This New Jersey White Tower was one of the rare ones built by the Valentine Diner company. Under threat of destruction, it was moved to West Virginia by John Shoaf.
Next door was the beautiful Harwan Movie theater, which as I understand it, is no more.
Diner Hunter 
The Kansas Historical Society is updating its website on Valentine Diners, and has used one of your images on its DiNic’s page (see URL, above). We also have linked back to your blog. Please let us know if you’d prefer that the link and photo be removed from our site.
Thanks for your efforts at preserving diner history.
No problem at all. I’m more than happy to help out such a wonderful resource.
SS – the info on the Kansas City site says that this was also a Roney’s Diner, but this wasn’t related to the Roney’s in Collingswood NJ or was it?
http://www.kshs.org/p/valentine-diners-new-jersey/15698
YES
MR. Roney and his wife ROSE worked for White Tower…when they sold the WT’s Roney’s bought the one in Mt Ephriam and the one in Collingswood
. Actually RONEY’s real last names were TONY.the WT were going to be called TONY’s…but too generic to get any name recognition…so MRS.ROSE TONY became
R-ONY’s
He died but she still lives in Blackwood section just south of Mt Ephriam
She gave me some of the original plates used here
the WT DINERWARE(cups,plates,etc) used at this site
was made by CARR CHINA in GRAFTON WV
just 25 miles from where the MT EPHRIAM WT now resides in Morgantown WV
BOTH WT’s were sold but the Collingswoiod one retained the RIONEY signature
the one in Collingswood is set for demolition aswespeak as they are widening rt 130 at that point
JOIHN SHOAF
see SCA SOUTH JERSEY TOUR
.http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110919/NEWS01/309200006/S-J-attractions-eaten-up-by-diner-holics
Are you doing anything with the old dinic’s? I was just wondering if you ever opened it up or restored it to a proper white tower as of 2015
Are you doing anything with it? Have you opened it for business or restored it to White Tower branding?
it was moved to west virginai
By John Shoaf, as stated.
Thank you for posting these pictures. I remember going to the harwan for midnight showings of the rocky horror picture show back in mid 90s. The dinics place came in the early 2000s and were only there a few years before the Walgreens pushed them out.