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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sam:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You are correct the “new” Nehi
is bottled in the Dr. Pepper bottling plan in downtown West Jefferson NC. DP
is still a force in this small community. The plant is across the street from the
fill which used to carry one leg of the Y. My understanding is that there was
also a short spur at one point to serve the bottling plant the Mr. Colvard and
his family ran.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <b><span
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:38
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">NW
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Dr. Pepper's origins?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I know I'm a bit late joining this discussion.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family: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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family: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 <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> 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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family: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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>But, in January 2008 I was in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Lansing</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NC</st1:State></st1:place>--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, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">PLANO</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State></st1:place>...."
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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Virginia</st1:State></st1:place>.
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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have since found the "new" Nehi's here in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Roanoke</st1:place></st1:City>. 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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" title="nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">'NW
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Tuesday, May 05,
2009 4:53 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> RE: Dr. Pepper's
origins?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>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></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>I have many <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wythe</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pulaski</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) telling me that
Dr. Pepper was invented in Rural Retreat.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>What is the true story of
Dr Pepper</span></font></b></strong><font face=Symbol><span style='font-family:
Symbol'>Ô</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There are
a few different versions of how this beverage was conceived and named. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wythe</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Bicentennial Book authored by
Mary Kegley:</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Waco</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place> where he reproduced the
drink naming it Dr. Pepper. Some say Morrison created the drink in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>. After Morrison
became the owner of the drug store in <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>,
Charles C. Alderton of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>
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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Waco</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">TX</st1:State></st1:place> by Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling
Company.<br>
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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>
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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 <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>.
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></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Ed Painter - <st1:City
w:st="on">Narrows</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Va</st1:State> currently
living in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Russellville</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">AR.</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">NW
Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:07
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Dr. Pepper's origins?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>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 <st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>, but
spent all my summers in <st1:City w:st="on">Pulaski County</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">VA</st1:State> - both Nehi and Dr. Pepper were special summertime
treats for me; they never showed up in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>John Carnahan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>Columbus</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OH</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>PS: My <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Wythe</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType>
(<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Va.</st1:place></st1:State>) 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></font></p>
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