SANITARY DAIRY
1969-2008 Tara Michele Morehead
Submitted by Linda Holt Morehead, Class of 1961
Compliments of Linda Culbertson Pound
The Sanitary Dairy pictures are likely mid-fifties, judging by the hairstyles of the women. Marcus Wren and Jerry Dunn identified the men for me, but didn't label the women. I don't know if they missed the picture or didn't know the names. I've included it anyway.
The large group of men is, left to right, V. E. Penny, Leroy Miller, J. W. Wall, Duane Carley, Marcus Wren, Lionel McCullough, Charles Miller, Jim Lee Stanfield, Danny Smith, Bobby Barton, Jerry Bennet, (sp?) Billy Caskey, Jerry Dunn, George Walter Murphy, Jack Boyce.
Compliments of Linda Culbertson Pound
Left to right: Unknown, Monroe Willis, Charlie Lee Cooper, "Meat" Harris, Robert Benton, Ardaniel Henderson, Booker T. Scroggins, L. T. Allen, John Henry Willis "Pop.
Compliments of Linda Culbertson Pound
As I said, I don't have the names of the women.
Linda Culbertson Pound
LeVerne Langheld Kidd writes:
You are correct. This picture was taken during the Webster Parish' Centennial. We didn't have "helment hair-dooes in the 50's, this much I know!
My father, Sam Culbertson, was one of the five organizers, stockholders and officers. He didn't really work there after the business got off the ground. We moved back to Texas in 1947. He really hated to sell out to Beatrice Foods when the offer was made and regretted it for the rest of his life, because Sanitary Dairy was those five men's "baby", and he was proud of it.
Linda Culbertson Pound
The good news is that we have a name of another Sanitary Dairy employee to add to our History. Does anyone have a photo of Mrs. Puckett for our Sanitary Dairy History?
R. D. "Don" Hinton|
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D. "Don"
Hinton
MINDEN, LA - After a long, full life of service and achievement, R.D. "Don"
Hinton, an exemplary member of "The Greatest Generation," died on April 14,
2011, at the age of ninety-eight years. A memorial service honoring his life
will be held at First United Methodist Church of Minden at 11:00 AM on Monday,
April 18, followed by visitation with the family in the Wesley Room of the
church. There will be a private burial service for the family at Gardens of
Memory in Minden.
Don Hinton was born on August 13, 1912 at Clay, LA, the second surviving child
of Frank A. Hinton and Leila Berry Hinton. He graduated from Louisiana Tech in
1934 with a degree in Agronomy, and after a brief period of teaching in public
schools, he joined the fledgling Soil Conservation Service in December 1935. He
worked for the SCS for thirteen years, serving in Minden, Plain Dealing, and
Ringgold. During this period he married Lucy Jeannette Rathbun of Minden on
August 30, 1940, and this union endured for fifty-five years until her death in
June 1996. In February 1942 he leased Ferndale Farm in Minden from Mr. C. M.
Hutton and began pursuing his chosen career as a dairy farmer. After purchasing
Ferndale Farm in January 1952, he spent the remainder of his working life
operating the farm, first as a dairy farm with registered Jersey cattle until
1986, than as a beef farm with registered Black Angus cattle for another fifteen
years. In addition to being a producer of milk, he became a milk processor when
he joined with four other men to establish Sanitary Dairy Products in Minden in
1947. He served for many years as President of Sanitary Dairy until it merged
with Beatrice Foods in 1979.
While pursing his life's work in the dairy industry, he also served on the Board
of Directors of People's Bank & Trust Co. of Minden as well as the Board of
Directors of the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans. After leaving the Soil
Conservation Service in 1948, he served for more than sixty years as Chairman of
the Board of Supervisors of the Dorcheat Soil & Water Conservation District. He
was a member of the Minden Chamber of Commerce and the Minden Lions Club for
more than sixty years. During his long residence in Minden, he served the First
United Methodist Church in virtually every possible capacity. And finally, he
was a strong supporter of his alma mater, Louisiana Tech, and in 2000 he was
honored as Tech's Alumnus of the Year. Over the course of his long life, he
received many awards and honors for his achievements and service.
Don Hinton was a man of courage, vision, perseverance, boundless optimism, and
strong convictions, which he would defend endlessly. Throughout his life he
professed and practiced the highest moral and ethical standards, and he
emphasized to his sons that living according to one's principles was much more
desirable than wealth, status, or power. As a child of the Depression, he lived
a frugal and simple life devoid of all luxury or indulgence. A gregarious and
out-going person, he treated all people as equals, and he never met a stranger.
He was a fortunate man because in his adult life he was able to pursue his
chosen career and to realize his ideal existence.
Don Hinton was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, his younger son David
Franklin Hinton, his brothers Harry Hinton, Berry Hinton, Lawrence Hinton and
Billy Hinton, and his sister Mattie Hinton LaGrone. He is survived by his elder
son Donald R. Hinton and wife Helen of Minden, his grandson Dr. Hugh Hinton and
wife Rev. Heather Kinnear Hinton of Medford, MA, his granddaughter Dr. Heather
Hinton Fowler and husband Dr. Kurt Fowler of Indianapolis, his great-grandson
Isaac Alden Hinton of Medford, MA, his great granddaughter Catherine Elise
Fowler of Indianapolis, and a special friend, Mrs. Virginia Fox, as well as
several first cousins and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family wishes to express their appreciation to Dr. Michael Chanler, Dr.
Timothy Talbert, the staff of Minden Medical Center, the staff of Weston Place
Rehabilitation Center, and especially to caregivers Barbara Arrington, Shirley
Carter, Willis Doyle, Geraldine Garrett, and Stephanie Lewis, for their
compassionate, conscientious care of Don Hinton during his last ten weeks of his
life.
Memorials may be made to the Bell Fund of First United Methodist Church of
Minden, or to Louisiana Tech University.
