The Whistle Bottling Company operated during 1923 and was located at 200 South Broadway. The officers were D. C. Burgin (President), E. T. Good (Vice President), E. M Hawkins (Secretary/Treasurer) and Manfred B. Burgin (General Manager). The company was a franchise bottler for the Orange Whistle brand.[1] The local Coke bottler had previously bottled this brand during the late 1910s.
Whistle, crown top, circa 1920s
Advertisement – June 1916
[1] The Orange Whistle Corporation of St Louis trademarked the Whistle brand of orange soda in January 1916. Whistle was created by Charles L. Grigg, who later created 7 Up.
References:
William M. Ambrose, Soda Pop, Limestone Press, Lexington, 2007.
