The following articles, ads and photos relevant to the Cheese War appeared in issues of the Tillamook Headlight-Herald and its affiliate, Shopping Smiles. All material is available on microfilm or at the newspaper’s office. The chronology also provides an overview of the Cheese War. (Credit: Tillamook Headlight-Herald)
| Tillamook Headlight-Herald/ Shopping Smiles | |
| DATE | HEADLINE |
| Feb. 4, 1960 | No byline: Shirley Field Candidate for State Treasurer (photo) |
| March 3, 1960 | No byline: Bob Ely Chairman for Oregon ‘June Dairy Month’ |
| April 4, 1960 | 2 items
No byline: Mrs. Elsie DeCook, Associated with Paper for Thirty Years, to Retire No byline: Veteran Newspaper Families Buy Headlight-Herald |
| May 5, 1960 | No byline: Kennedy to Visit Tillamook (photo) |
| May 12, 1960 | No byline: Sen. J. Kennedy Coming Here Next Monday |
| May 19, 1960 | 2 Items:
No byline: Sen. John Kennedy Seeks Voters’ Approval No byline: Night Blast Rocks Home of Creamery Manager |
| June 1, 1961 | No story byline: County Association History Traced Here (photo by Wilkerson) |
| April 4, 1962 (Shopping Smiles) | Photo and caption: NEW SECRETARY MANAGER ON JOB |
| April 22, 1962 | No byline: Top 10 Herds on Standard Test |
| May 20, 1962 | 2 items:
Ad: Tillamook Cheese—A Nationally Known Delicacy No byline: Dairyland Story |
| June 24, 1962 | No byline: Disagreement at Hearing on Milk |
| Sept 30, 1962 | 2 items:
No byline: Milk Producers Seek Voluntary Control Program Ad: The publicity committee of the Tillamook Cheese & Dairy Association feels this letter and the answer are most timely. (Letter by Harley Christensen) |
| Oct 14, 1962 | No byline: Controversy of Dairy Groups Hits Courts Here |
| Dec 2, 1962 | No byline: Milk Producers See Success for Voluntary Stabilization |
| Dec 30, 1962 | 2 items:
No byline: Paralyzing October Storm Leads in Field of ‘Top 10’ No byline: Threat of Milk Price War Hangs Over Dairymen |
| Jan 6, 1963 | No byline: Price War Still Threatens Milk Producers Here |
| Jan 20, 1963 | 2 items:
No byline: Dairymen To Draft New Law No byline: Dairies Hit High In 1962 |
| Jan 20, 1963 | Dairies Hit High In 1962 |
| Jan 27, 1963 | 5 Letters to Editor:
Board of Directors, Tillamook County Creamery Assn; Joe Beeler; Bob Neilson; Jack Bennett; Harold Hushbeck |
| Feb 3, 1963 | 4 Letters to Editor:
George Milne, Glenn Johnston, Floyd Woodward, Bert H. Quick |
| Feb 10, 1963 | 4 Letters to Editor:
Dale M. Sayles, Glenn Johnston, F.J. Becker, Theo. Pease |
| Feb 24, 1963 | 2 items:
No byline: Two Dairy Groups Elect Officers No byline: Legislators File Milk Price Bill |
| March 24, 1963 | 3 items:
No byline: Ely Resigns as TCDA Official; Burke Appointed No byline: Ridderbusch Earns Dairymen’s Praise at Salem Hearing |
| April 4, 1962 (Shopping Smiles) | No byline: New Secretary Manager on Job (Ed Burke photo) |
| April 28, 1963 | No byline: Editorial: Reserve Snap Judgements
Ad: Pictorial graph from publicity committee |
| May 5, 1963 | 3 items:
Ad: A Graphic Picture of Tillamook Dairymen’s Problems No byline: Milk Price Bill Passes Letter to Editor: Tillamook Cheese & Dairy Assn. Publicity Committee |
