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From the Leonard Cash
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Hannah Gross
NLJ Correspondent
With Leonard Cash
After a month of bouncing
around town following the
various drug stores (starting
with Fawkes Drug Store on
lot 9 of block 10) through old
newspaper records, historian
Leonard Cash brings the drug
store series to a close in this
week’s installment of “History
on Main.”
When Newcastle Drug
Store moved out of its loca-
tion at 11 S. Seneca in 1951,
various businesses moved
in and out, and on Dec. 28,
1961, the News Letter Journal
reported that Grieves Insurance
and Real Estate merged with
the insurance department of
Cochran Agency to move into
the building as A-l Agency.
James Piana, Charles Smith
and Lee Hayne were partners
of the firm at the time.
The Fawkes building
(located on lot 9) had seen
various drug stores, although
the Fawkes family maintained
f OWnership of the building for
‘ many years. However, the Oct.
4, 1962, issue of the- paper
announced , that Rex r Shenton ’1
bought the building from Ray
Fawkes and the wives of Ralph
Young and Norman Marshall
of California.
“The transaction was made
by the Cochran Agency of
Newcastle. The building is
presently being remodeled for
office use,” the article says.
Later, according to an
article from Jan. 17, 1963, A-l
Agency had already moved to
a new location at 122 W. Main
and was hosting an open house
from 1 to 5 pm. with “free
gifts for all and refreshments.”
To kick things off, the agency
held a contest for the attendees
to guess the total amount
of losses that A—l covered
in 1962.
With A-1 Agency’s former
building empty, Wayne Grieves
and his wife, of Lusk, were
moving back to Newcastle to
open a new insurance agency
in the building, according to
the Feb. 7, 1963, issue.
The Sept. 2, 1965, paper
reported that $50 was stolen
from the Newcastle Drug Store
During this holiday season, we pause
to remember the lives of those we love.
cash tray in an unlocked safe.
The next article in Cash’s
record skips three years ahead
to Jan. 18, 1968, where we
learn that Newcastle Drug and
Jewelry was remodeling its
entire store. V
The Aug. 3, 1972 paper,
announced that Jim Royers
accepted a pharmacist posi-
tion with Newcastle Drug after
graduating from the University
of Wyoming.
The business was remod-
eling its store again, according
to an article from Jan. 22, 1976,
to relocate the fountain to the
back of the building.
On March 25, 1976, the
paper announced that the
Newcastle ’Men’s Store
(later renamed to Newcastle
Westerner) moved to the
former Piggly Wiggly building
(which was once occupied by
the Red Owl store, Cash said),
but a few months later, by
June 10, Newcastle Drug and
Jewelry was moving its jewelry
department into the former
men’s store.
The final article in Cash’s
records is from July 15, 1976,
and it announced that the
entryway for the new jewelry
department was nearly com-
pleted. Cash said Pamida
eventually bought out the drug
department of Newcastle Drug
and Jewelry and moved into
the building. A fire in 1998
burned down the jewelry store,
destroying nearly all of block
10, Cash said, concluding his
series on the drug store. In
summary, Newcastle
moved out of its original loca-
tion to the Fawkes building in
1921 on lot 9 and later bought
out Johnny’s Pharmacy and
merged with it in 1927. Cash
'Said Neweastle Drug stayed sine
l, ’theibusiaz 5 Has ,“One
ness moved to Castle Theater
in 1951 at 129 W. Main St.,
before going out of business.
However, before moving
on to the next building, Cash
wanted to include some articles
that were overlooked, starting
in 1912.
According to an article
from the April 11, 1912,
News Journal, Weston County
Supply Co., Newcastle Drug
and Kalil Farah were robbed of
“a large quantity” of hardware,
jewelry, knives, razors, guns,
rings, clothes and other items.
A back window of the drug
store was broken, and several
days passed before two of the
three suspects were appre-
hended (although further inves-
tigations were being pursued,
the article said). John Anderson
of the drug store reported that
the value of‘the stolen goods
amounted to $300.
“A good many people are
wondering if it would not be
better to spend a little of the
city’s money in securing ‘an
ounce of prevention’ in the
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shape of a night marshal during
the spring season when the
yeggs and hobos are traveling
from east to west than it would
be to spend so much time and
trouble over the ‘pound of
cure,”’ the article says.
The Sept. 19, 1912, issue
announced the marriage of
CC. Kirkpatrick to Minnie
Wilson on Sept. 4, in a “very
quiet at home affair.” Only
Wilson’s immediate relatives
were present, and “the words
which united the two hearts for
the remainder of life’s journey
were spoken by Rev. Isaac,
of the Presbyterian church.”
Wilson was considered “one of
our chore ,” and
nent young busmessmen.”
“This event marks the most
important mile-stone in their
life,” the article says. “It is a
pleasure'to chronicle the, mar—
riage of such worthy young-
people,» and we wish them
long life and bespeak for them
much happiness.”
