Library Display Showcases 75 Years of Local Pharmacy History
(Neenah, Wis.) – Morton Pharmacy, first established in downtown Neenah in 1932, will commemorate its 75th anniversary this month. The company recently installed a display in the lobby at the Neenah Public Library to exhibit historical articles from the third-generation family-owned pharmacy. Items on display include an old scale, medicine press, pharmacist’s show globe, and several obsolete medicinal products and toiletries once found on pharmacy shelves across the country. Vintage ledgers, prescription files and reminiscences from local citizens who remember the soda fountain at “Mort’s” are all part of the display. The exhibit will run until August 6, 2007.
For the Editor:
Charles Morton opened the doors to the first Morton Pharmacy in downtown Neenah in 1932 with a $600 investment. That first storefront shop has since has grown to 11 retail pharmacies throughout the Fox Valley and Oshkosh regions. The newest retail pharmacy opened in Greenville in September 2006. A closed-shop pharmacy is entirely dedicated to serving the needs of 2500 patients in long-term care facilities. Morton offers its customers several distinctive personal services, including prescription bubble packaging, home delivery, prescription flavoring and specialized prescription compounding. In 2006, Morton Pharmacy generated more than $40 million in sales and presently employs 160 team members. The company will celebrate and commemorate its 75th year in business in 2007. More information is available online at www.mortonpharmacy.com.