| May 9, 1963 (Shopping Smiles) | Ad: This the Third of a Series of Graphs Portraying Problems of Tillamook Dairymen |
| May 12, 1963 | 4 items:
No byline: Milk Tankers Idled (photo) No byline: New Court Action Filed in County Milk Controversy No byline: Basic Milk Suit Trial Due Soon No byline: Reward is Offered in Threat Case |
| May 19, 1963 | 3 items:
No byline: Tankers Roll; Trial Opening Is Due Monday No byline: Chronology Of Events in Milk Dispute includes TFMS No byline: Milk Bill Vote Due In Senate |
| May 26, 1963 | 3 items:
No byline: House in Milk Bill Argument No byline: Dairy Suit Trial Surprise as Case Rested by TCDA No byline: $100,000 Asked in Damages |
| June 2, 1963 | No byline: Judgment Is Awaited in Dairy Lawsuit |
| June 16, 1963 | Letter to Editor: Patricia R. Sea |
| June 23, 1963 | No byline: Bob Ely Named to State Job |
| July 28, 1963 | No byline: Cheese and Dairy Group Is Apparent Winner In Lawsuit |
| Aug 4, 1963 | 2 items:
No byline: Judge to Hear New Motion In Dairy Suit Letter to Editor: Glenn Johnston; reply from Doc Tillamook |
| Aug 11, 1963 | No byline: Ruling in Dairy Suit Delayed |
| Aug 18, 1963 | 2 items:
No byline: Judge Changes Opinion on Dairy Lawsuit Points No byline: Cheese Winners announced |
| Aug 25, 1963 | 2 items
No byline: New Motion Filed For Re-Hearing In Dairy Action Letter to Editor: Ted Jacobs |
| Sept 1, 1963 | No byline: CONFLICT AT CREAMERY (photo) |
| Sept 8, 1963 | No byline: TCDA Board Says: ‘No Money, No Milk’ As Supply Is Halted |
| Sept 22, 1963 | 2 items:
No byline: Judge’s Decree Closes Lawsuit Between Coops Ad: Methodist Church (includes photo) |
| Sept 26, 1963 (Shopping Smiles) | Ad: A Statement Of Importance To Every Citizen of Tillamook County (TCDA and Red Clover) |
| Sept 29, 1963 | No byline: Marketing Pacts Cancelled by Two Dairy Co-ops Here |
| Oct 6, 1963 | Letter to Editor, multiple signers:
Art Van Loo, Durrer Bros., Bob Hurliman, Max Hurliman, Yelta Vanderzee, John Nielsen, J. B. Williams No byline: Milk Marketing Under New Quotas |
| Nov 24, 1963 | Ad: Good News T.C.&D. Premium Brand Cheese |
| Dec 1, 1963 | Ad: cleaning big factory, tour guides |
| Dec 12, 1963 (Shopping Smiles) | Ad: MORE GOOD NEWS: T.C.&D.A. and Red Clover have built a new selling force, 7 TIMES LARGER |
| Dec 15, 1963 | Ad: C&W Market, Bay City |
| Dec 22, 1963 | 2 items:
Letter to Editor: Clem Hurliman Ad: A Message from TC&DA and Red Clover |
| Dec 29, 1963 | No byline: Dairy Change Is 1963 News Feature |
| March 1, 1964 | No byline: STANDING in front of the trophy case at the cheese factory a crew of Tillamook Cheese…. (photo) |
| March 22, 1964 | 2 items:
No byline: Record Cheese Order (Photo, caption, article) No byline: Judge Combs Issues Dairy Suit Order |
| March 29, 1964 | 2 items:
No byline: Issues Oral Decision in Dairy Suit No byline: Court Order Text Issued This Week |
| April 26, 1964 | Letter to Editor: Jean Honey |
| May 10, 1964 | Letter to Editor: George E. Milne |
| May 14, 1964 (Shopping Smiles) | Ad: Statement by Board Of Tillamook County Creamery Assn. |
| May 17, 1964 | 7 items:
No byline: Big Cheese! (photo) No byline: Arbitration Unacceptable In County Dairy Dispute Three Letters to Editor: F. J. Becker; Floyd Woodward; Board of Directors, Tillamook County Creamery Assn. John Craven, Jr., President Ad: Premium Brand Cheddar Cheese |
