Valley Pharmacy celebrates half a century in enterprise
Printed 9:00 am Thursday, Might 2, 2024
A neighborhood establishment celebrated an enormous milestone on Wednesday. The Valley Pharmacy and its longtime proprietor and pharmacist, John Minter, RPH, have been in the neighborhood for 50 years. On Wednesday, neighborhood members, clients and workers congregated to have fun Minter.
Whereas a pharmacy has been within the location since 1952, it wasn’t till Minter purchased the pharmacy in 1974 that it was named Valley Pharmacy. Minter would personal and function it from Might 1, 1974 to June 1, 2012, when Angie, his longtime coworker, and Craig Moore took over the enterprise. Minter has continued because the workers pharmacist.
“I realized rather a lot from John. I realized that our clients are first. We at all times maintain them first. They’re our buddies, our household,” Angie stated.
Angie has labored at Valley for over three a long time, lots of these alongside Minter.
“John [Minter] has molded me into the particular person I’m as we speak,” Angie stated. “I briefly took a job at CVS…It didn’t take me lengthy to comprehend I wasn’t at Valley Pharmacy anymore.”
The occasion came about exterior the storefront, the place those that had labored for the pharmacy through the years spoke. Angie stated whereas the milestone is extra the pharmacy itself, they actually wished to have fun Minter and his personal 50 years as a pharmacist.
Minter graduated from Auburn College in 1970. Afterward, he labored at numerous native pharmacies. 4 years later he purchased what was Genes Drug and renamed it after the city he grew up in.
“He’s a lifelong resident. He understands how the individuals suppose,” Craig stated. “Method again to love the inspiration of a textile neighborhood, there was only a sure stage of kinship amongst the individuals. He continued that together with his good persona and good humor.”
Craig learn a proclamation made by the Alabama Home of Representatives that acknowledged Minter and the Pharmacy on the milestone.
A part of the proclamation reads, “Throughout his time as a small enterprise proprietor and pharmacist, John Minter has seen quite a lot of change within the Valley space and generally pharmacy practices, together with the introductions of computer systems and insurance coverage drug playing cards; nevertheless, the one factor that has not modified is John’s dedication to the well being and well-being of the neighborhood and his love and devotion to his clients.”
After the speeches exterior, the gang entered the shop, the place the partitions have been embellished with outdated drugs bottles and commercials used through the years. A cake with a big 5 and 0 was lower and outdated buddies and clients congratulated the Minter on his milestone.
