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Encyclopedia > Nehi
An advertisement for Nehi soda on a matchcover
An advertisement for Nehi soda on a matchcover

Nehi (pronounced ['nihaɪ], like "knee high") is an American, flavored soft drink. It was introduced in 1924 by the Chero-Cola/Union Bottle Works. The "Nehi Corporation" name was adopted in 1928 after the Nehi fruit-flavored sodas became popular. In 1955, the company changed its name to Royal Crown Company, after its RC Cola brand. It was founded by Claude Hatcher, a Georgia grocer, who began bottling ginger ale and root beer in 1905. Today, Nehi is a brand of Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages Image File history File links Drink-nehi-matchcover. ... Image File history File links Drink-nehi-matchcover. ... A Matchcover, or matchbook cover, is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a book or pack of matches. ... A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Royal Crown Cola has gone through several renamings throughout its history, but is now known again as RC Cola. R.C. Cola (or Royal Crown Cola) is a cola soft drink developed in 1905 by Columbus, Georgia pharmacist Claude A. Hatcher. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... R.C. Cola (or Royal Crown Cola) is a cola soft drink developed in 1905 by Columbus, Georgia pharmacist Claud A. Hatcher. ... R.C. Cola (or Royal Crown Cola) is a cola soft drink developed in 1905 by Columbus, Georgia pharmacist Claude A. Hatcher. ... Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (CSAB) is a unit of Cadbury Schweppes plc that handles its parents core United States business. ...


In the early 20th century, the advertising logo of Nehi was a picture of a seated woman's legs, in which the skirt was high enough to show the stockings up to the knee, suggesting the phrase "knee-high". This was referenced in Jean Shepherd's story, "My Old Man and the Lascivious Special Award That Heralded the Birth of Pop Art", as well as in his film, A Christmas Story. Jean Parker Shepherd (July 26, 1921 - October 16, 1999) was an American raconteur, radio and TV personality, writer and actor. ... For the Christian Christmas story, see Nativity of Jesus A Christmas Story is a 1983 film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, including material from his books In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickeys Night of...


Flavors

  • Dr Nehi
  • Nehi Chocolate
  • Nehi Root Beer
  • Nehi Berks County Root Beer
  • Nehi Lemonade
  • Nehi Wild Red
  • Nehi Grape
  • Nehi Orange
  • Nehi Peach
  • Nehi Strawberry
  • Nehi Blue Cream
  • Nehi Ginger Ale
  • Nehi Fruit Punch
  • Nehi Pink Lemonade
  • Blueberry Nehi

Nehi in popular culture

  • In the television series M*A*S*H, Radar O'Reilly's favorite soft drink was "Grape Nehi" (as he referred to it).
  • Bill Bryson discusses drinking Nehi while growing up in the US in his book The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
  • On That '70s Show, Steven Hyde is shown in an episode called The Pill drinking a grape Nehi.
  • In title song of the 1975 album Wolf Creek Pass by C. W. McCall the narrator mentions drinking Nehi while driving over the continental divide.
  • In Veggie tales Lord of the beans, Larry the cucumber sings "silly songs with the elves". In which he says, "...Grape NEHI...".

M*A*S*H was an American television series created by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1961 novel Catch-22, the 1968 Richard Hooker novel MASH and the 1970 film of the same name. ... Corporal Walter Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly is a fictional character in the M*A*S*H novels, film, the television series, the television movie W*A*L*T*E*R and two episodes of the series After M*A*S*H. The character was portrayed by Gary Burghoff in both... Bill Bryson in Durham; behind are University College (Durham Castle) and the Cathedral William Bill McGuire Bryson (born December 8, 1951) is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on scientific subjects. ... That 70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in Point Place, Wisconsin, a fictional suburb of either Kenosha, Wisconsin[1] or Green Bay, Wisconsin,[2] from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. ... Danny Masterson as Steven Hyde Steven Hyde (born c. ... The Pill is an episode from That 70s Show. ... Wolf Creek Pass is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) on MGM Records. ...

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Science Fair Projects - Nehi (286 words)
Nehi is an American flavored soft drink, currently available in orange, grape, peach, strawberry and blueberry flavors, presently manufactured by Cadbury-Schweppes.
The company called the Nehi Corporation adopted that name in 1928 after the Nehi fruit-flavored sodas became popular, it had previously been called Chero-Cola (from 1912 - 1928) and Union Bottling Works (from 1905 - 1912).
The name Nehi comes from the expression "knee-high", which was used by a route salesman to describe the height of a competitors bottle, and later inspired the long-necked bottles of the new Nehi soda.
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