From Don Gilbert : I have been collecting for 30 years and have 1110 "common" bottles for sell @ $5 each. I also have many of the rarer, higher-priced bottles. Contact me if interested. E-mail: don.gilbert@cnz.com 

Nesbitt's Orange Memorabilia Page
Memorabilia related to Nesbitt's Orange and the fountain products of the Nesbitt's Fruit Products Company of Los Angeles California. Maintained by Tom Scott, grandson of B.R. Murphy, President of Nesbitt's Fruit Products Company from 1943 to 1959. 

A new green-colored, fruit-flavored 7Up drink will be called dnL, or 7Up spelled upside-down.

Universal Studios has switched juices at its theme parks from PepsiCo's Tropicana to Coca-Cola's Minute Maid.

PepsiCo has withdrawn a TV ad featuring the US rap star, Ludacris, following complaints that the singer's lyrics were derogatory towards women and included swearing. The 30-second ad had been intended to boost the brand's appeal with minority groups. PepsiCo apologized for any offence caused through its association with the rapper. Pepsi faced a similar controversy back in 1989 after a Madonna video caused uproar in religious communities forcing the brand to drop the star from its advertising. But it has enjoyed successful associations more recently with pop stars such as Britney Spears and Shakira. It has recently signed up the nu-metal band Papa Roach and the rap act Sev to appear in TV ads for its new Pepsi Blue berry-flavored drink.

Coke 're-paints' Himalayas yellow
The Indian Supreme Court has appointed a panel to assess the environmental damage caused to rock faces along the Manali-Rohtang road, a 55-kilometre stretch of a major Himalayan pass in the Himachal Pradesh region, by Coca-Cola and Pepsi, among other companies. It also reiterated that firm action would be taken against the soft drinks companies and other firms which had placed advertising on the rocks. A three-judge bench headed by India's Chief Justice said that the court would impose "exemplary costs on those who cause environmental pollution by painting rock faces."

Our NEW SITE! 
Beginning with today's Fizz, all archived newsletters will be located at the new site: thesodafizz.com. All of the previous Fizz, up to September 2002, will remain at the old site, and can still be accessed from links in the new site, so all the information is still available. Enjoy!

New bottles or cans, or anything soda, in your area ?
Please send the info so all of us can know @ WhatsNew@thesodafizz.com

September 13 - 14 (Friday - Saturday) Asheville, North Carolina
Western North Carolina Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club's Annual Show & Sale
(Fri. Noon - 8 PM, Sat. 8 AM - 2 PM) at the Best Western
275 Smoky Park Hwy. (I-40 exit 44), Asheville, North Carolina
Info: Larry Glenn, Ph: 828-667-0529 or 667-2049
or Tom Mattox, Ph: 828-298-8137

September 14 (Saturday) Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Antique & Collectibles Show & Sale
(Sat. 9 AM - 1 PM, early admission 7:30 AM)
at the Redwood Multipurpose Center
3100 S. Redwood Rd., Salt Lake City, Utah
Info: Bob Campbell, 1123 E. 2100 S., Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Ph: 801-467-8636 
or Rick Holt, E-mail: rckholt@netscape.net

September 14 - 15 (Saturday - Sunday) Kirtland, Ohio
Ohio Bottle Club's 34th Annual Show & Sale
(Sun. 9 AM - 2 PM, early admission Sat. 7 PM)
at Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio
Info: Robert Smith, Ph: 440-285-4184
or Tim Kearns, Ph: 440-285-7576

September 15 (Sunday) Winchester, Virginia
Apple Valley Bottle Collectors Club's 28th Annual Show & Sale
(Sun. 9 AM - 3 PM, early admission 7 AM) at the War Memorial Building
Jim Barnett Park, East Cork St. & Purcell Ave., Winchester, Virginia
Info: Frank Kowalski, 3015 Northwestern Pike, Winchester, VA 22603-3825
Ph: 540-877-1093, E-mail: polishbn@shentel.net

Old Dominion Chapter of the Coca-Cola Collectors Club will be holding its annual convention October 3 through 5, 2002 at the Sandcastle Oceanfront Resort Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Beach Party '02 events will include welcome party, silent and regular auctions, swap meet, banquet and room hopping. For more information, please contact Tim Watkins, 11 Terrace Circle, Newport News, VA 23605, 757-599-9821, or e-mail timandcoke@aol.com. For additional information on the hotel, please visit its website: www.sandcastle-vabeach.com.

The Hoosier Chapter of the Coca-Cola Collector's Club will hold their 7th Annual Swap Meet Sunday, October 6th, from 8am - 5pm at the Tippecanoe County Fairground's Home-Ec Building, 1401 Teal Rd (SR 25), Lafayette, Indiana. Tables are available for $15, Admission is $1 for adults, children under 12 are free. Information: The Hoosier Chapter, c/o Brenda Cummins, PO Box 387, Clear Creek, IN 47426, or contact: Ted Oswalt, Ph: 765-538-3593, E-mail: toswalt@tctc.com. 
NOTE: The swap meet is in conjunction with a large Flea Market. 

