Goff Has Defense Industry In Egg Packing Plant
[Goff Advance]
Goff and this rural community seem far removed from the maelstrom of death, suffering, and bitter hatreds of war-torn Europe, yet that conflict and the need for sustenance of the allied forces of Democracy directly affect the lives of many people here. Since early May the Goff Poultry and Egg Co. has been operating its egg breaking, canning, and freezing departments to full capacity, and present indications are that the demand will last right through the year.
For several years the Goff packing plant did not operate its breaking room because of the low price of the product and slow demand. Now the urgent demand for good food (with eggs, dairy products, and meat at the head of the list) calls for all-out production and processing by the United States in its aid to England. Nearly all eggs marketed in this section are being broken, canned, and frozen as fast as they are produced. The Goff P & E Co. shipped only a few cars of eggs in June in the shell, but many carloads of frozen eggs in the can. Practically all of this production goes to the allied forces. Some of the canned eggs will be evaporated or dried before shipping across the Atlantic to save weight—the water can be added later.
The payroll and the money required for cash purchases of five trucks operating out of the Goff plant direct to the farms requires a surprising amount of silver and currency. While the payroll of several thousand dollars a week and the larger egg and poultry purchases are one by check, it is necessary for the Goff bank to ship in money by registered mail regularly, and the amount required is many times that of smaller communities and approaches some of the larger cities.
Manager C. H. Furst wishes his breaking and freezing capacity were many times larger. Ray E. Talley, veteran employee of the Goff plant, is foreman in charge of the Goff breaking room. O. V. Collins, who retired after many years of service a few years ago, is back in the harness and in charge of the breaking room of the Blue Rapids plant.
Courier Tribune (Seneca, Kansas), July 14, 1941, page 1