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August 11, 1939
It was mid
August in 1939 and the Board of Directors of NOCA had just about finished a successful
meeting on the prices of butter and advertising. Then the call came in, the one that
informed the members about the fire in the Enderby Creamery.
The fire luckily only claimed the attic or top half of the house. None of the Skelly family that were living in the house at the time of the fire were hurt. The fire was apparently cause by "spontaneous combustion" in the attic; summer heat could have started the fire.
When the members of the directory and management found out they where " hardened through adversity," and responded vigorously. David Howrie, contractor, was quickly given the go-ahead to rebuild the Creamery, which got underway in September.
Naomi LaBelle
ALF School 1989