1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Causby Tours 5
Causby Parker - 10-16-14
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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.
Back
view
of
the
Post
Office,
built
in
1935
(For
more
information
of
the
post
office,
see
The History of Alderson West Virginia
).
Back
of
Peg
Withrow's
store
(later
Sam
Bennett's
Barber
Shop
&
Laundromat)
Back
"in
the
day”,
probably
50's,
Tommy
Knapp
was
a
Justice
of
the
Peace
&
Notary
Public.
He
had
a
tiny
little
"building"
right
at
the
back
of
this
store,
on
the
corner
across
Wickham
Ave.
from
the
Post
Office.
There
was
once
a
barber
shop
in
the
basement
down
a
set
of
steps
in
front of this building, below street level 4. Front view of Withrow's Store, now owned by Darrell McCallister.
Empty
lot
beside
Withrow's
is
where
Lobban's
Furniture
Store
used
to
be.
At
Christmas
time
they
had
a
"Toy
Land"
upstairs
with
electric
trains
running
&
dolls,
"red
rocket"
wagons,
Daisy
B.B.
Guns,
they
had
it
all!
Lobban's
Funeral
Home
began
in
the
back
of
the
Furniture
Store
(as
remembered
by
Cricket
Duff.)
When
they
left
there,
they
built
the
current building.) This property is now owned by Michelle Bowles.,
The
building
on
the
left:
Downstairs
is
where
"Tubby"
&
Bertha
Kirby
had
a
mini
grocery
store,
now,
rental
apartment
upstairs
and
little
antique
shop
to
the
right
of
downstairs.
In
the
50's,
this
building
housed
Jim
Russell’s
appliance store on the left, and on the right, Dixon Printery.
The
empty
lot
to
the
left
of
the
old
Theater
building
once
housed
(J.J.
Townly's
little
store
notions, like a 5 & 10 cent store) For more on Townley, click
here
.
The
theater.
I
think
was
originally
owned
by
the
Russells,
then
became
the
Alpine.
The
marquee
was
removed
long
ago
but
you
can
still
see
where
it
was
attached
to
the
building. Currently owned by Dick & Vivian Pranulis.
The
building
attached
to
the
theater
had
Dave
Gwinns
beer
joint,
and
in
later
it
was
Flint
Brothers
Beer
Joint.
The
west
side
of
the
building
was
the
Creamery
operated
by
Rutter
Pugh.
In
the
late
60's,
I
think
Jack
Hunter
also
had
a
grocery store here.
The
empty
lot
on
the
corner
of
this
block;
This
comes
through
John
McCurdy,
from
Glenna
Grose
Cather
(class
of
49)
She
states:
"Grandmother,
Mrs.
Russell,
built
a
playground
there
for
her
grandchildren
and
any
one
else
that
wanted
to
use
it.
There
were
monkey
bars
and
swings.
A
rope
swing
in
the
big
tree,
some
kind
of
a
ride
that
you
set
on
and
it
went
around
and
I
am
not
sure
what
else.
There
was
never
a
house
on
it
in
my
memory
and
I
always
assumed
that
my
grandparents
owned
the
property-they
always
took
care
of
it-mowing,
cleaning
up
etc..
I
have
a
picture
of
Eve
Reese
playing
on
one
of
the
bars
if
I
can
find
it.
Brings
back
good
memories.!!"
(I
was
told,
by
Vivian
Harness
-
Shepherd
that
Woody Lemons, at one time had 3 house trailers on this corner lot.)
The
pictures
on
the
left
and
middle,
are
behind
the
empty
corner
lot.
As
was
told
to
me,
by
Carolyn
Jones-Eggleston,
this
lot
used
to
hold
a
two
story
white
house,
owned
by
Leonard
Bowyer's
Aunt,
Catherine
Ballard-Jones.
The
picture
on
the
right
is
across
the
street
from
the
empty,
corner
lot,
This
is
a
back
and
front
view
of
what
used
to
be
the
home
of
the
Russell’s
and
later,
Woody
Lemon's
Tourist
Home,
and
now
owned
by
Dr.
Charles
Lilly,
a
dentist
from
White
Sulphur
Springs, who now has the house up for sale.
