A peek from the Town Crier files – January 21, 1972 – Formosa Spring Brewery officially closed at the end of 1971 and with some 31 of its staff, started producing their products in a new plant outside of Barrie, Ontario. In the first picture, Joe Kraemer and Otto Ditner put in their final day’s work at Formosa, where the final bottles were run through around 4:20 pm on December 31.
In the bottom photo, Edgar “Heschy” Lehman, who was with the brewery for 43 years, received a cheque to the brewery from “Chucks” Schmalz of the Commercial Hotel, Mildmay, for their final delivery.
