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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sam, dontcha know you gotta have a Moon Pie to go
with those R-oh-C Cokecolas?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>EdKing</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:38 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Dr. Pepper's origins?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I know I'm a bit late joining this
discussion.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Concerning the popularity of Dr. Pepper in Roanoke in
the 50's, I remember reading in the Roanoke Times a couple of years ago when
the big Dr. Pepper sign downtown was being renovated that Dr. Pepper's PR
folks said that the company (which I think is owned by Pepsi now)
was glad to help fund the restoration because Roanoke is still the city/area
with the highest DP consumption per capita. I know I do my part, at
least with the diet version which tastes remarkably like the real thing,
IMH0.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Also concerning Dr. Pepper being a Southern thing until
recent decades, I remember well my Long Island cousins visiting my family in
Farmville in the 50's and being tickled to discover a drink with that funny
name. Of course, I and my sibs loved to visit New York and watch the
reaction whenever we stopped at a gas station (there were no "convenience
stores" in those days) and asked for a Dr. Pepper.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Concerning Royal Crown Cola, that was the Wilson Nehi
Bottling Company's cola drink, so I would guess wherever you found Nehi
you found RC and vice versa. In later years, RC was bottled by
the Royal Crown Bottling Company, if my memory serves me correctly. I
don't know if Nehi changed the name of the company or if RC was spun off to go
national. I think Royal Crown Cola has been available continuously, but
until recently I hadn't seen Nehi sodas for 20 or 30 years. I assumed
the brand went defunct.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>But, in January 2008 I was in Lansing, NC--yep, the same
village that's on the Virginia Creeper Trail--and found the reincarnated Nehi
sodas in the local grocery store! I was so elated I bought two, a grape
and an orange. The bottles say "ORIGINAL NEHI" "The Tradition of
Taste Since 1924." The bottles also say "BOTTLED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF
DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP, INC, PLANO TX...." I didn't keep the caps, but I'm
sure they said that the drinks were bottled in West Jefferson, NC! This
really took me back because when I was growing up Nehi--and Coca-Cola as
well--had a bottling plant in every small town or at least every town I
visited in southern Virginia. The uncle of one of my friends worked at
the one in Farmville (I think it's an auto parts store now) and I got to visit
often. It was almost magical to watch those bottles marching along
single-file and getting shot full of those beautiful colored
liquids. And I always got strawberry.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have since found the "new" Nehi's here in
Roanoke. The new bottles are attractive but it would be nice if they
went back to the old Nehi bottles that I remember as having a king
of woven texture raised on the glass. Oh well, I'll take what I can
get.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sam Putney</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Dr. Pepper's
origins?</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">We
need not forget RC (Royal Crown) Cola……especially if accompanied by a Moon
Pie. Any true Southerner will understand!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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have many Wythe County ancestors going back to the Revolution so I like to
believe it was in Rural Retreat. I well remember, as a child, my
paternal Grandmother and Great-aunts (from Draper in Pulaski County) telling
me that Dr. Pepper was invented in Rural Retreat.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">What is the true story of Dr
Pepper</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">Ô</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P>There are a few different versions of how this beverage was conceived and
named. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><STRONG>From the Wythe County Bicentennial Book authored by Mary
Kegley:</STRONG><o:p></o:p></P>
<P>There are varying stories, but most accounts agree that the name was
given to honor Dr. Charles T. Pepper who was said to have concocted the
drink. His clerk at the store, Wade Morrison later went to Waco, Texas where
he reproduced the drink naming it Dr. Pepper. Some say Morrison created the
drink in Texas. After Morrison became the owner of the drug store in Texas,
Charles C. Alderton of New York was hired to handle the soda fountain and
mixed fruit flavors, finally blending the favorite drink now so popular.
Robert Sherman Lazenby (1867-1941) president of DR. Pepper Company for many
years is also credited with perfecting the flavor with a blend of 23 fruit
flavors. The drink was probably introduced to the public on a regular basis
about 1885, was first bottled in 1886. In 1888 it was bottled in Waco, TX by
Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company.<BR><BR>Dr. Charles T. Pepper
also had a son, Louis or Louie, an optometrist who was also known as Dr.
Pepper. He worked part time in his father's drug store and also claimed to
have developed the formula for the drink.<BR><BR>Another story is that
Morrison had romantic aspirations on Dr. Pepper's daughter. Dr. Pepper was
not in favor with the match and that is why Morrison left for Texas. This
story is probably not true because within the time frame, Dr. Pepper's
daughter would only have been around 5 at the time Morrison
left.<o:p></o:p></P>
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Painter - Narrows, Va currently living in Russellville,
AR.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<B>On Behalf Of </B>NW Mailing List<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 05, 2009
11:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Dr.
Pepper's origins?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">I
recall Dr. Pepper as being "only a Southern pop" like Nehi. Dr. Pepper's
screen-door icon and roadside signs depicted a clock showing the times to
take a a Dr. Pepper were 10, 2 and 4. I lived in Cleveland, but spent all my
summers in Pulaski County, VA - both Nehi and Dr. Pepper were special
summertime treats for me; they never showed up in
Cleveland.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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Carnahan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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OH<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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My Wythe County (Va.) uncle always told me that Rural Retreat was the
cabbage-and-sauerkraut capital of the world, but I don't recall his
mentioning Dr. Pepper. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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