1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Causby Tours #3
Causby Parker - 9-25-14
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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.
Across
the
tracks
from
the
"Bombshell
Ironworks,
at
the
end
of
Memorial
Bridge,
is
where
Ellis
Baker
owned
&
operated
an
Electric
Shop.
According
to
"Cricket"
Duff,
the
building
sits
on
CSX
property
and
is
on
a
20
year
lease
by
the City of Alderson.
Across
the
street
along
the
edge
of
the
road
which
is
now
occupied
by
the
Alderson
Alumni
Park,
the
C.
J.
Casdorph
Grocery
Store
sat,
(as
remembered
by
"Cricket”
Duff),
before
it
moved
across
the
bridge,
beside
the
Snack
Shack.
(As
remembered
by
my
husband,
Ward
Parker)
C.
J's
once
accepted
produce,
honey
&
eggs
from
local
farmers, in exchange for groceries.
Back
up
Rt.3
on
the
corner
of
Alderson
Ave
and
S.
Monroe,
is
the
home
of
Lena
Ratliff.
She
used
to
take
in
seniors
who
were
no
longer
able
to
take
care
of
themselves
and
provided
them
with
a
warm
home,
prepared
them
3
meals
a
day,
gave
them
the
care
they
needed
and
saw
to
it
that
they
received
the
proper
medical
care
as
well.
This
home
is
now
owned
and
occupied
by
her
daughter,
Norma
Ratliff-
Carter.
On
the
empty
lot
across
from
Mrs.
Carter's
is
the
site
of
the
former
Pure
Oil
Sta.
owned
&
operated
by
Laird
Wall,
located
across
Rt.
3
from
the
Senior
Center.
(According
to
Ross
Copenhaver
and
"Cricket
"
Duff)
this
property
is
now
owned by rev Mark Stauffer.
Between
the
"Pure
Oil
Station."
lot
and
the
Alderson
Presbyterian
Church
is,
what
used
to
be,
a
Beautiful
old
Victorian
house.
I
have
not
been
able
to
find
out
who
owns
it or who lives there. It is in very poor condition.
The
brown
building
between
Church
&
City
Hall
is
now
owned
by
the
town
and
currently
being
used
for
storage.
(According
to
Ward
Parker's
memory)
his
grandmother,
Grace
Allen
,
born
in
1904,
told
him
that
when
she
was
a
child
,
this
was
a
millinery
(hat)
shop,
shortly
after
1906.
(According
to
"Cricket"
Duff's
memory),
his
Aunt,
Nell
Ayers
ran
a
restaurant
there
for
years,
until
about
1951.
Ward
Parker
also
remembers
that
somewhere
between
1948-1951
(appx.)
there
was
no
store
name
on
the
building
and
that
the
only
sign
in
the
window
was
made
of
cardboard and just had "PIES" handwritten on it.
Turn
left,
here
into
the
alley
and
you
find
the
Alderson
Police
Dept.
in
back
of
The
City
Hall.
Police
cars
shown
parked behind the Ayers restaurant (brown) building.