New Owner of Eldred Farm Supplies

Tracy Day New Owner of Eldred Farm Supplies

 

 

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Tracy C. Day is the new owner of Charles H. Eldred & Co., Inc. of Bainbridge.  Mr. Day purchased the business of Mrs. Kenneth Eldred.

 

Pictured above are the employees, all of whom will remain with the firm. 

Front row (left to right):  Alan Ives, Ward Bradish and Mr. Day.

Second Row:  Ken Craver, June VanValkenburg and Fred Vroman.

Back Row:  Frank Merrill and Ed Wright.

 

Mr. Day has been with the Eldred Company for 25 years, the past seven years as manager.  Previous to that, he was with the Moses Conk Company of Wells Bridge for eight years.  Mr. Day and his wife reside in Bainbridge.  Their three married daughters all live away from home, one in Greenville, South Carolina, one in Baldwinsville, and another in Syracuse.  He is a member of Susquehanna Lodge F&AM, Past President of the Bainbridge Rotary Club, and a member of the Presbyterian Church in Bainbridge.

 

Charles H. Eldred started the company in 1921.  In about 1940, the business was taken over by his son, Kenneth Eldred who continued the business until his death two years ago.

 

Mr. Day says that he doesn't plan any changes, not even the name of the company, and that business will continue the same as it always has.