1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Causby Tour 8
Causby Parker - 9-20-14
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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.
Approximately
here
is
where
the
C.J.
Casdorph
Grocery
Store
once
stood.
William
"Willie"
Fawcett
and
Orville
Upton
were
employed
there.
A
little
to
the
left
of
the
concrete
bench
is
where
The
Snack
Shack
(the
local
"hang
out")
was. The beautiful riverbank behind the Snack Shack.
Looking over to the Monroe side of the Memorial Bridge.
Alderson sign "Settled in 1777”. Signs, Joint Co. Bridge, inlaid in walls of memorial bridge. Opposite, bridge wall
plaques, "Nat'l. Register of Historic Places
Renovation and bridge history plaques.
Left:
Looking
toward
the
other
side
of
bridge
where
once
stood
the
C.
D.
Hanger
Jewelry
Store.
Right:
Hanger’s
Jewelry
Store
in
one
of
Alderson’s
floods.
(Photo:
Tom
Roush)
L.O.
Mc.
Clung
Building,
and
through
the
double
doors
on
the
corner
is
the
former
home
of
the
Alderson
National
Bank,
circa
1910.
The
Vault
is
still
there.
Today,
this
building
is
owned
by
the
Alderson
Renaissance
Committee.
There are still rental apartments & residents living upstairs.
Johnson
Memorial
United
Methodist
Church:
In
1911
the
Reverend
G.
C.
Beery
raised
money
for
a
new
church
lot
in
North
Alderson.
After
securing
the
lot,
it
was
not
until
May
17,
1915
that
a
building
committee
for
a
new
church
was
selected.
They
were
S.
R.
Neel,
R.
L.
Johnson,
J.
E.
Keller,
O.
D.
Massey,
and
E.
Chase
Bare,
and
a
fund
raising
drive
was
started.
From
October
1917
until
May
27,
1923,
the
congregation
met
in
Jarrett-Massey
Hall
on
the
third
floor
of
the
Alderson
National
Bank,
while
the
line
brick
church
was
being
constructed.
The
church
congregation
on
May
11,
1921,
unanimously
approved
the
plans
of
the
new
church
and
on
February
21,
1922,
a
contract
was
let
to
Phelps
and
Halloran,
Charleston,
to
build
it.
The
total
cost
of
the
lot,
church
and
pipe
organ
was
$52,452.86.
The
first
service
was
on
the
last
Sunday
of
May,
1923,
and
the
church
was
known
as
Johnson
Memorial
Methodist
Church
in
memory
of
J.
F.
Johnson.
For
more
information http://www.min7th.com/awv/ghschurches4.htm
When these were still there: Left to Right. The Snack Shack, C. J. Casdorph Grocery
Store, and Ed Harris Grocery and gas station. These three building stood on the bank of
the Greenbrier. (See top two photos)