The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-03

presses thought which has been more
or less pulling 10 her ever since she
became familiar with American ways.
Miss Haloneu is the only woman but
termak cr in creamery in New Eng.
land, if not in the United States. She
has had full charge of the Wardsboro
Creamery association S creamery the
past II years. and she is not ,et 40
years old.
Women have charge OF all the
creameries and dairies in Finland.
where ! was born, asserted Miss
Haloncn, land there are thousands of
foreign women in this country who are
competent to do the same kind of
work here, but they are not given the
opportunity.
"Dairying is the occupation that
the girls in Finland naturally turn to,
but irdfv or then come to America be
cause they have the impression that all
one has TO do here is to walk along the
streets and pick up money.
They find it very different when
they arrive, and as they cannot speak
English they do not secure the posi-
tions they are qualified to fill.
"When ] came here, - Miss Halon-
en- continued, 81 didn't know word
of Eng 'iSh, 50 | was obliged to do no
tel work, although | had diploma
| from one of the government creamery
schools in Finland.
" Women naturally are neater than
men, and if they could be placed in
charge Of the dairi,s and creameries
| Of this country there would be much
/ less need for men to 20 about telling of
the Importance of sanitation on the
/ farm.
Miss Halon5n is a native Of Kala.
ioki, Oulun laani, and was born MAY
! q, 1877, the only child of Alexander
and Eva Maria Halonen. Her real
name is Ida Johanna, but she writes
/ II Hanna, for short, and is known by
no other name. Her father was a sea
man and was drowned off San Fran
4 cisco. At the age of 10 years sh,
went TO Pyhajoki to live. and in 1S9:
she became o resident Of Raahe. which
is her Finland home.
She was not brought up on farm
/ but attended a government creamer,
/ school in Liminka in 1897 and 1895
to INT herself for the most prominen
! industry for women i'm that country.
After her graduation she was place,
in charge Of the Honkalankylan cream
| err in Muhos, where three person
were employed. and there she r,
NAMED 10 months. until she yielded t
the allurements Of America.
Coming to Worcester, Mass, June 4
! 1900, at the age of % wears. Mis-
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dali, Mass, where for seven month
she had employment. in hotel kitchen
Then for Is months she served as tabl
girl in Webster, Mass.
One day She learned through
newspaper advertisements that bu
crmakar was wanted at the crpamar
| in Newfauc and sought the pos
tion. securing instead her present ucs
| tion in WardSboro. in the spring
1892. At that timo the associatio
| maintained only a milk station. but
| ytraightwav built an addition to i
! plant and installed churning and bu
| tcrmaking machinery.
/ With the exception of putting in th
\ ice Miss lIaloEen does all the work Z
II the creamery. even 10 getting in Ia
wood. firing the l0horse-p owr hoile
running he S-hOrs power engine an
II making such minor r,uairS 10 the III.
II chinery as az, necessary.
II She makes about 10000 pounds
II butt n wear. and a large proportio
Y of it is shipped in attractive packag
= by parcel most to customers in Bosto
Roxburv. Cambridge, Brookline, al
other Massachusetts cities.
The demand ALWAYS exceeds the gu
o put of the plant, which is not strane
Miss Halonen 5 exhibit has scored
ut the Vermont state fair and 97h
the Valley fair in Brattlebo
where il was passed upon by the '
eran Judge, Orrin Bent Of Boston.