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George Judisch Closes His Career as Pharmacist
Tribune photo from 1955

George Judisch and his brother A.L. established a drug store in 1894 (George was then 23 years old).  The store remained open until 1955.  George taught pharmacy classes for 26 years at Iowa State, was chairman of the board of the Union Story Trust and Savings Bank, served on the boards of the Ames Public Library and the Mary Greeley Medical center.  He died February 2, 1959 at the age of 88.  - more -

March, 1955, issue of the Ames Tribune

The drug store in Iowa with the richest heritage is Judisch Brothers Pharmacy, located at 209 Main street in Ames.  It is both the oldest and the newest drug store in our city . . . The oldest, because it was founded by George Judisch back in 1894 . . . and the newest because it was completely remodeled only last fall.

While the actual ownership and management of Judisch Bros. now rests with Louis H. and Clara Mann Judisch, son and daughter-in-law of George Judisch, he still takes his daily "trick" as registered pharmacist-on-duty.  The other two pharmacists are Larry Tweedy and Louis Bass.

It is true that the remodeling radically changed the appearance of the store and improved its service to the customer, still the philosophy of ethical service that prompted George Judisch to establish the store in 1894 has endured for over 60 years . . . and therein lies the rich heritage.

Judisch, who has been the guiding light of the Pharmacy over it's long years, has crammed many years of service to his profession, and service to his community into his life.  For 15 years he served on the State Board of Pharmacy Examiners.  For 26 years he taught Materia Medica and Pharmacy in the Veterinary Division at Iowa State College, during which time he outlined a textbook for use in colleges.  Three times he represented the state of Iowa at the American Pharmacopoeial association meetings in Washington, D.C.  Those meetings are held only every decade, and Judisch attended the 1910, 1920 and 1930 meetings.  He served the Iowa Pharmacy association as its president for two years.  In 1922 Highland Park University of Des Moines conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Pharmacy on him.

The remodeling of the store, which was completed last October, makes it one of Iowa's most modern.  All new fixtures were installed with the thought of streamlining service to the customer.  Many of the stores items may be handled on a self service basis.

Judisch Bros. has always been first and foremost a pharmacy . . . beamed at helping people stay well, or get well.  As such, their stock of sick room supplies has been most complete, also their stock of items for the new baby leaves nothing to be desired.  Of course no drug store is complete without the usual stock of patented medicines . . . and you'll find most anything you'd want there.

Cosmetics has become a mighty important department at Judisch Bros.  Under the able direction of Mrs. Wilma Phillips, they have stocked a wide selection of quality cosmetics.  Here are just a few of the lines they stock . . . DuBarry Worth, Tussey, Prince Matchabelli, Dorothy Gray and Dana.  For men, in addition to the regular lines to be found any place, they have both Old Spice and Yardley cosmetics for men.  In electric shavers, they handle Schick, Remington, Sunbeam and Norelco.

Three unrelated lines that have become very popular are: 1. Kathryn King Candles, 2. Montag's Stationary, and 3. Photographic supplies.  In fact, add up all of the services offered to be found at Judisch Bros. and you have a very complete drug store . . . backed by over 60 years of tradition and heritage.