1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Only Yesterday In Alderson - Page 9
Tom Dixon
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With
theses
scenes
from
another
age
we
close
our
brief
look
at
Old
Alderson
and
perhaps
heave
a
sigh
that
the
old
spirit,
the
old
enthusiasm
and
energy,
the
old
confidence
in
industry
and
work,
yes,
and
the
old
beliefs
in
honor
and
honesty
and
morality
which
were
so
firmly
current
then
should
have
come
to
their
present
state
of
compromise
and
challenge.
We
have
gained
so
much
in
the
seventy
years
since
this
photo
was
stopped,
but
how
much
have
we
lost;
has
the
price
of
"progress"
in
the
material
sphere
been too high in the spiritual? The final decision will be left only to history to decide.
THOMAS W. DIXON, JR. Historian to the Town of Alderson.
Thanks
go
to
the
First
National
Bank
of
Alderson
which
has
underwritten
the
publication
of
this
booklet.
Any
profits
from
sales
will
be
donated
to
the
fund
being
raised
to
restore
and
preserve
the
concrete
bridge
of
1914
the
way
it
was
in
these
pages.
Your
support
by
purchase
is
appreciated.
You
will
notice
that
most
of
the
photos
in
this
volume
are
the
work
of
Mr.
J.
W.
McClung
ran
who
his
studio
in
Alderson
from
1890
to
1920.
Some
of
his
glass
plate
(negatives
were
saved
from
destruction
by
Richard
Ford
and
after
his
death
they
came
to
the
author).
Mr.
McClung
immortalized
Alderson
for
us
in
her
salad
days
and
our
thanks
also
go
to
him,
and
we
are
only
sad
that
more
of
his work was not saved.