| May 21, 1964 | Ad: Statement By Board Of Tillamook County Creamery Assn. |
| May 24, 1964 | 5 items:
Three Letters to Editor: Del Mayer; Otto J. Schild; R. L. Rulifson, Director Cloverdale Cheese Assn. No byline: Use of TC&DA Label Allowed In Dairy Suit Ad: Ten Thousand Wonderful Reasons To Prove That… |
| May 31, 1964 | Four Letters to Editor:
Lorenz Suter; Everett E. Allen; Arnold Walker; J. K. Stern |
| June 7, 1964 | Two Letters to Editor:
F.H. Sumner; Betty Leonnig |
| June 28, 1964 | No byline: Cheese and Dairy Assn. Win Right to Use ‘Tillamook’ Label In Federal Court Decision |
| July 5, 1964 | TC&DA Submits Marketing Offer |
| July 12, 1964 | No byline: Offers Rejected In Cheese Dispute |
| Aug 9, 1964 | No byline: Federal Judge Decrees TC&DA Owns, Can Use ‘Tillamook’ Marking |
| Aug 16, 1964 | No byline: More Defendants Named In New TC&DA Complaint |
| Oct 25, 1964 | No byline: Milne, Christensen Take Dairy Posts |
| Jan 3, 1965 | No byline: 1964 In Review: Flood |
| Feb 16, 1965 | No byline: TCCA Claims $20 Million Damages In Dairy Dispute |
| March 7, 1965 | Letter to Editor: Archie M. Schenck |
| March 14, 1965 | Letter to Editor: Archie M. Schenck |
| March 21, 1965 | Letter to Editor: Archie M. Schenck |
| April 4, 1965 | Letter to Editor: Archie M. Schenck |
| April 11, 1965 | 3 items:
By Timothy A. O’Connor: Note from Publisher Letter to Editor: Archie M. Schenck No byline: U.S. Court of Appeals Affirm Dairy Decision |
| April 25, 1965 | No byline: Dairy Hearing Here Tuesday |
| April 30, 1965 | No byline: Judge Vacates State Injunction Against TCDA |
| May 24, 1965 | No byline: Court Refuses TCCA Appeal; New Suit Filed |
| June 20, 1965 | Ad: June Is Dairy Month |
| July 25, 1965 | No byline: Swett Appointed Manager of TCDA (photo) |
| Aug. 1, 1965 | No byline: Price of Milk to Go Up Monday |
| Aug. 7, 1965 | Ad: Tillamook County Creamery Association is happy to announce the recent disbursement of $225,300.85 in cash to our member dairy farmers. |
| Sept 5, 1965 | No byline: Foremost Dairy Inks Contract To Age, Market TCDA Cheese |
| Sept 19, 1965 | 2 items:
No byline: Court Clarifies Milk Pricing No byline: TCCA Report Shows Gain |
| Oct 3, 1965 | 2 items:
No byline: TCCA Head Issues Statement On Marketing Program Ad: It’s Cheese Festival Time in El Monte… |
| Oct 17, 1965 | Editorial: A Retraction |
| Nov 14, 1965 | No byline: Lower Courts Upheld in Cheese Suit |
| Dec 5, 1965 | No byline: Foremost Names New Manager |
| Feb 20, 1966 | 2 items:
No byline: Creamery Meet Held at Mohler No byline: Central Holds Cheese Meeting |
| Feb 27, 1966 | 3 items:
No byline: Milk Shippers Name Officers No byline: TCDA Reports Gain in Cheese Production No byline: Otto Schild TCCA President |
| March 27, 1966 | No byline: Lawyer Remains As Defendant In Cheese Trial |
| April 10, 1966 | No byline: Opinion Favors Agriculture Dept In Milk Suit |
| May 22, 1966 | No byline: Milk Producers Get Price Raise |
| June 19, 1966 | No byline: Big Cash Payment Due TCCA Milk Shippers |
| July 24, 1966 | 2 items:
No byline: Patrons of TCCA Members Get Large Cash Distribution No byline: Increase in Milk Price Is Good News To County Producers |
