Olney Area High School - Olnean Yearbook (Olney, IL)

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The Olney Artificial Ice Company plant was built in i994 by Ed S. Wilson CS Sons, only 9 years after the first ice-making machine was finished by Professor A. C. Twining in Cleveland, Ohio, in i8S5. Twinings machine would produce i800 pounds of ice in 24 hours while the first machine used by the Olney Artificial Ice Company produced 30 tons of ice per day. ln l903 the Company, with interested citizens, built Vernor Lake, which is still the city's water reserve. ln l9l5 the addition of a meat packing plant was made and at that time the name was changed to the Egyptian Packing Company. All of its products bearing The Lotus Brand -the Flower of Egypt. Olney then became known to the railroads as a meat packing point, until the plant was destroyed by firei ln the year l926 the Egyptian Packing Company was sold to the Ebner lce CS Cold Storage Company, its present owner. Since that time many changes have been seen. lce making machinery lias been completely replaced. A Modern Cold Storage Locker plant has lteen added. City and rural ice delivery has been expanded. The Ebner Ice 6 Cifllfl Storage Company has organized a sales department for distributing lifaderr. Air-Conditioned lce Refrigerators, both Commercial and Domestic, Double-Cola and Double Line Flavors, Permutii W'ater Conditioners, 'Warm Morning Stoves and other lines of merchandise. ITS SMART TO USE REAL ICE EBNER ICE 6. COLD STORAGE CO. PHONE 41 1021 WHITTLE OLNEY. ILLINOIS cn PTT

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Progress Of Coca-Cola in Olney AROL PRESTON Every day millions of people in every walk of life accept the invitation to pause and refresh themselves with ice-cold Coca-Cola. What is the story behind this universal popularity? Since the popularity of Coca-Cola is universal it might be of interest to know the history of our product in our own community. In 1905 Mr. A. I. Dant owned and operated the first Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Olney. The building, located on South Fair Street, was a one-story brick, twenty feet wide and forty feet long. The production equipment consisted of one barrel of carbonated water, one syrup jar, and one spout filler and crowner. Mr. Dant used a horsedrawn wagon to deliver Coca-Cola in this territory. In 1910 Mr. Dant sold the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Olney to Charles Haug. From 1910 until 1918 the Coca-Cola Plant and business progressed very rapidly under Mr. Haug's supervision. ln 1918 Mr. Haug sold the Company to Frank Bryan and Walter Shultz. Walter Shultz had for some time been working for Mr. Haug. The partners bought new production equip- ment and owned three delivery wagons for the Olney territory. From 1918 to 1927 Mr. Bryan and Mr. Shultz were recognized by the citizens of Olney as the kind of aggressive business men necessary to the growth of a community. In 1927 Mr. Bryan and Mr. Shultz sold the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Olney to the Midwest Dairy Products Company of DuOuoin. Then Gassmann Ice Cream and Butter Com- pany and the Coca-Cola Bottling Company were consolidated into one company, under the name of the Midwest Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Olney. The Midwest Coca-Cola Bottling Company was successfully operated for several years by Mr. Zean and Mr. Louis Gassmann. In 1931 Mr. E. B. Hampton became manager of the Midwest Coca-Cola Bottling Company. The company prospered under Mr. Hampton's management. In 1939 Mr. Hampton resigned to go into business for himself. lanuary 1, 1940, the Coca-Cola Bottling Company rnoved to its new location at 906 West Main Street, Olney, Illinois. The building is a beautiful buff brick, ll0 feet wide and 140 feet long. This plant is one of the most modern Coca-Cola Bottling Plants in the state of Illinois. The attractive reception room is regularly used as a community room by different civic organi- zations. The personnel of this plant consists of two special salesmen, one plant superintendent, eight production men, two advertising men, ten salesmen, and two office clerks. Eighteen