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

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The Pure Oil Company x X...- 1. l-leadquart rs for The Pure O11 Company s lllmors development and operatlon have been mamtalned at Olney smc 1936 rn whlch vear leases were frrst acqulred m the tour countres comprtsmg Rtchland Wayne Clay and lasper Located adJacent the Farrgrounds on Route No l3O the Company has erected a beaut ful ofnce burldrng and lmpro Jed the grounds to grve the appearance of a park A total of over one thousand employees are engaged IH the Pure O11 Company-s actwrtres whlch organrzatton ts one of the largest of 1ts kmd rn th State Early rn 1937 the f1fSl wells commenced drrllmg the result of ten years of thoroughly sclentrftc and carefully planned development 'lne succes ful and gratrfymg outcome IS now hlstory Slnce that tlme The Pure O1l Company has drllled nearly eleven hundred addr t1onal wells brlng ng welcome benefrts to many tarmers and much act1v1ty to the many com munlttes scattered throughout the area Tax revenues have enaoled Noble and Clay Crty to bulld flne new hlgh school and many rntle ot roads are nqamtarned by the Cornpany At least one thrrd of the personnel was drawn from the local populatlon the remarnder havmg been rnoved 1nto the area from the o1l tretds of the south fest M1 hrgtm and th East As a result of Pure s selectlon of Olney Gs lts base of operat1ons many supply corr panres and kmdred SGYVICQ organtzattons have lxkewlse located therr otnues here These n W comers have found the cmzens of Olney most cordral and cooperatwe a Splfll whlch Wrll do much tor the advancement of thls communlty Nmeteen , -. , 'Z . . 1 v . . . 1 ca C . X- , A C I 1 - - . f. . . . I T . , r . , t ' Q . , O , . . , . U H . . . .., . V C . Q , . G . . , . . v , C . 1 t Q S l C t . . I A . . , . - V .A . . rl , X. C , 9 f . w . . V . - , - A 5 - L . ,9 - 1

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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

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