JULEP BOTTLING COMPANY 1931-1940

March 29, 1931 an article from the Kingsport Times reports that the Julep Bottling Company has recently started operations at 242 East Main Street with Elijah Preston Gillenwater as President and his son Ernest C. Gillenwater as Vice President and Secretary Treasurer. According to the article E. Preston Gillenwater has eight years of bottling experience already, although no mention of where that was is there. They are bottling Julep and Lime Cola, by 1939 they have moved to 206-208 West New Street.(1) On August 30, 1940 a notice is posted in the Kingsport Times News that announces the Julep Bottling Company, Inc. is no longer operating the plant on New Street in Kingsport, Tenn.(2)

242 East Main Street as it stands today

This is the second location of this bottling company at 206 West New Street. The building appears to be standing; however, it has been remodeled.

7oz deco Julep bottle that is similar to the ones used by the company.

A Julep Bottling Company ad announcing the opening of the company from the Kingsport Times of March 29, 1931

12oz Julep Beverages bottle dated 1940

A Julep Bottling Company ad from the Kingsport Times of May 14, 1931

12oz Pop Kola bottle dated 1941. This bottle raised a question that is that the Julep Bottling Company is no longer existent after August 30, 1940; however, here is a Pop Kola bottle with their company name on the back. Is it possible that maybe when Holston took over the bottling company that Julep had already been getting Pop Kola bottles from the same glass company that Holston ended up using and the glass company used the older company’s name since they were going to the same address? I don’t know for sure so I will post this bottle on both sites.

A Julep Bottling Company ad announcing the relocation from Main Street to New Street, Kingsport Times of March 22, 1936

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