Chapter 28
-- Compiled by the Cumberland Women's Club
and Published by the Cumberland Advocate
1874-1974
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Donated by Linda Mott
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Cumberland Pickle Factory
The M.A. Gedney Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota had a cucumber pickle or salting station at Cumberland, Wisconsin from 1912 to 1950.
Thomas St. Angelo was manager from 1912 to 1919. Marshall Skinner was in charge from 1919 to 1933.
The Cumberland station was one of the largest receiving stations in the state. As many as 2,000 barrels of dill pickles were packed per season. This took 20,000 (Submitter's notation: There appears to be some information missing here) cucumbers and 200 tons of cauliflower.
The early years were the horse and buggy days. At times the wagons would be lined up for blocks waiting to be unloaded.
During these years there were numbers of people who worked at the station who can recall some of the busy rushing seasons.
The following
are some of the persons who worked at the factory: Louis
Zappa, Dominic
DeNucci, Louis
DeNucci, Joe
DeNucci, Sr., Chester
Lerdall, Lee
Dague, Tony Gigio,
Jim
Zappa, Anna Zappa,
Minnie
Zappa,
Connie
Hanson,
Dorothy
Hanson,
Anna
Ranallo,
Jennie
Ficocello and Rose
Ranallo.
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Cumberland "Canning Factory"
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