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Building on left was torn down in the 70's for the church, pictured next door, to expand. Prior to being torn down it was a furniture store.
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Puprero's Super Market on High Street looking South was built in 1950. This area was pretty much farm land at the time. Note the 49 Packard nearest the street owned by Tony Puprero. The store was started by Charles Puprero and later took in his brothers Tony and Frank who came to Chillicothe from Milwaukee. The store opened with two meat cutters Jack Samson & Ott Wetzel and kept three girls busy wrapping the meat, Jackie Ward (Charles's daughter), Rosemary Boles and Rosemary Bowman. Because the owners of the land would not sell, the store was built on land with a long term lease. Note the Aunt Hattie's bread sign on the store. It was a local bread company at the time. A little history on Charles Puprero. He first came from Milwaukee to Dayton where he operated a produce place. From there he came to Waverly, Ohio and ran a Italian style restaurant. The restaurant is now a home and it you go west straight past the Senior Citizens center and don't make the curve you will run into the house. This use to be the route 23 into Waverly. The restaurant was turned over to brother Ted and he went to Chillicothe and started peddling fruit. In 1938-1939 he had a store a grocery and produce store at the corner of Church and High Streets. During WWII he had a fruit market at the corner of Paint and Water Street across from the present day Men's Shop. There was also plans to build a 18 cent hamburger restaurant on High street using part of the hotel next to the current Dairy Queen with the lot that the Dairy Queen is on as the parking lot. The idea was canceled when it was discovered that customers would not be allowed to enter the parking lot off of High Street. Instead Charles son, Bill Puprero came to Piketon and bought a former truck stop restaurant. Go to A Look at Piketon pg. 3 for the story on the Piketon restaurant. photo and information courtesy of Bill Puprero |
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The Woodson home was located on Marzluffs Hill on the farm of a prominent ironmaster, Thomas James. Woodson, Thomas Jefferson descendant, worked for James after he brought Jemima, his wife and their eight children from Virginia. Their home was adjacent to a farm owned by the Renick family, which had migrated to Ohio in the early 1800's from Greenbrier County Virginia. Note bridge over Honey Creek. This Hill was also known as old Water Street Hill.
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Please email additions or corrections to manager@waverlyinfo.com.
Or mail to Waverly City Guide, 455 Hay Hollow Road, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601