Who knows? I bet the kids back then starved to death.

there were small glass bottles.

We had a milk break every morning - sometimes with a cookie or cracker. No treat if the assigned person didn’t bring in the goodies. Graham crackers were a whole lot better with milk than saltines. The pasteurized only milk came from the creamery across the street from school and the milk itself from local cows. Yep, our little school was way ahead it it’s time in the “locally sourced” movement. Not really - just the way we did things in the mid 1950’s

With glass bottles you could see if the cream had risen to the top or if the bottle on your desk was a little beyond its prime ie lukewarm and curdled. 🤢🤮 Of course the rule for milk break and the lunch room was “eat and drink all of it.” No exceptions. I do not drink milk to this day.

I've been lactose intolerant since I was a little kid. I'd have been in heaven without that shit forced on us, mostly because they'd started to fortify it with Vitamin D in the early 50s. I preferred the cod liver oil. It didn't give me the runs.

Why the fuck couldn't they fortify something else, like the sugary kids' cereals? I used to like those dry, as a snack.