| Aug 7, 1966 | Ad: See Our Booth At The Fair |
| Aug 21, 1966 | Ad: Premium Brand Cheese Winners Announced |
| Sept 18, 1966 | 3 items:
No byline: TCCA Ships Record Milk Poundage No byline: Cheese Entries Win Medals at Los Angeles Fair Editorial: “Don’t Make the Farmer the Scapegoat” |
| Oct 16, 1966 | No byline: Judge Avery A. Combs Killed in Highway Crash |
| Oct 30, 1966 | No byline: Court Ruling Clarifies Point in Cheese Battle |
| Nov 13, 1966 | Ad: Santa Says: It’s Not Too Early… |
| Nov 27, 1966 | No byline: Milk Price Increase Denied Except for Fat Differential |
| Feb 5, 1967 | No byline: Oregon’s Dairy Princess…. (photo) |
| March 5, 1967 | 3 items:
Obituary: Catherine Hurliman No byline: Butterfat Price Adjustment Made No byline: SDA Says Milk Output, Price Up |
| April 2, 1967 | No byline: TC&DA To Do Own Cheese Marketing |
| April 16, 1967 | 2 items
No byline: McMinimee is Named to Parks Committee No byline: Headlight-Herald to Be Thursday Paper |
| April 20, 1967 | No byline: Milk Hearing Set April 24 |
| April 27, 1967 | 2 items:
No byline: Wyatt Introduces Dairy Farmer Aid Legislation No byline: TC & DA To Triple Its Cheese Plant Output |
| May 18, 1967 | No byline: Dairy Herds Get Bigger |
| June 15, 1967 | Ad: Quiet! Artists At Work |
| June 22, 1967 | 2 items:
No byline: New electronic packaging machine… (photo) No byline: Milk Hearing Set June 22-23 In Salem |
| June 29, 1967 | No byline: Pretty Tilda Chadwick…. (photo) |
| July 13, 1967 | No byline: Dairy Import Cuts Should Help Market |
| Aug 17, 1967 | Ad: A New Taste, Tillamook JACK |
| Nov 30, 1967 | No byline: Quotas Question At Milk Hearing |
| Dec 21, 1967 | No byline: Milk Blend Price is Up |
| Jan 25, 1968 | No byline: Changes Denied In Milk Prices |
| Feb 1, 1968 | No byline: Sheriff Del Walpole…. (photo) |
| Feb 15, 1968 | Ad: ICE CREAM |
| Feb 22, 1968 | 2 items:
No byline: Milk Price Hearing Set No byline: Ag Interim Group Sets Monday Meeting Here |
| Feb 29, 1968 | 2 items:
No byline: Lawmakers Listen To County Farm Problems No byline: Fritz Baumgartner, head cheesemaker…. (photo) |
| March 14, 1968 | No byline: Hearing Called on Dairy Assessment |
| April 4, 1968 (Shopping Smiles) | Ad: MILK IS KING! |
| April 11, 1968 | By James Magner: Dairymen Told “Go Home, Settle Feud” |
| May 23, 1968 | No byline: Advise Against Milk Price Increase Now |
| June 20, 1968 | No byline: McMinimee Heads State Masons |
| Aug 1, 1968 | No byline: Upgrading of Milk Standards Is Proposed |
| Aug 8, 1968 | No byline: Milk Blend Price Down |
| Sept 19, 1968 | No byline: Milk Hearing Is Scheduled On October 4 |
| Sept 26, 1968 | No byline: Creameries Reach Agreement |
| Oct 10, 1968 | 3 items:
No byline: Creamery Sale Completed Tues. Editorial: Double Good News Ad: The People’s Choice in Tillamook |
| April 9, 1975 | 2 items:
No byline: Sutton replacing Dixon as TCCA head Photo, Beale Dixon |
| June 23, 1976 | No byline: Creameries in 1918 and 1928 |
| June 24, 1987 | 2 items:
Local rite to be held July 1 for McMinimee, dead at 78 Photo, Warren McMinimee |
| Aug. 30, 1989 | 2 items:
No byline: H. S. Dixon succumbs Obituary: H.S. “Beale” Dixon |
