The Milkman in Willow Run, 1947

These two notes suggest that Willow Run had at least one milkman servicing the complex. Note how polite the yellow note is! You can't quite see it on the note, but it has four creases indicating it was at some point folded in half and then half again, perhaps to insert in the top of a milk bottle?

Mr. Milkman-- Jan. 25, 1947

Please leave our quart of sweet milk--and one quart of chocolate milk.
We're leaving a few extra pennies behind the bottles--in case chocolate milk is more than 20 cents a quart.
In the bottle here is 19 cents qt. sweet milk 20 cents qt. chocolate [total] 39 cents
Thanks a lot!

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Call for Memories: Ypsilanti Milk

Dusty D is planning an upcoming story about milk in Ypsilanti. During the 1930s, raw-milk and pasteurized-milk ads appeared side by side, battling it out, in the Ypsilanti Daily Press. Do you have memories of old-time milk?

If so I want to include your recollections and let others know of your experience. Do you remember old-time milk? Or one of the creameries that used to exist in Ypsi? How about home milk delivery? Maybe your mom had a thing about raw milk and didn't trust that new "pasteurization".

I'd love to hear from you. My goal with my articles is to write about the community and include community voices when I can. I can use your whole name, your first name, or quote you anonymously, just as you wish. You can email me at ypsidixit@gmail.com or you can email me your phone # and I can call you at a time convenient to you. Thanks!

Readers: Have You Considered Purchasing the New Pasteurized Milk?

Dear readers, have you considered trying out that new-fangled milk? I know it sounds strange, but I assure you it's harmless. In fact, it's healthier than regular milk!

And one big benefit this hot summer of 1919 is that it'll last longer--hours longer--in your icebox. Regular milk turns sour so fast. Your glass bottle of pasteurized milk will last long enough till the next morning's front porch milk delivery!

Just phone 914-W to reach the Ypsilanti Pure Milk Company at 320 E. Cross Street in Depot Town.

These days, many people are advocating for the sale of raw milk as a new and novel and healthy kind of milk, but 90 years ago it was the other way around!