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| Corner structure became Horne Drug Co. |
Mildred Gordon met Claude Horne, I believe, when both were attendants at her sister's wedding: Frances Gordon married James C Usrey. Mr. Usrey, a pharmacist, surely knew Mr. Horne, also a pharmacist. Mib must have caught Claude's eye. "Don't you know? She's the youngest of the most eligible Gordon Girls!" They married April 17, 1917.
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| Fancy remodel in 1949 |
Horne Drug Company was established in 1923 and the first store was located at the corner of Adams (once called Main Street) and Jefferson. Later the Company became Horne's Drug Store. Soda Fountain and all, it was remodeled in 1949.
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| New building in 1953, owned today by Camden UMC |
In 1953, Horne's Drug Store moved to the lot behind The House on Harrison Street and the modern full-line drug store was built there. At the same juncture, Thomas Gordon Dansby was born, Janie Gordon, and Frances Gordon Usrey died. Claude had died in 1950.
Goss Dansby managed the business and he and Margaret made the decision to move to her childhood home and help her mother. I'd been born while they lived in the garage apartment, so to me, living in The House on Harrison Street was home. Walk right out the back door and over to the drug store. The decision was monumental.
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| Thomas Gordon Dansby and Dad, Goss Dansby |
Parts of their stories are told in
The House on Harrison Street which will be launched during the
Camden Daffodil Festival, March 11-13, 2016.
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