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Giant to Be Cut Up and SoldWorld s Fair Cheese to Be Brought HereThe world's largest cheese, er packages and will be sold forthe 34,591 - pound cheddar made in Denmark, Wis., and now on display at the New York World's Fair, will be brought to Eau Claire in November where it will be cut up and sold, it was announced today.The Wisconsin Cheese Foundation has arranged to bring the giant cheese here for t h e 74th annual Wisconsin Cheese-makers Association convention which will be held here November 3 and 4.Shortly after the fair closes October 17, the special “Cheese-mobile” which houses the exhibit will head for Eau Claire, it was announced today by t h e foundation at a meeting at Madison.The cheese was purchased by the Bordon Foods Company of Plymouth. Wis., and will be sold to the foundation for disposition here.The cheese was recently graded by experts and found to be of top quality in texture, flavor and aroma. It was the first time so large a cheese was ever graded by anyone.R. C. Behle, managing director of the Cheese Foundation, said the cheese will be on display here from October 30 to November 5, when it will be unloaled, sliced and sold. The display and sale are expected to attract thousands of visitors to the city.Price $1.50 a PoundDonald J. Macrae, chairman of the Eau Claire Cheese Week committee, said the cheese will be cut into two-pound consum-Milwaukee Blaze Hits Lumber YardMILWAUKEE (AP) - Fire Chief James R. Mohrer estimated the damage at more than $300,009 in a five - alarm fire which swept a lumber yard on Milwaukee's South Side Sunday.The blaze, raging out of control for two and one-half hours was fought by 135 to 150 firemen and witnessed by 8,000 toj 10,000 spectators. Eighty police$1.50 a pound. Behle said that any cheese that remains after the sale here will be sold through the foundation by mail order at the same price plus 95 cents for cost of mailing.Plans call for the cheese to be sliced here the afternoon o f Friday, November 5 with the sale beginning as soon as t he cheese is packaged. The sale will continue through Sunday, November 7.A platform will be erected in the downtown area and the public will be able to view the operation of cutting up the cheese.“Wisconsin has received in-ernational publicity because of this promotion,” Behle said. “Cheesemakers in the state have gained recognition that has resulted in direct orders for cheese, because of the publicity that has been attached to the giant cheddar.”Made in Denmark by workers at Steve Siudzinski’s cheese plant, the “Golden Giant” measures 14'2 feet long. 64 feet wide, and 54 feet high, Behle said. Twenty six cheesemakers, working around the clock, started the cheese at midnight, Jan. 20, 1964, and completed it 4312 hours later.Among the unique statistics when the cheese was made were the 367,000 pounds of milk that went into the manufacture of the huge cheddar — an amount equal to the daily production of 16,000 cows. Appro. -imately two thirds of a ton of salt went into the record Cheddar.Behle said that more t h a n 12,000,000 World's Fair viewers will have seen the giant cheddar before the Fair ends. He said many of the viewers had signed cards at the fair expressing their interest in Wisconsin cheese.The WCF official also stressed the between-Fair tour that the Golden Giant made of some of the nation’s key markets. The truck and its unique cargo staged market promotions in Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, Jacksonville, Fla. and other areas, besides making appearances in Wisconsin.
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Eau Claire Daily Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Oct 04, 1965
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