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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 9826532, member: 1476"]Ah, this is helpful. From a Memories of Old Springfield Facebook page.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/5159854613/search/?q=Mester" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/5159854613/search/?q=Mester" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/groups/5159854613/search/?q=Mester</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"... Henry Mester took over Chero-Cola's local operation somewhere around 1924, first under the old Chero-Cola Bottling name and then under his own. When Henry died in 1946, his obit said he had owned the bottling company for 30 years, but the farthest back I can trace the company from newspaper clips is that 1924 takeover. His daughters kept the business going for a couple more years after Henry's death, but it appears to have folded in 1949 or 1950. Over the years, Mester bottled Chero-Cola, Coca Cola, Hires Root Beer, Cliquot Club ginger ale, and a number of other soda flavors."</p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 9826532, member: 1476"]Ah, this is helpful. From a Memories of Old Springfield Facebook page. [URL]https://www.facebook.com/groups/5159854613/search/?q=Mester[/URL] "... Henry Mester took over Chero-Cola's local operation somewhere around 1924, first under the old Chero-Cola Bottling name and then under his own. When Henry died in 1946, his obit said he had owned the bottling company for 30 years, but the farthest back I can trace the company from newspaper clips is that 1924 takeover. His daughters kept the business going for a couple more years after Henry's death, but it appears to have folded in 1949 or 1950. Over the years, Mester bottled Chero-Cola, Coca Cola, Hires Root Beer, Cliquot Club ginger ale, and a number of other soda flavors." Debora[/QUOTE]
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