1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Causby Tours #2
Causby Parker - 9-25-14
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Coming
into
Alderson
on
Rt.
#3,
the
Albert
&
Opal
Jones
home. Next, the "Turn off" to Flat Mountain Rd.
On
site
where
former
Copeland
Chevrolet
Garage
once
stood,
(See
Pictures
by
Tom
Roush
#3),
now,
stands
the
Alderson
Senior
Center,
opened
11
years
ago
by
The
Monroe
Co.
Committee
on
Aging
@
Lindside.
They
now
have
5
sites
opened
.
The
Alderson
site
is
operated
by
Site
Mgr.
Carol
Wickline-Ayers.
They
serve
25-30
people
once
a
day,
5
days
a
week.
Not
only
do
they
serve
lunch,
but
offer
activities,
crafts
&
games
daily
and
live
music
&
dance
on
the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Coming on in toward Alderson's Main St., is Lobban
Funeral Home. Owner , Karen Lobban, operated by Karen
& children, Sarah & Charlie Lobban, III.
Alderson's
Store
Owned
by
Betty
&
John
Alderson
IV
and
operated
by
Betty
&
daughter,
Sarah.
This
store
was
erected
in
1930
after
the
old
Grange
Building
burned.
The
manikins
are
in
period
clothing
in
celebration
of
the
100th
Anniversary of the Memorial Bridge.
Next, is the former, Johnson & Gwinn Hardware Store,
now
owned
by
Luther
&
Judy
Lewallen
and,
to
the
best
of
my knowledge, is currently, just being used for storage.
The
former,
Quillen
Building,
aka,
Woodson/Mohler/Prince
warehouse
building.
A
Young
couple,
Travis
&
Brianna
Barkley, who have 4 children, moved here from Pa.,( near
Morgantown,
W.V.
),
recently
bought
this
and
are
currently
living
in
and
renovating
it.
Brianna,
is
a
blacksmith.
Her
company
name
is
Bombshell
Ironworks
Company
Artistic
Services,
and
she
plans
to
have
a
gallery
and
shop
(and
her
forge)
on
the
first
floor.
Her
family's
living
quarters
will
be
on
the
second
floor.
Visit
their
site
website
on
Face
Book.
Next
is
the
old
Johnson
&
Gwinn
Storage
building,
and
where,
next
to
it,
once
stood
Greenbrier
Milling
(Open
for
business
from
1901
to
closing
in
1976
and
was
burned
down
some
years
later),
is
now
a
couple
of
new
Housing
Facilities.
Welcome
to
The
Causby
Photo
Tours.
Causby
Parker
has
set
out
to
photograph
places
and
buildings
in
Alderson
and
give
some
information
about
them.
Some
are
the
way
we
have
always
remembered,
while
some
are
not.
There
are
links
at
the
bottom
of
the
page
will
take
you
to
the
previous
tour
and
the
next
one.
Please
take
time
to
comment. Causby is doing this out of passion for our little town. We hope you enjoy the Causby Photo Tours.