W. F. GRADY

The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 589
Kanawha

W. F. GRADY. The Purity Baking Company of Charleston
is one of the modern and model establishments of its kind
in the entire state. The company was organized by W. F.
Grady in 1919, with the following officers: O. O. Older,
president; Dr. Atlee Mairs, vice president; and W. F.
Grady, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Grady, having had the
practical training and experience of an engineer, was in a
position to render a great service in the supervision of all
the details of construction in the plant. This plant, located
on Bigley Avenue, is a modern industrial building, built of
brick, steel and cement, 75x120 feet, representing an invest-
ment of about $80,000. The machinery is entirely auto-
matic and is operated in electrically driven units. The
mechanical equipment represents the last word in scientific
bread making, and none of the arts and processes as the
result of age and long experience in bread manufacture have
been omitted here. The management has given this busi-
ness intensive study and application since its founding, and
has built up one of the most important enterprises in
Charleston. The products of this sanitary bakery are dis-
tributed wholesale over a large part of the normal com-
mercial territory adjacent to Charleston.

Mr. Grady is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the
Credit Men's Association, and is affiliated with the Elks
Lodge.

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