Person

Pete Rutherford

Manager of the Clarke County Creamery in 1922, which closed for the Fourth of July so he could spend it with the Woodmen.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of June 29, 1922 reports that the Clarke County Creamery would take a holiday on the Fourth of July so that its manager, Pete Rutherford, could spend the day with the Woodmen at the Horse Show grounds.

✓ Supported by a source
See the source and its limits
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of June 29, 1922 reports that the Clarke County Creamery would take a holiday on the Fourth of July so that its manager, Pete Rutherford, could spend the day with the Woodmen at the Horse Show grounds.

What the source supports

That Pete Rutherford was manager of the Clarke County Creamery in 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item does not give his full name or say where he lived. He is not linked to Page Rutherford or any other Rutherford.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The June 29, 1922 item.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 29, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-06-29 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, item "Creamery to Take Holiday"

Relevant passage
CREAMERY TO TAKE HOLIDAY The Clarke County Creamery will take holiday July the Fourth so tha1 [that] its manager, Mr. Pete Rutherford, can enjoy the day with the Woodmen at the Horse Show grounds.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources

Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

Know who this was, or something the records here miss? Help fill a gap. It stays private until it is reviewed.

Search

Searches the released collection only.