The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-10

chTpOnyuretcb, 1uvBb bhiJbs pToteIub, l ash and sugar of the milk we | drink =. William Richard Liboit, | president, treasurer, and general manager Of the Fernwood Farms Dairy. His attention, since child hood, has been concerned in the production of milk, He could not only tell us of the commercial im- portance of milk, but of It's nutrt- tive value as well.
 William R. Libolt, son of Samuel | and Sarah CKnapp) Libolt, was born in Goshen, N. r., July 2, 1883 I His father, whose death occurred In 1905, was native of Blooming burg, N. Y. .. His mother Was native of Hancock, Delaware County. N. Y. .. She Is now re- siding in Middletown, N. x.
 Young Libolt received his educa. ton in the grammar and high schools of Qoshon, graduating from the latter institution of learning in 1898 :. Goshen, you know, is the place where the Hambletonian $60.- 900 stake race, comparable to the Kentucky Derby, Is run each year. This event draws close to 60,00O racing enthusiasts to this little town of less than 5000 population. Each summer during vacation lime. young Libolt worked in q creamery ct Otterkill, near Qosh- on. He started when he was ii years old and after four, summers took . regular job at the creamery. Ae stayed another year and then became . pan operator ct the How oll's Condensed Milk Companys plant in Goshen. At the end of about three years he went to Pounds Station, N. Y,, where he filled a similar position with the Sheffield Farms. Slason- Decker Company :. In 1908 he came to Waterbury as . plant man for R. Y. Worden dE Sons, Incorporated. He advanced himself to superintendent and later to president and general man. ager. Nineteen years later, or on December l4th, 1927, he resigned, and subsequently, bought control- ling interest In A. II. Merriman & Sons, Incorporated On Jan- uary 3rd, of the present year, the name Of the firm was changed to "Fernwood Farms Dairy" with headquarters at % Englewood ave- nue.
 On April 18th, 1913 Mir. Libolt married Miss Ada M. Kelly, in New York City. The union was blessed with three children: Fred erick, now 10. John R., i7, and Ruth Eileen, c years old. Frederick is now at home, while John is attending Roxbury school. Ruth is ono of the Kindergarten pupils at Coluni- bia school.
 MT. Libolt's early ambition was to become Q dairyman. He weighs l00 pounds and Is five feet. ten inches tall. with brown eyes and hair He Is interested in sports of all kinds, especially baseball. football and boxing. He likes to bowl, play golf. bridge, pinochle and poker. He smokes pipe and cigarettes. His favorite food is a slice of good old Virginia ham and eggs, with ice cream for desert. He drinks no less than two glasses of milk each day, and has done 50 for years and years. He dev0tes his reading periods to business publica- tons and newspapers and reads for ct least an hour in bed each night. Eo is fond of classical music and his favorite entertainment 'is a good musical comedy. He and Mrs. Lie bolt attend many of them in New York .. He likes horses and dogs He has Q pet at home. . pedlgreed Boston Bull. named Tommy Tuck er." . "rommys" sire's sire was Methuselah Blink. worlds cham pioI.
 Mir. Libolt thoroughly enjoys ride ing in Airplanes and has been up more than 20 times Last wln- ter he made . round trip between New York and Florida. He is a sand degree Mason; vice-presIdent of the sphinx KAabans Shrine of Plymouth; and . member of the Elks. Waterbury Country Club. Mat- latllck Country club, and Of the Waterbury Club. He drives his own car and lives ss--.~-- s.r-sr..- '--sss.u-Fs-sss OLD HOSPITAL TO BE MueRUM