Rainelle

Greenbrier County

 

Nehi Bottling Co.

1920s—1993

The Nehi Bottling Co. of Rainelle goes back as far as 1928, when a report from the Bureau of the Census was written about them (Department of Commerce, 1929). This report states the owner is J.C. Cook at this time. I suspect that there is an embossed Nehi bottle if this is the case.

The Nehi Bottling Company of Rainelle organized in 1961, with its president and vice-president being R.H. Bowman and Emma Hunt Bowman respectively (WV Sec. State, n.d.). Their office, and perhaps plant, was located at 1527 Riverside Drive. In 1993, they changed their name to Royal Distributors, Incorporated, marking the end of this bottler.

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References

Department of Commerce & Bureau of the Census. (1929). Census of manufacturers, 1929. No. 101: Beverages, West Virginia. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/50101518

West Virginia Secretary of State. (n.d.). Business entity details: Nehi-Royal Crown Bottling Company of Rainelle, Incorporated. https://apps.wv.gov/SOS/BusinessEntitySearch/Details.aspx?Id=ppcx+DdM3RITbnRgHtF4cA==&Search=IVh6S1E8yDfOpitXk61E4A%3d%3d&Page=0