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Legacy of former veteran lives on at family dairy

BY CHARLES FLANAGAN
June 8, 2005

As another Memorial Day passes, and as we remember and honor those who served their country, I would like to tell you about one veteran who went to his country's aid in time of peril, yet never made a big deal about it.

Robert Jesse Mallorie was an engineering student at Ohio State University in December 1941. On Dec. 8, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bob dropped out of school and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He became a pilot and served as a flight instructor and later flew in the South Pacific.

After the war, Bob, like others of "the greatest generation," resumed civilian life with the same determination that won the war. He returned to Ohio State, but changed his major to agriculture and eventually veterinary medicine. He received his degree and moved to Silverton, where he joined the veterinary practice of Dr. Ernie Hinkle. About this same time he bought a few dairy cows and started bottling and delivering milk in his spare time.

Mallorie's Dairy was born.

Eventually Bob gave up the veterinary practice and he and his wife Juanita put all their efforts into running the dairy. Through hard work, innovation and luck Mallorie's Dairy became the largest dairy in Oregon, producing and processing 500,000 gallons of bottled milk per month for families in Western Oregon. Bob died in 1996 after a long and courageous battle with diabetes, but the dairy continues on as a family-owned business.

Now the same government that Bob Mallorie fought to defend is trying to destroy everything that he spent a lifetime building. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a rule change that would limit the amount of milk that Mallorie's can sell without paying a huge financial penalty. Because Mallorie's produces and bottles its own milk, large national and regional dairy interests convinced USDA that dairies like Mallorie's have an unfair advantage. This rule change, if enacted, would seriously disrupt the operation of this 50-year-old business.

Mallorie's Dairy is the legacy of a man who believed in the American Dream and who wasn't afraid to take risks. Don't let federal bureaucracy and corporate greed destroy what took a lifetime to build.

USDA is accepting comments on this proposed rule change until June 13, 2005. I hope that you will take the time to tell them that this is action is wrong! Go to www.keepmilkpriceslow.org to learn more and to send a comment to USDA.



Charles Flanagan

Silverton