Dairy Dell was a dairy located at 37 Woodruff Street. It was founded by Jeff Newbold when he bought A.C. Bartz dairy in 1945; after his death, it was operated by his wife, Mrs. Mary Dell Newbold.
Dairy Dell was sold to Reg Perras in 1965 and renamed the Rosebud Creamery.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 15, 1961
LADY EXECUTIVE
Churchill said: "There is no better investment for any community than putting milk into babies." As almost always, Sir Winston was uttering an imperishable truth.
Since earliest times, in addition to cow's milk, man has used milk from the mare, goat, ewe, camel, ass, zebra, reindeer and llama. It is a nearly complete food for infants and highly valuable in the diet of adults, and, in these fifty fortunate states, is the infant urge, the story of milk may be of only mildly academic interest. Their adult tastes may turn to a fermentation derived from hops, malt, and the waters of say Hemlock Lake. Or the distillation from fermented mash of rye, barley or corn, and or malt cured over peat fires and aged in vats. That is to say, until one meets a dynamic young lady executive whose vital interest lies, not only in putting milk into babies but in stressing the need of it in adults as well.
This dynamic young lady is Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Newbold, nee Mary Dell, the owner and energetic operator of Dairy-Dell.
Pretty and petite, and one of the favored few who can wear slacks . . . , Mrs. Newbold combines a baffling naiveté about things mechanical with a concise and clear-headed knowledge of every stop on every route covered by her seven delivery trucks. She has no idea how to feed a fresh flint into her lighter but can pin-point every step in the process of turning raw milk into the highest-standard finished product.
The Dairy-Dell plant at 37 Woodruff Street is spotless and as modern as tomorrow. From the sterilized cans brought in by dairymen, the milk is put through a series of immaculate machines that finally deposit a pure-pak container ready for delivery to an area that extends as far as Duane Center, East Sugarbush and West St. Regis.
Dairy Dell standards are high because Mrs. Newbold's standards are high. There can be no compromise with purity and quality, and Norman Bush and his mother are there to maintain those standards.
What the Newbolds came here in 1944, they intended to stay only long enough to cure their colds. But the North Country got into their blood and they decided to stay and go into business here. Looking over prospects generally they found that the A. C. Bartz Dairy was for sale, and in 1945 they bought out Bartz.
This was their baptism in milk. In succeeding years they enlarged Dairy-Dell by the purchases of Hesseltine's Dairy, Hardy Sweet St. Regis, Oseetah, Van Cour and Upland Meadows Dairies. In '53 they built the plant at Woodruff street.
Jeff Newbold met a tragic and untimely death in March 1960, and his loss was deeply felt in this community. But with the courage inherited from Quaker ancestry, his widow decided to carry on.
Born in Atlantic City N.J. which her Quaker forbearers helped to found, Mrs. Newbold now wouldn't think of living any place but here.
"Saranac Lake and area has a higher per capita of cultured, well informed and generous hearted people than a lot of cities a hundred times its size. I have lived in many a metropolis but this area combines all the pleasures of small town life with a truly cosmopolitan flavor without any drawbacks."
Her blue-gray eyes sparkling with enthusiasm, she talked on. "I love this climate and these mountains and this area. I love the people in it, the warm and kindly people. It's a deep pleasure to be part of it and to be of service to the community." So spoke this pint-sized container of the milk of human kindness, whose job in life is putting milk into babies, and whose charm, integrity and good breeding make her one of Saranac Lake's most attractive and popular residents, and an ornament to its society.
