Subject: Ritter Catsup Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:50:32 +0000 From: "Curtis A. Ritter" <c.ritter@worldnet.att.net> To: wmhusted@wtp.net CC: NREEB@prodigy.net Dear Will, Ritter continued in operation through the 60's in Bridgeton, was sold by the family in 1967 to the Curtice-Burns Co from Rochester NY. Curtice Burns shut the plant down n 1976. There is a series of articles on the operation, from its founding in the mid 1800's to its demise, with photographs, in the South Jersey Magazine, from the Summer 1997 issue through the fall 1998 issue. The articles were written by Paul RitterIII, a cousin, who still lives in Bridgeton. My side of the family was not involved in the operation from about 1933 or so when they moved the offices from Philadelphia to Bridgeton. Pauls family owened and ran it until it was sold in 1967. California tomatos and a asparagus fungus contributed greatly to its demise. After Pritchard died, his operation was sold to Hunts, which operated that plant into the 60's Curt Ritter Arlington, VA