Cheffy Drugs Marks 100 Years
(Cheffy Drugs photo)
Cheffy Drugs at 148 E. Main Street traces its start in the same building to the Civil War opening in the building that was originally a dry good store.
On Friday, customers, employees, family and friends joined Pat Kovacs owner of Cheffy Drugs since 2007, to mark the 100th anniversary of the pharmacy.
Cheffy’s was formed in 1925 when George and William Cheffy purchased the Hutton-Hilles Drug Store from the Hilles family. George E. Hilles was the long-term owner of the business in the late 1800s and first quarter of the 20th century renaming the firm Cheffy Drugs.
Since that time, the business has operated continuously with second Cheffy generation owner Tom Cheffy, Jim Circosta and now Pat Kovacs.
(Cheffy Drugs photo)
Bonnie Ward. representative of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine presented a proclamation to Cheffy Drugs owner Pat Kovacs this past week.
The Ohio Pharmacists Association recognizes Cheffy Drugs as one of the oldest continuously operated pharmacy in the state. The group honored the business with the following statement.
“Congrats to Cheffy Drugs on 100 years of dedication, care and excellence in their community! We are thrilled to celebrate this amazing milestone with you. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of so many!”
(Cheffy Drugs photo)
Ohio Representative Don Jones of Freeport presented an Ohio House of Representative Resolution passed in honor of Cheffy Drugs to Pat Kovacs, center, and Beth Jeffries, pharmacist.
(Cheffy Drugs photo)
Many historic records of the drug store remain in the pre-Civil War building along Barnesville’s East Main Street including these prescription records from 1919.
WTOV News stopped by during Friday’s celebration. They interviewed several including one of the businesses oldest customers former Barnesville Enterprise editor Jean Davies who turned 98 a couple of weeks ago. Davies still gets her prescriptions at Cheffys.
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