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Senter Cove Guy · 04-25-2004, 10:47 AM

I believe that Marion Horner Robie's General Store is the one you speak of. The building that housed the store is now a residence and has been for some time. It did have a post office and it was the telephone hub as well. Melvin Village also used to have a second General Store, but it closed 2 -3 years ago as well. What is now the Post Office was once a Chain Saw shop and, for a time, an ice cream shop.

Melvin's 2 gas stations are no more. The Thomas Chain Saw and Marine store is gone as is the Village Dining Room restaurant, the Hansel and Gretel Shop, Harold Wiggins' Fishing & Hunting Shop, the Melvin Men's Club (which is now the Historical Society). Wow, now that was a trip down memory lane.

04-25-2004, 10:47 AM	#32
Senter Cove Guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 605 Thanks: 301 Thanked 431 Times in 142 Posts	No General Stores Left In Melvin Village I believe that Marion Horner Robie's General Store is the one you speak of. The building that housed the store is now a residence and has been for some time. It did have a post office and it was the telephone hub as well. Melvin Village also used to have a second General Store, but it closed 2 -3 years ago as well. What is now the Post Office was once a Chain Saw shop and, for a time, an ice cream shop. Melvin's 2 gas stations are no more. The Thomas Chain Saw and Marine store is gone as is the Village Dining Room restaurant, the Hansel and Gretel Shop, Harold Wiggins' Fishing & Hunting Shop, the Melvin Men's Club (which is now the Historical Society). Wow, now that was a trip down memory lane.