1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Causby Tours 4
Causby Parker - 10-4-14
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This is the City Building, more commonly called City Hall.
The
Police
Station
and
Mayor
Travis
Copenhaver’s
office
are
in
this
building.
Next
to
City
Hall
is
the
parking
lot
for
The Old Alderson National Bank.
The
original
bank
building
built
in
1898
and
recently
purchased,
in
partnership,
by
Fritz
Boettner,
and
also
from
"Downstream
Strategies";
together
with
Timothy
Luce
of
"Presidio
Studios,"
with
plans
to
renovate.
Their
plans
are
to
locate
their
respective
businesses
in
office
spaces
on
the
second
floor
while
seeking
another
business
to
occupy
the
prime
retail
space
on
the
ground
floor.
How
exciting
to
have
new
businesses
opening
in
Alderson!
Next
we
have
Alderson
Medical
Center,
by
Satellite
of
Rainelle
Medical,
which
opened
in
Alderson
on
Jan.
17,
2011.
They
have
a
P.A.
on
duty
,
4
days
a
week.
Nurse,
Lucinda
Martin
&
Receptionist
,
Mona
Harris-Murphy.
They
have
a
Supervising
Physician
twice
a
month.
Dr.
Chris
Martin,
D.O.,
from
Rainelle
is
taking
over,
right
away,
for
Dr.
John
Loudermilk, M.D. , who is moving to Cincinnati to join his family.
They
do
accept
patients
of
all
ages,
do
have
scheduled
appointments,
and
will
also
take
"walk-ins" , to be worked in between scheduled ones. Services provided include; Family
meds,
flu
shots,
breast
exams,
pap
tests,
well-baby
check
ups,
they
are
not
equipped
to
do
x-rays
on
premises,
but
can
refer
patients
to
the
home
office
in
Rainelle
.
This
building
was
the
former
site
of
Mick
or
Mack
Stores
and
later
became
Early
Matney
(E
&
M)
Grocery
Store.
Nelle
B.
Early
was
the
owner,
Charles
Hogsett,
Mgr.
My
father,
Howard
R.
Fleshman
was
the
Butcher
for
a
full
line
of
fresh
meats.
Stocking
&
carry
outs
were
done
by
Richard
Ballengee,
Cashier/Clerks
were
Doreen
Eskins
&
Ann
Hogsett.
I
(yours
truly)
worked
relief
for
vacations
during
the
summers
of
1965-
1966.
Earlier
in
the
50s, our Aldersonian Editor, Barry Worrell also worked there when it was Mick Or Mack.
The
next
building
serves
three
purposes.
Two
businesses
and
a
residence.
Bottom
left
we
have
Priority
One
Home
Care
II,
home
based
in
Princeton,
originated
in
2005
and
the
Alderson office opened in Jan. of 2013. They are a DME Co., and sell Wheelchairs,
C-pap
machines,
Hospital
Beds,
Oxygen,
Trachea
supplies,
Diabetic
supplies
&
shoes.
The Owner/Mgr. of Priority One is Jane Bryant. They are open M-F 8:30- 4:30.
Bottom
right
is
Fritz'
Pharmacy,
as
previously
stated,
it
was
recently
bought
from
Jim
Coleman
by
Fritz
Boettner.
Fritz
has
a
Pharmacy
in
Fairlea,
that
has
been
in
business
for
years.
Where
Priority
One
is
now,
was
used
by
other
stores
including
the
drug
store
in
the
late
50s
when
they
decided
to
expand.
Around
1965
-
'66,
it
was
a
Jewelry
Store
owned/operated
by
Bea
Gladwell.
If
memory
serves
me
correctly,
she
lived in the Rupert /Rainelle area. Feel free to comment & correct me. I was wrong one time. LOL.
The
upstairs
has
had
several
uses
also.
Prior
to
the
40s,
the
Works
Progress
Administration
(renamed
in
1939
as
the
Work
Projects
Administration;
WPA
had
a
sewing
room
in
the
front,
right
hand
room.
It
was
vacant
for
about
a
year
when
in
the
winter
of
1940
Beth
Kessinger
Worrell
leased
the
whole
upstairs
for
her
residence
and
beauty
shop
and
remained
there
until
about
1955.
If
the
name
Worrell
sounds
familiar,
you’re
right.
Barry
is
the
son
of
Beth
Worrell,
(later
Fields)
and
had his bedroom on the left front of the building.
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.