RADFORD, VA
Radford, VA actually has a connection to my area in the personage of Isaac Greenspon who ran the Radford Ice Company which also bottled at one point. Greenspon would eventually become a partner in an ice plant in Pocahontas with the Kwass brothers, and after that enterprise dissolved, created the Isaac Greenspon Manufacturing Company in Bluefield, WV where he made candy and bottled soft drinks in the teens. The bottles shown are some that I found interesting, like most of these semi-locals tend to be, and are from the Cassco Bottling Works. This bottling company was a part of the Cassco Refrigerating Corporation based in Harrisonburg, VA. They had two bottling operations, which Radford appears to be the first of, and the other was located in Waynesboro, VA. This is obviously a flavor line.
7oz Cassco Beverages bottle from Radford, VA dated 1945
7oz Cassco Beverages bottle from Radford, VA and Waynesboro, VA dated 1946
CHRISTIANSBURG, VA
The Christiansburg Banner Cola Corporation was incorporated on November 1, 1919, with J. W. Pepper listed as President, and P. L. Kenley as Vice President. This bottle is from their beverages line of the late 1930’s, I have also seen these in green and both colors in 7oz.
12oz Banner Beverages bottle from Christiansburg, VA dated 1939
