Well, we had two days worth of posts devoted to cereal. How about a little milk to go with them?
Above is an ad for Clovervale Dairy Stores that I found in the pages of an old Vermilion Photojournal from Sept. 19, 1962.
What was interesting (to me, at least) was the fact that the dairy had its own convenience stores, much like Lawsons. The stores were located in Avon Lake (140 Lear Road); Sheffield Lake (5384 E. Lake Road); North Ridgeville (Root Road and U. S. Route 20); and Vermilion (in the South Shore Shopping Center).
Clovervale Creamery had its roots in the old East Side Dairy on Connecticut Avenue in Lorain, going back to at least the early 1930s. It became Cawrse’s East Side Dairy in the early 1950s before establishing the Clovervale brand in the 1960s.
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| Early 1960s Lorain Phone Book ad |
By the 1970s, the company had become Clovervale Foods. It was still on Connecticut Avenue up until the early 2000s, when it moved to Cooper Foster Park Road in Amherst. Today the facility is part of Tyson Foods.
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And what about the old Clovervale Dairy Store buildings?
Here’s the one on Lake Road in Sheffield Lake.
4 comments:
I've been trying for the longest time to remember the name Cloverdale Dairy; we got milk from them in the early Seventies until switching back to the old standby, Lorain Creamery. Clearview High (GO CLIPPERS!) got their milk from there; great chocolate milk.
I worked there briefly in the late 80's. I made a pot of macaroni and cheese that was as big as the Lakeview Park Easter Basket. I still dream about eating it all.
Clovervale's roots go back to 1946 when two brothers, Walter and Marvin and Walters son Richard Cawrse Sr. bought an existing dairy known as East Side Dairy. Various names have been given to the fledgling dairy over the years. Cawrse Dairy, East Side Dairy, Cloverdale Creamery, which I always liked, but because of another firm with a similar name we had to alter the name to Clovervale Creamery. Clovervale Foods replaced Creamery once we stopped bottling milk. Since that point we started producing meals for schools all across the country. Clovervale sold in 2006 to Pierre, (not Pierre Ice cream) who discontinued the name Clovervale.
And THAT'S the Clovervale story!
How do I know all this??? I'm Richard's son Richard Cawrse Jr.
Hi Richard! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. It doesn't get any better than that when you can have a family member of a well-remembered business provide a detailed history. That's interesting about the name change from Cloverdale to Clovervale. Thanks again!
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