The Nehi Bottling Company of Bluefield, VA started out between 1927 and 1930 and was located on Tazewell Avenue near Walnut Street, with Hugh Falls as president, and Allen B. Hatcher as vice president.(1) It is actually built at the point that Tazewell Avenue crosses the creek. The company moved to their final location on Virginia Avenue in August 1934(2), just a month before the September fire at the neighboring lumber plant which would gut their former location(2), with John T. Arms replacing Hatcher as vice president.(1) The Nehi Bottling Company of Bluefield was incorporated on April 1, 1935 with Hugh Falls as President, Thomas A. Arms as Vice President, and John T. Arms as Secretary & Treasurer, all of Bluefield, VA, they would still hold these positions in 1944.(1) Nehi ceased operations of the bottling plant by the end of 1984, and agreed to sell everything to All-American Bottling Corp; however, All-American decided that they couldn’t operate profitably from the location by June 1985 and abandoned the building. Thus ends the long history of not only Nehi but of all soda bottling in Bluefield / Graham, VA.
First location on Tazewell Avenue
Second location on Virginia Avenue
Advertisement from May 1, 1931 from the Clinch Valley News.






6oz Rums Dry Ginger Ale bottles the left one dated 1938 and the other one dated 1943
Advertisement from May 19, 1939.






12oz Nehi bottle dated 1942






7oz Nehi bottle dated 1945
Advertisement from April 15, 1939.






12oz Royal Crown Cola bottle dated 1952






From the collection of Frank Anderson, photo by Joseph Lee
12oz Rums Dry bottle dated 1952






12oz Nehi bottles the bottle on the left is dated 1953 and the other one is dated 1954






12oz Par-T-Pak Ginger Ale bottles the one on the left is dated 1953 and the other one is dated 1958






12oz Nehi bottles the bottle on the left is dated 1956 and the other one is dated 1964






12oz Upper Ten King Size bottle dated 1960
Advertisement from September 22, 1961 for Royal Crown's 16oz bottle.
A Royal Crown Crate from Bluefield, VA


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Biblography:

(1) Polk's Bluefield City Directory 1927-28 through 1986

(2) Bluefield Daily Telegraph September 30, 1934