Haley Drug New Look

Temple’s Haley Drug has a new look inside and out. Ken says it was Wanda’s idea.

The Haleys bought the business from Guy Hooper April 1, 1970. Says he wondered if starting April Fools Day was a good idea.

Hooper bought out Fred Warren about 1955 and removed the fountain. Ken was pleased to be without the fountain. He had worked in a drug store with fountain and found it a “head ache”.

Folks of my time remember Warren’s Rexal Drug for five cent ice cream cones, milk shakes, cherry and frosted cokes. I also remember the distinct smell of the pharmacy. The young guys working behind the fountain counter were celebrities. Puck Moorman, Russell Dilks, Loren Douglass. Stanley Baker and Claude Mullins were a few of them.