The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-31
CHELSEA


orally known to the present generation
that among Hoods who have made TO
: themselves envable regulations as in
, ternational benefactors OF the human
: race, was one born of humble parent
age in this town on the west hill, OF
; the farm now owned and occupied by
Marshall A. Carpenter, and we refer
to Harvey P. Hood, who founded tbs
original plant in 1916, on Austin street
in Charlestown, Mass, which has &c
veloped under his resourceful admins
tration and is known the world over
to- day as the II. p. Hood & Sons MIN
company. That the reader may be
given birdseye view of the enor-
nous extent of this company's bust
ness, we incorporate the following sta
tistical data of 1918: Controls 1872
shipping stations; has 30 distributing
stations and its various plants cover
a ground area of twenty-five acres.
The expenditures of this company for
i 1918 is shown in the following figures:
900; for labor, 81 ,764 COG; for railroad
transportation, S593,000; for teams and
trucks, $2SS000; for supplies, S275,-
000 for fuel, 100000; for insurance,
$57 900; thus making a total of Sl0,-
627 900. The milk and cream eprod-
ucts put out by this company are alb
solutely pure and free from fatal dis
ease germs and made so by the exter
minating process of pasteurization and
statistics show that during the a
wears of continuous service not
case of germ disease has been
traced to Hoods milk or his manufac-
tured products, which record in itself
has played an important part and been
potential factor in the marvellous
growth and development of the enter
sprise which to-day stands second 20
none of its kind in the world. Harvey
p. Hood, son of Dea:op Harvey b. and
Rebecca Smith Hood, was born in Chel
sea, Jan &, 1923, and was the oldest
of family of seven children, and
spent most of the years of his minority
on the home farm above mentioned,
migrating to Massachusetts,, where he
engaged in different kinds of employ
ment. saving the emoluments from his
labor until at % years of age he con
eel, ed the idea of founding the bust
ness which has made his name house
hold word established his fame rs a
public benefactor and substantiated his
reputation as a man of unusual sagacl-
ty in the handling of an enormous
business enterprise. Mr. Hood mar
ried Caroline l., daughter of John and
Clarissa thompson Corwin, MAY ),
1850, and to them were born six chill
dren among whom were three sons,
Charles Harvey, Edward John and Gil
bert Henry. who are associated to-
gether in conducting the great bust
ness founded, fosteTed and put over |
the top" by their father, and now opar.
'ated under the firm name and style of |
H. p. Hood g. Sons Milk company This |
branch of the Hood family trace their |
lineage back through, eight generations |
to John Hood, who in 1900 resided in
Halstead, Eng. and followed the voea-
ton of weaver and whose will was
proved in Hslstcad, aforesaid, Nov 20. |
A. d., 1922, bequeathing unto his son,
John Hood, all of his real estate and |
to his seven daughters, 40 shilling
each. One of the daughters. Mary |
Hood, married Richard Truesdale, who
emigrated from Lincolnshire, Eng. ar
irving in Boston in 1880 he then being
"a years of age. He was a butcher
by trade and became a deacon of the
First church of Boston and later one OF
the founders of the Old South church
Mrs. Truesdale left by her will. proved
Nov. 26, 1874, 30 pounds to her
John Hood son, Rich
ard Hood John Hood ID was,
like his father, weaver and settled in
Cambridge, Mass. in October, 1885 end
with his son, Richard located in Lynn.
Mass, in in 1850 In 1862 John
to William Crofts for
30 pounds. three dwelling houses
or tenements. with all their be
longings, in Halstead in the county of
Essex in Old England, with a covenant
for further assurance that the. said
William Crofts pay 40 shillngs apiece ,
to the sisters of said John, according
to the provisions of his fathers will
Richard Hood, son of the said John,
in 1851 bought the "Humfries farm
in Lynn, now on Nahant street for 100 q
pounds. was admitted freeman in q
1851. and in 1862 was allowed to sit in !
he pulpit. probably on account of de I
iective hearing. He died in 1895 and J
he family tree came along down I
through Nathaniel, Nathan, Nathan ID, :
Enos and Harvey, the father of Harvey
P, the subject of this sketch. who died
n June, 1900
An effort is being made by the Art
'ilm Co. of Boston to obtain data for an
anniversary flm,' and for this pur
lose II. +. Haynes a representative
i the above named company. came
lere recently 10 visit the old Hood
homestead. to photograph the building.
nd immediate surrounding country tor
his film. and when this project i,
ompleted. it will no doubt be thrown
pom the screen generally, not only as
n advertising medium for the ". p.