ufacture in Tyrone, Pa., in 1891 and later took on other
plants, entering Altoona in 1916, where it became the leading
factor in the industry. The Durkin Ice Cream Company of
Waukegan, Ill., was the third unit added to the group during
1924.
With the beginning of 1925, National Dairy became even
more active and added to its holdings the Chapell-Thompson

A view of the Freezing Room in the Rieck Ice Cream Plant.
201.600 quarts of ice cream can be frozen every 24 hours.

Company of Chicago, the largest competitor of Hydrox there;
the William Ohlhaver Company of Aurora, Ill; the J. A.
Ohlhaver Company of Joliet, Ill.; Moore Bros. of Oil City
and Meadville, Pa.; and more recently the DBridgeman-Russell
 Company of New York. Since then the Erie County
Milk Association of Erie, Pa., which commands the situation
there. has been acquired.
National Dairy had previously operated in New York
through the Hydrox Corporation’s acquisition of the Shevers