Dolph Wharton’s Taverns with Dolph and Family

First Photo: This is Dolph Wharton’s first tavern. It was the second building from the corner of Basil Avenue and Randalia Road. Dolph  Wharton was a very successful local tavern owner and a generous man. He owned a good bit of land in the area and ended up donating the lot that the current VFW is located on. Second Photo: Here’s his more recent tavern that he had built after the over-head bridge was completed. It was located about where the post office is now on Route 213. Third Photo: This is Mr. Dolph Wharton posing with his wife, Bessie, and adopted son, Willard P. Heverin, who was killed serving our country in WW ll. I’ve been told that, in his youth, Dolph lost a leg in either a boating accident or a motorcycle accident. As a boy, I recall seeing him descend with effort from the steps of his first tavern.