The last sugar from the 1942 campaign at the Waverly Sugar Co. plant was 'put on the pile' ended the first local season for 21 years. Workers stacking bagged sugar in Waverly plant-interior. L-R: Chuck Meyer, warehouse foreman at left, Ralph Speer, left, and Arthur Bartels, right, passing bag to John Severine on pile. Waverly Democrat; 27 November 1942 p1
Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 89C0216
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The last sugar from the 1942 campaign at the Waverly Sugar Co. plant was 'put on the pile' ended the first local season for 21 years. Workers stacking bagged sugar in Waverly plant-interior. L-R: Chuck Meyer, warehouse foreman at left, Ralph Speer, left, and Arthur Bartels, right, passing bag to John Severine on pile. Waverly Democrat; 27 November 1942 p1 Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 89C0216