| Show 35 years of Economy The Herald Journal Progress Edition Sunday March 23 1986 2 Y Pete SchroppHerald Journal illustration stands unused The Whitney plant was closed by a later owner In 1972 The old U&l Sugar Co like so many other Franklin County industries By Robert Merrill Franklin Co staff writer Si P Dffi?Ae°paJstDtwa?sSin Preston a furniture store restaurant lave Tone out movie theater and two fast-foo- d of business The community’s hurting the mayor said i hamburger shops business district is on Some 30 years ago the county’s economy may have been based the in were firms industrial operating agriculture but several and community They added diversity to the employment picture enhanced the local economy he said closed SegoMilk Products Co purchased by Pet Milk which done was AU milk 1967 in Preston processing the facility in downtown 1968 in closed which Richmond at the firm’s plant in 1922 U£i Sugar Co which built a sugar mill in Whitney of 1962 1960 because In in Amalgamated Sugar purchased the plant Tto? See FRANKLIN on page 14 |
