ATTIC PHOTO - NEWBOLD

The year is approximately 1947 and Dr. J. C. Newbold was standing in front of the Historic Issaic T. Mann House. At that time he owned the Historic Hewitt House that is located beside the Mann House. Dr. Newbold was a well know prominent resident of The Town of Bramwell. He owned a string of movie theaters in southern West Virginia, including the Bramwell Theater and also owned the Historic Bramwell Pharmacy.

Dr. Newbold attended pharmaceutical college in Louisville, Kentucky where he met Dr. Simeon Joseph " Doc" Bryant ( 1865 - 1939 ) another pharmacy student. Upon graduation they came to Bramwell together as pharmacists for the Bryant Company. Bryant's Pharmacy was first established in 1892 and rebuilt in 1910 following the Town of Bramwell Fire. S. J. Bryant was listed as pharmacy manager with J. C. Newbold and S. J. Bryant, pharmacists.