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FILLING THE FIRST SCRIPT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Wallace, her grandfather, Loel Bennett, opened the pharmacy just off the square in Winchester in 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe started off [on] the square just right around where Blue Front Drugs is now,\u201d she explained. \u201cShortly after, we had a fire. We moved to the current location in 1960 and have been there ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Welcomed by the community, Wallace explained that the family business would grow with the addition of his daughter and Wallace\u2019s mother, Betty Don Henshaw, becoming a fellow pharmacist and a partner in the pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wallace said her mother added value to the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy mother was smart as a whip,\u201d she said. \u201cShe was the first in Franklin County to have a computer in the pharmacy. That was a pretty big deal then. She also helped at the hospital when they were short-staffed. She worked at both places until they could find someone to fill the position at the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wallace would grow up in the business, helping wherever she could and taking on almost every position in the pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou just take everything in and learn as you go,\u201d she said. \u201cI have done it all. I had to wash dishes when I was around 7 or 8. One of my jobs was to wash glass pill bottles. We reused them until plastic ones came along.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wallace would also follow in her mother\u2019s and grandfather\u2019s footsteps and join the family business in 1997 as a co-partner with her mother, until her mother\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI knew I wanted to do something medical, whether it would be a physician or a pharmacist,\u201d she said. \u201cI just felt this place was perfect to fit right back. I love people and being able to do something to help someone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n MORE THAN A PHARMACY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you step into Bennett\u2019s, it\u2019s almost like a step back in time. You are welcomed by a retro lunch counter complete with blue vinyl bar stools and a soda fountain that seems straight out of the 60s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Served at the lunch counter is a chicken salad plate (that Wallace claims is out of this world) with the famous \u201cBlood Marty,\u201d which is well-known by almost every student who attended Franklin County High School before 2007, when the school moved locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe big thing is a Blood Marty. Everyone used to skip school and come and have a Bloody Marty and then go back,\u201d said Wallace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wallace added that they make all their chicken salad, pimento cheese, and tuna salad from scratch, along with homemade ice cream served with their most popular sweet treat\u2014a banana split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur other big thing is a chicken salad plate. It\u2019s amazing,\u201d said Wallace. \u201cPeople can get it here or to go. We make chicken salad anywhere from two to four times a day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As if friendly service and good food weren\u2019t enough, the pharmacy also offers a selection of gifts for all ages and tastes. Whether you are coming in to shop for yourself or pick up something for a loved one, they have got you covered. Wallace added that they expanded in 2007 into what was known as the old Scenic Restaurant to provide their customers with even more to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As the years have passed, Wallace said that they worked diligently to keep up with the fast world of medicine, with things such as vaccines and helping their patients learn about their medications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe try to add things as they come available,\u201d explained Wallace. \u201cWe do medication therapy management and a lot of vaccines. We\u2019ve changed, but we also try to be there for our customers to help them with their medications and know them by name. They are more than just a number to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n What hasn\u2019t changed, and won\u2019t, is Wallace and her team\u2019s dedication to providing the best possible experience for their customers. Whether they\u2019re just stopping to pick up their prescription or staying for a while to chat and have some lunch, they want each customer to enjoy the magic of this truly unique place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s nice to come into a place where you can just relax and live in the past for a bit,\u201d said Wallace. \u201cWe have customers who have come in since they were knee-high, to now grown adults. Here, your customers are more like your family.\u201d GN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHEN MOST of us think of a pharmacy by today\u2019s standards, we think of running in, grabbing our prescriptions, and running out. 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