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Show The Wilken Family, Three Generations of Distillers Z f' , I : , . - if tr - , - ll ' " - V j . Harry E, Wilken, Sr., proudly showing his sons, Harry, Jr., and William, the picture of his father, a famous distiller in whose footsteps all have followed. Ti the list of many business careers ca-reers handed down from hV&er to son for generations, we can noir add the one of whiskey making. Way back in 1885 when he was only fourteea years old, Harry E. Wilken started making whiskey in the famous whiskey state of old "Kentuck." Mr. Wilken is now the head of one of the most unique families fami-lies In the world. He, his two sons, two daughters and a son-in-law are all employed hy distillers and all, according ac-cording to authorities, past masters in their work. Making whiskey has been Mr. Wil-ken's Wil-ken's enjoyable task for the past two score and ten years. Recently a survey disclosed that he had distilled dis-tilled more than 380,000,000 gallons of spirits during his five decades as a distiller. Harry, Jr., Is probably the youngest young-est distiller in the United States. William, another son, is an expert blender and T. J. McConville, son-in-law, is a mechanical man who takes care or the engines and all electrical -equipment. Mr. Wilken, Sr., is one of the few vetei ans of the old school who knows every step in the productio of fine whiskey. Smooth bourbons, ryes. blend3, straight whiskey practically practical-ly every type known to those who drink has been distilled, aged and bottled by him. With his wife, two sons and two daughters he now lives in Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and operates one of the largest distilleries in the state. |