Any new events  in your area? Mail so all of us can know, to: Events@thesodafizz.com

From Mike Elling, Sharon, TN : "It is time to ban all carbonated, sweet soft drinks from schools. Let me tell you how Pepsi Cola of Marion, Illinois, messed up in the newly opened private Unity Christian School in Martin, Tennessee. They brought in a new soft drink machine and placed it in the hallway with lights on it that burned 24 hours a day; dispensed drinks only in 20 oz. "smackdown" plastic sizes for $1.00 each, and failed to replace outdated fruit juice product on a regular schedule. 
The plug was finally pulled when they refused to put in containers that were "child size" and could not program their machine to "not dispense" during the actual hours of formal schooling. The unconsumed product was left about on the grounds drawing insects and varmints; and the general trash problem was immense... This company was just not the answer for classes of predominantly elementary school age children!"

From Steve Ketchum : "As a parent of two teens, I would like to see soda banned from schools. Many kids are not equipped to make good decisions at this age, whether the issue be food and drink, drugs, or sex. Further, any list of current health issues will likely include the many new cases of obesity and diabetes among American youth. The National Softdrink Association's suggestion that these problems stem only from "...a sedentary lifestyle..." is far too simplistic. The issue relates to lifestyle, diet, and the tremendous power advertisers like Coke and Pepsi hold over young consumers. Don't misunderstand me. I love colas, and I love to collect early cola advertising, but I know that if we were to allow him, my 13-year-old son would drink soda with every meal. I'd like to keep him away from the stuff at least during the hours he is in school.
I am also a teacher in a junior high school. I see how distracting a bottle of soda can be, the mess it often generates in the hands of those not used to cleaning up after themselves (you ought to see the looks of disdain as a teacher suggests to some that they clean up their own mess), and how freely one bottle gets passed around to numerous friends in the hallway. Just imagine how many of those germs then find their way to your home on the lips of your child! True, they can also do this at the mall after school, but that's no reason to let it happen at school.
Finally, it is sad to think that schools must derive funding by selling their charges less-than-healthy products. Would such product sales even be considered if schools were adequately funded?"

And in the meantime, Pepsi seeks exclusive deal with schools (Click to read the full story)

Coca-Cola Memorabilia (The Collector's Corner) - Hardcover: 64 pages
Publisher: Todtri Productions Ltd; ISBN: 1577172116; Collector's Edition (September 2002)

Several times a week, I get an email from someone who has found a bottle, and wants to know its history. I wish I could answer all those emails with accurate information, but knowing every bottling company that ever existed, in its entirety, would take many people working around the clock for many years to research, and they probably still would not cover them all.

As an example, I have included the history of one bottling company. As you can see, it changed flavors, names, owners and locations many times before its end in 1991. Now, if only I could know all the thousands of bottling companies, at least in the same level of detail.

The company was organized as "Sass and Brother," manufacturers of soda water, in 1872. The proprietors were Louis.H. Sass and F.W. Muller, and the bottling works was located at 116 South Dunton. They manufactured Ginger Ale, Sarsaparilla, Lemon Soda and Strawberry Soda. 

By 1873, F.W. Muller bought out his half-brother’s interest in the company and moved the bottling works to a brick building at 500 North Vail Avenue in 1882. The basement was used for the business and the first floor for his home. This site is now part of the Arlington Heights Historical Museum complex. 

F.W. Muller Carbonated Beverages delivered soda pop along the dirt roads of the Northwest Suburbs. By this time, new flavors including Lemon Sour, Klondike Fizz, Buffalo Mead and Cream Soda were added.

In 1906, property at 110 and 112 West Fremont Street was purchased and a new building was built. The building housed the bottling factory, offices, and garage on the first floor and apartments for Muller’s sons, William and Henry, on the second floor.

Mr. Muller retired in 1923 and his sons William and Henry took over the business and renamed it Arlington Club Beverages. In 1945, they sold out to Harvey Shumaker and William Schild. Later Schild sold his share to Rod Wille.

In 1956, the plant was purchased by Robert Thompson. In 1960, Harvey and Marion Lutz bought the business. In 1964, the business moved to 1326 West Central Road in Mt. Prospect due to changes in zoning laws.

In 1978, the business was sold to Robert Phelps, and again, in 1986, to Richard Vandenbark. At that time, it offered 33 flavors, and yearly sales were approximately $550,000. Its appeal was its low price, 7- and 10-ounce.bottles, freshness, and multiple flavors.

Vandenbark declared bankruptcy in 1991.

If you have a soda-related subject that you would like to see here as an "FYI" article, or have information you yourself would like to contribute, don't be shy, send it to: FYI@thesodafizz.com

Until next week, Happy Collecting! CokeGirl