Garland's Drug Store / Clore's Drug Store


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
      Garland's Drug Store no. 1:
  Clore's Pharmacy, 132 Campbell Ave SE, Roanoke VA (1913-1917)
  Clore & Garland, 132 Campbell Ave SE, Roanoke VA (1918-1927)
  Garland's Drug Store, 132 Campbell Ave SE, Roanoke VA (1928-1957)
      Garland's Drug Store no. 2:
  Garland's Drug Store, 1120 Loudon Ave NW, Roanoke VA (1930-1938)
  Garland's Drug Store, 1102 Loudon Ave NW, Roanoke VA (1938-1954)
  Garland's Drug Store, 514 11th NW, Roanoke VA (1960-ca.1969) 1,2
      Garland's Drug Store no. 3:
  Garland's Drug Store, 1120 Main SW, Roanoke VA (1948-1954) 1,2
      Garland's Drug Store no. 4:
  Garland's Drug Store, 1216 S Jefferson, Roanoke VA (1960-ca.1969) 1,2
      Garland's Drug Store no. 5:
  Garland's Drug Store, 1232 Jamison Ave SE (ca.1944-ca.1977) 1,2
      Garland's Drug Store no. 6:
  Garland's Drug Store, Grandin Rd SW, Roanoke VA (1949) 1,2
  Garland's Drug Store, 1325 Grandin Rd SW, Roanoke VA (1953-1954) 1,2
  Garland's Drug Store, 1327 Grandin Rd SW, Roanoke VA (1956-ca.1969) 1,2
      Garland's Drug Store no. 7:
  Garland's Dale Avenue Store, 520 9th St SE, Roanoke VA (1938-1948)
  Garland's Drug Store, 420 9th St SE, Roanoke VA (1950)
      Garland's Drug Store no. 8:
  Garland's Drug Store, 15 S Jefferson, Roanoke VA (1943-1950)
      Garland's Drug Store no. 9:
  Garland's Drug Store, 1328 Grandin Rd SW, Roanoke VA (1948)


      Other Garland Drug Stores:
  Garland & Sisson, 601 Franklin Rd SW, Roanoke VA (1923-1924)
  Garland & Pitts, 601 Franklin Rd SW, Roanoke VA (1926-1948)

  Garland's Wasena Store, 216 Main SW, Roanoke VA (1940-1952) 1,2


Notes:
Philip Clore Sr. (1879-1938)3 was a native of Madison County VA, and operated drug stores in Culpeper, Fincastle, Johonson City Tenn., and Roanoke.4
His drugstore in Roanoke first appears in city directories in 1913. 1

In 1914, Walter Buhrman Garland Sr (1893-1987)5 came to Roanoke, and took a job at Clore's drug store.6
About 1918, he had become a partner, and the business was renamed "Clore & Garland", and by 1928 he had taken sole ownership of the store, under the name "Garland's Drug Store".1

That would turn out to be one of 10 stores owned by Walter Garland and his brothers and sons.7

As listed above, I was able to find 9 stores that were called "Garland's Drug Store" with a store number, from 1 to 9. I recognize that the start dates of stores 1 through 9 don't seem to be in proper time order (e.g. store number 8 started before store number 3), and I don't have an explanation for that. There were also some Garland stores that had names other than "Garland's Drug Store".

Among the other family members involved in the stores was Robert Allen "Bob" Garland (1923-2019)8 who owned and operated Garland's Drug Store no. 6 for about 20 years. He was also a city councilman, who graduated from the school of pharmacy of the Medical College of Virginia, and served in the Army Medical Corps in WW-II. 9
Robert's brother, Ray L. Garland was also involved with store no. 6. 1,9


Garland Bottles:
garland_01 Amber 3.5" screw-topbottle with a label:
label: Garland's / DRUG STORE / PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST / "WE DELIVER FREE AND FREELY" / REG. NO. 4778 1327 GRANDIN ROAD, ROANOKE, VA.
label (typed): Dr. LOWE / RICE 28 FEB 57 / ONE EVERY SIX HOURS / $4.35



Clore & Garland Bottles:
garland_03 Clear 6.5" bottle with a label:
label: LILAC AFTER SHAVE LOTION ... Manufactured by CLORE & GARLAND DRUGGISTS "Where Quality Counts" Opp. Street Car Office, Roanoke Va.



Other Items:
garland_02 This is a 3.5" x 6.75" calendar from 1949 advertising Natures Remedy laxative, Tums, and Garland's Drug Store. It's marked:
(picture of plane flying in front of the moon) / "FEEL LIKE A MILLION" NR / Nature's Remedy / REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE / THE ALL VEGETABLE LAXATIVE / Garland's Drug Store / Roanoke, Virginia / TUMS FOR THE TUMMY / FOR ACID INDIGESTION
There are more advertisements for Tums & Natures Remedy on the back of the calendar.


1 Roanoke City directories for the years: 1888-89,92,98,1902,04,06-18,20-24,26-39,41-43,45-46,48,51-53,56-58,60
2 (some dates are based on newspaper mentions of "Garland Store No.xx", as not all stores were listed in the city directories each year)
3 Death Certificate 20339, 9-Sep-1938 in Roanoke VA for Philip Clore Sr.
4 Roanoke World-News, 1938-09-09, p.2 (obituary for Philip Clore Sr)
5 Find-a-grave entry for Walter Buhrman Garland Sr.
6 Roanoke World-News, 1987-03-05, p.19 (obituary for Walter B. Garland)
7 Roanoke World-News, 1992-07-26, p.148 (article: "Growing up at the famile drug store")
8 Find-a-grave entry for Robert Allen Garland
9 Roanoke Times, 1971-11-21, p.35 ("Garland Joins Friendship Manor")


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