1919 headquarters boone north carolina products retail pharmacy website http www.boonedrug.com boone drugs is a drug store chain with 15 locations in north carolina and tennessee . contents 1 history 2 origin of cheap joe s art stuff 3 references 4 external links history edit boone drug company began operation in downtown boone north carolina in 1919 . the business was founded and operated by dr. george kelly moose until 1959 . in 1939 the business was incorporated in north carolina . the single store served as a pharmacy and soda fountain ; in the 1950s the soda fountain operation grew and a grill was added by expanding into the adjacent a & p store . the popularity of the soda fountain increased further in the 1980s and a rear addition to the building was created in order to accommodate 50 people . 1 origin of cheap joe s art stuff edit joe miller an owner in the corporation since 1963 wanted a local supply of art supplies and began stocking art supplies in the store for sale . demand increased and cheap joe s art stuff began with joe as the owner operator . 2 references edit the history of boone drugs inc. . archived from the original on 2006 07 10 . retrieved 2006 07 12 . chamber honors cheap joe s as small business of the year . retrieved 2006 07 12 . jim furman rph and johhny stacy rph worked with and became business partners with joe miller . 2010 finds boone drugs inc a jointly owned venture by jim furman and johnny stacy with joe miller now pursuing his art supply business . jim and johhny are co presidents of the company with longtime employee dale presnell serving as vice president . bonne drug now has 15 stores . external links edit boone drugs company website cheap joe s art stuff retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boone drug & oldid 647218273 categories pharmacies of the united statesretail companies established in 1919companies based in north carolina navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 08 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view