As a “Hail to Newlyweds”
(the title of the Sept. 26, 1912,
article), the town ladies threw‘
Kirkpatrick and his bride
a “fruit shower,” which was
explained . in the following
section of the article:
“Upon a large table in
one corner of the room, the
guests deposited can after can
of jellies, fruits, etc., as they
came in and on each can was
appended some little house-
wifely advice which, if they
were all pasted in one book
would make a White House
Cook Book look like a vest
pocket edition in compar-
ison, both in volume and the
number of helpful hints,” the
article says.
The young couple was
brought to the “hall,” which
Cash said was probably the
Masonic hall, at 9 pm. for
the celebration, and everyone
danced well past midnight
to the songs played by the
orchestra, including “Kelly’s
Gone to Kingdom Come.”
Jumping ahead to March
31, 1960, Kirkpatrick, age 79
at the time, was still working
at Newcastle Drug during its
50th anniversary. Kirkpatrick
moved to Newcastle in 1904,
after attending a watchmaker
school in Omaha, which he
dropped out of due to finances.
His father Wanted him to be
a teacher, but Kirkpatrick had
11 intentionpf oingfi. so. He,
d ‘ : ngvest, so
. en” , cc abiton and
Lamberton were looking for
a watchmaker for the jewelry
department of the Elk Drug
Store, “Kirk” excitedly made
his way there. As he was pur-
chasing his ticket to Newcastle,
a bystander warned Kirkpatrick
about the recent hanging of
Diamond L. Slim in 1903
by asking, “Don’t you know
they hang men from bridges
out there?” It was the first
Kirkpatrick had heard of the
matter, but he figured he had
already bought the ticket, so he
might as well continue on with
his journey.
And so he did. He joined
the Elk Drug Store staff and
stayed there when Wyoming
Pharmacy bought the business
out. Kirkpatrick also helped
form the Newcastle Drug Store
and, additionally, was involved
with Boy Scouts and served on
the Newcastle Volunteer Fire
Department, as did both his
sons. The article was filled with
many of Kirkpatrick’s stories
because he was a renowned
storyteller and had enough to
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fill a book. He was admired by
many of the town members.
“For the last 50 years,
any person shopping at the
Newcastle Drug store, carries
away with him the vivid
impression of ‘Kirk,’ bent over
his bench with a magnifying
glass fitted into his right eye,
examining the insides of a
watch,” the article says. “He is
still the same pleasant friendly
man with a twinkle in his
eyes, who greeted friends 50
years ago.”
One of the interesting tales
regarding the- Kirkpatrick
family didn’t happen to Kirk
himself but to his Wife, Mimic.
On Sept. 2, 1976, the paper
retold the story/of Minnie’s
golden thimble, which she lost’
twice but which, after 56 years,
was once again back in her
hands. She came to Newcastle
1898 at age 10 and began
teaching in 1909. Her room-
mate Leta Blackwell bought a
thimble for her from Horton-
Lamberton pharmacy with
“M.W.” engraved on it. Minnie
used it to sew the clothes for
her wedding, but she lost it
on the 40—mile trek to town
from her homestead. Two years
later, the bag containing the
thimble was found. However,
when her son Bill was a baby,
he stuck it. in a hole in the wall,
where it couldn’t be retrieved.
When the wall was remod-
eled, the thimble was 'sealed
inside — lost for good. Almost.
When the Updike family
moved in and remodeled the
home, tearing the wall down,
the construction crew found it.
Afier it was finally discovered
who owned it, the thimble was
returned to Minnie and placed
in a glass box.
On May 23, 1985,
Newcastle Drug celebrated its
75th anniversary. Although
Kirkpatrick had passed on, his
96—year-old widow was present
at the celebration, and the
article included one of Kirk’s
famous stories to commemo-
rate the milestone. During his
first few years in the jewelry
department, he was making a
ring from a gold coin when a
government “fellow” told him
it was illegal to deface a US.
coin. Kirk never defaced a coin
again and warned his sons to
be careful.
After Kirk passed away in
1966, Minnie divided the busi-
ness share between two sons
(one son died a few years later
in 1969, and his share was
sold to Don Porter). During-the
com‘se of the store’s history;
.it had been broken into twice.
The first time, only drugs were
stolen, but the second time, the
thieves took jewelry as well.
To end the series, Cash
wanted to include a brief
biography of David Wilmot
Fawkes, the man who origi-
nally started the store in the,
late 19th century.
Fawkes ‘was born in
February 1856, in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. He graduated
from Pennsylvania College of
Pharmacy in 1878 and came to
the Sundance/Newcastle area
several years later to estab-
lish Fawkes Drug Co., with
his brother-in-law A.P. Hewes,
in both towns. The Newcastle
branch was in operation until
1911. In addition to being a
druggist, Fawkes was also the
Sundance postmaster. His final
resting place was in Pasadena,
California, where he died
in 1934.
And that concludes
Cash’s series on the Fawkes
and Newcastle Drug stores.
Next week...
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