1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Only Yesterday In Alderson - Page 6
Tom Dixon
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The
Greenbrier
Milling
company
plant
is
shown
here
about
1903.
Incorporated
by
George
Gwinn,
J.
W.
Johnson,
E.
Chase
Bare,
and
Dr.
W.
C.
Beard
in
1901,
the
mill
supplied
electric
power
to
the
town
for
many
years
and
produced
"C&O"
and
"Greenbrier"
brand
flour.
The
town
was
proud
of
the
fact
that
a
car
load
of
Greenbrier
flour
went
to
France
to
feed
the
troops
in
World War 1. Photo by J. W. McClung.
A bag of Alderson’s famous “Greenbrier” flour is shown in use.
The
Woodson-Mohler
Wholesale
grocery
company
was
one
of
Alderson's
important
business
and
at
one
time
the
largest
wholesale
grocery
concern
between
Charleston
and
Richmond,
with
a
vast
market.
This
photo
in
1918
shows
the
newly
completed third floor of the building. Photo by J. T. McClung.
The
Alderson
National
Bank
was
established
in
1909
in
competition
to
the
First
National.
Its
imposting
building
was
built
in
1910
and
had
stores
on
the
first
floor,
offices
on
the
second,
and
an
auditorium
on
the
third.
The
bank
failed
during
the
Great
Depression
living
Alderson
again
a
one-bank
town.
J.
W.
McClung
too
the
above
portrait
of
the
new
banking
house
in
1910.
J.
W.
McClung
took
this
close
up
or
the
Rexall
Pharmacy
which
was
located
in
the
rear
of
the
First
National
Bank
Building
along
North Monroe St.
On
E.
Riverside
Ave
was
M.
D.
Woodson’s
5-10-$1
store
which
along with the bank, occupied the first floor of the building.