chip aisle
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We Need the State to Deliver on Broadband Internet!
Your action required below
Susan Crawford
recently published this article
analyzing what the Massachusetts Broadband Institute
is (not) doing to deliver quality high-speed
internet to the towns of Western Massachusetts.
"This is the story of a dramatic failure of imagination and vision at the state level: Governor Charlie Baker's apparent insistence that Massachusetts relegate small towns to second-rate, high-priced, monopoly-controlled (and unregulated) communications capacity. It's a slow-rolling tragedy that will blight Western Mass. for generations. The likely outcome: Only those plucky, scrappy towns that elect to build on their own will escape the grip of unconstrained pricing for awful service."
Crawford says the agency is on the cusp of the
next round of funding decisions.
Flood Governor Baker with your messages "Western Mass needs real high speed internet service, let the towns do it!"
And let your Massachusetts State House legislator know how you feel.
Locate your local legislator's contact information
here.
ADDITIONAL ACTION: Forward this message to your friends and ask them to message Governor Baker.
Use the
Forward Email link at the very bottom
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Hold the Dates: Member-Owner Appreciation Days Feb. 17, 18
This first quarter's Member-Owner Appreciation Days are:
Friday, Feb. 17, and Saturday, Feb. 18
(You choose which day works best for you.)
Give us your member-owner number (or name) and enjoy 10% off* all day.
And enjoy samples from local suppliers, wine tastings with discounts, Creamery-made goodies, and lots more.
*As on other appreciation days, there are a few exceptions:
Tobacco, alcohol, newspapers, and items from the Little Gallery cannot be included in member-owner discounts.
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What I Love about the Creamery
From time to time we post testimonials received from customers of the Old Creamery. If you have something you'd like to share, send us an email, or share a testimonial on Facebook.
"Amazing place ... Great place to grab
lunch and fresh, organic, wonderful food!"
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Stay in touch and continue to tell us what you think.
For questions abo
ut
co-op membership, product requests, suggestions, or
other feedback,
please send a note to
info@oldcreamery.coop.
If you'd like to contact the
general manager,
send an email to GM@oldcreamery.coop.
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Thank you for supporting the Old Creamery Co-op
as a member-owner, as a shopper, as a friend. We value every contribution to the
success of the Old Creamery Co-op.
Your continued patronage supports the ongoing success of our community-owned,
values-based cooperative.
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Please pass this message on to your friends
(Forward Email link below)
encourage them to
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