College Cleaners

Paul Allen Broyles (1913-1998) was the son of James Samuel Broyles and Lucinda R. Lilly. He married Mary Elizabeth Furrow.

Paul owned and operated the Concord College Dry Cleaners - The Students Dry Cleaners - in a building on Vermillion Street in Athens.  He advertised that he offered a complete laundry and dry cleaning service to meet the individual demands of the student body.

In 1945 Paul Broyles sold the dry cleaning business and moved to Princeton, West Virginia, to open the Broyles Greenwood Nursery where he could pursue his love of Bonsai culture.

William Goosman (1902-1962) bought the Dry Cleaners in 1945. He changed the motto to, "The Friendly Cleaner - Let Us Keep ‘Em Cleaning," and began offering pick up of the items to be cleaned.

The Concord Dry Cleaners building, along with many other historic storefronts and businesses along Vermillion Street, was demolished. Photographs are in the Change chapter.