On Sept. 17, 1947, the Daily News reported that grocery stores decided to raise the price of milk to 21 cents. The action followed a meeting of local grocers at the Broadway Food Market.

The article said that “grocers lose money handling the project on a 2-cent profit margin, it was pointed out. Operation of ice boxes and breakage of bottles nullify the 2-cent profit, they declared. Other bottled dairy products also took a two-cent price increase, while the cost of cream went from 25 to 30 cents a half pint.”

– “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.