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Centennial Souvenir Program, 1954 In 1922 George Schwarz purchased the O'Fallon Creamery from Mr. John Munier. The previous operations of the plant were the making of ice cream and butter. There were also facilities for ice making. All of these operations had been discontinued for some time when the plant was purchased by Mr. Schwarz. The plant was located on West Second Street. At that time the location was advantageous because of the Interurban car line which had a switch into the creamery plant. Coal for the plant and a great deal of the coal used by the people of O'Fallon was delivered from this switch out of railroad cars brought in from St. Ellen and the Prairie mines. The mines at that time did not have truck loading facilities. Because of the available refrigeration a milk receiving station was started for the Illinois-Missouri Co-Op. The Co-Op after a few years went into bankruptcy. This presented a problem for the milk producers in this locality and they asked Mr. Schwarz to go into the milk business. In 1923, the first milk route was purchased with a list of 150 customers. Of the first three producers (Joseph Thoman, Sr., George Munier, Sr., and Mike Obernuefemann) from whom Mr. Schwarz started buying milk, Mike Obernuefemann is still a shipper today. From that time on expansion in the milk business continued making it necessary to build new and larger quarters. Construction work was started after World War II on the new building located on the corner of Oak Street and Route 50 and the building had its formal opening on May 1, 1948. The new plant of the O'Fallon Quality Dairy is recognized by the industry as one of the finest processing plants in the State of Illinois. At the close of the war after returning from service with the Armed Forces, Mr. Schwarz's three sons, Robert, Jack, and William came into the business. The present corporation officers are: George Schwarz, president; Robert and William Schwarz, vice-presidents; Jack Schwarz, treasurer; and Sue Schwarz, secretary. This makes the O'Fallon Quality Dairy a family corporation. Today the O'Fallon Quality Dairy distributes its products in most of the cities of St. Clair, Madison, Clinton, and Bond counties. The plant employs 36 persons, has 37 distributors and drivers, and collects milk from 303 producers. ---25-26---
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