MINTO – The Canada Packers era will be commemorated on a billboard in Harriston.
Councillor David Turton, a member of the organizing committee for last summer’s Canada Packers reunion, told council on March 5 the committee recently held its final meeting.
He said the group’s remaining funds were split between “the three major groups that worked with us,” the Harriston Historical Society, the local Kinsmen Club and Legion branch 296.
Turton said the committee agreed a four-by-eight foot billboard “collage” will be installed “in memory of Canada Packers.
“They were in business here for quite a number of years, like close to 100, so the committee decided there should be something around that’s in memory of them. There’s not too much in this town that relates to this era,” said Turton.
The Canada Packers plant, which produced ice cream, butter, cheese and other dairy products was a major local employer before it was closed for good on Jan. 31, 1991.
A reunion of former employees was held in Harriston last Aug. 9 to 11.
