FRANK HENNEBOHLE, 79 YEARS 
 OLD, INVENTOR, MAKES VALVES 
      FOR STEAMSHIP NORMANDIE 

  Frank Hennebohle, 79 years of 
age, 8038 Constance avenue, owner 
of the Steam Valve Manufacturing 
and Machine Shop bearing his name 
at Eighty-first street and South 
Chicago avenue, made twelve valves 
for the Steamship Normandie, the 
latest ocean liner creation, which 
travels from New York to France. 

  Mr. Hennebohle, who is the inven- 
tor of some 100 different valves and 
hydraulic specialties, has made 
valves and pistons for patrons all 
over the world.  He has made the 
four largest automatic valves in 
the world.  These were sold to the 
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. 
He also sold the Carnegie Steel Cor- 
poration the second largest valves. 

  Mr. Hennebohle was born in 
Reuthen, Germany, Sept. 30, 1856. 
He had only three years of school- 
ing in the German parochial schools. 
He is father of eight children. 
Three - Martha, Henry and Frank - 
are deceased, and five daughters 
are living, all married.  They are: 
Mrs. Theresa Tost, Detroit, Mich.; 
Mrs. Elizabeth Prine, Chicago; 
Mrs. Anna F. Schumann, Calumet 
City, Ill.; Mrs. Marie Plath, Chi- 
cago, and Mrs. Catherine Sieben, 
Chicago.  He has 25 grandchildren 
and one great grandchild. 

  Started When Twelve Years Old 

  Mr. Hennebohle started to work 
when he became 12 years old.  He 
was a master mechanic with the 
Bachumer Vernien Bachum in Ger- 
many, from 1875 to 1880, when he 
left for America.  He first settled 
in Pittsburgh, and in 1881 he came 
to South Chicago. 

  He was a student of geology and 
studied the South Chicago district. 
It was at this time that he said 
that some day South Chicago would 
be one of the biggest steel mill dis- 
tricts in America, because of the 
excellent water and land transpor- 
tation.  He was employed at the 
Illinois Steel Company until 1889 
when he opened his own business 
and shop at 9048 Brandon avenue, 
and moved later to South Chicago 
and Baltimore avenues.  He was 
forced to leave this location 
because of the building of a rail- 
road.  He then moved to his pres- 
ent site. 

       Awarded Patents 

  Mr. Hennebohle was awarded nu- 
merous different patents for de- 
vices applying to steam, hydraulic, 
gas, air and ammonia pressures, 
which are used to save life and 
property and make hard work easy. 
He was awarded a medal and di- 
ploma, and also an honorable men- 
tion diploma at the Chicago 
World's Fair in 1893.  He is a 
member of the Illinois Mfg. Assn. 
Power Plant Engineers, and to use 
his own words: "I am a Republican 
with Democratic tendencies." 

  Mr. Hennebohle's first wife died 
in May, 1920.  He married Louise 
Weller, of Port Washington, Wis., 
on April 2, 1921.  She assists him 
as his secretary and bookkeeper. 
Mrs. Hennebohle is 62 years of 
age. 

        Both Active 

  Both Mr. and Mrs. Hennebohle 
are still very active, and have a 
keen sense of humor.  Mr. Henne- 
bohle still works every day in his 
laboratory in the shop.  They both 
take care of their beautiful back 
yard which has an aquarium and 
a profusion of flowers and shrub- 
bery.  They also have a grape vine- 
yard and a small cherry orchard in 
an adjacent lot. 

  When asked by a DAILY CALU- 
MET reported [SIC] if he had ever been 
active in any sport, Mr. Hennebohle 
said: "I had no time for that stuff; 
I always was studying something 
about machinery." 

  The valves which Mr. Hennebohle 
made for the "Normandie" were 
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 feet.  The were sold 
to the Munday Hoisting Company, 
contract engineers in Newark, N.J.