Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-11
The Genial Manager of the Opera
House Drug Store
About to Leave the City to Locate Else
where. General Regret Among
His Many Friends.


many friends of Mr.. Geo. l.. Saun-
ders, the manager of the Opera
House Drug store, announces his
determination to seek other scenes
of labor, and temporarily, at least.
leave this city. He has purchased
a drug store at Washington Court
House, Fayette county, Ohio, from
DR.. R. M. Hughey, one of the
leading stores of then kind In that
part of the State, and will leave
here In a few days to take charge
of his new venture. Washington,
G. H., Is a town of some 10000
people, one of the most progress
sive In the State of Ohio, and at
fording abundant opportunities for
a young man of energy and ability
and integrity-snd George Is all of
that and more-to make the Sue
cess of his life.
A native of Lancaster, Ohio, Mr..
Saunders came to this city some
three years ago. He had previously
been largely engaged In the drug
business, In fact was practically
raised In a drug store. A graduate
of the Philadelphia, Pa, School OF
Pharmacy. one of the leading insti.
tutlons of the country, he suisse
quently, by hard tests and close ex
animation secured the privilege to
engage In the busir ess of pharmacy
In Ohio, West Virginia and Flori-
da. This privilege did not come
to the genial "Fox" as boquets to
a favolite tragedian. but only after
he had demonstrated the fact be.
fore competent boards that he
knew his business, knew 1t well,
and was ready 10 submit to any and
all tests which he experts desired
to make or exact
For nine months after Mr.. Saund
ers came to Sistersville, he was EN-
p.oyed as prescription clerk for c
w. Grier. After that, he became
associated In ownership of the
Opera House Drug Store. and since
then has so successfully managed
the same that IL Is today easily the
leading store of the kind In the
city, the trade constantly increas.
Ing under the genial attention,
careful work and honest AID fair
dealing of Mr.. Saunders. One of
the leading features of the store
under his management was the de-
velopment of a largely increased
soda water fountain trade. AS a
"mlxologist" Of innocent bever-
ages, "Fox" has no equal In the
Ohio Valley. When 'Old Sor'
paws particular at ention to Sisters
Vile, at almost any time during
the day or evening, might have
been seen crowds waiting for Mr..
Saunders o prepare for them the
cooling drinks then so pleasant.
In fact, during the heated period In
this neck. o-woods, the s. r. o. sign
has usually been out since he took
charge of the Opera House Drug
Store.
Personally and socially, Sisters.
Vile will meet with a loss when
Mr.. Saunders leaves. He Is large
of frame, of brain and heart. His
friends are numbered by his &C
quaintances. There Is always a
Kind word, never roast, from him
for any body. He IS and has been
prominent In all society affairs, and
especially such occasions as were
held by secret fraternities. He Is a
Knight Templar and Shriner and
Elk, and there is>alvays more fun
at the meetings of these bodies
when Fox" Is on the floor
The Oh Review regrets the re.
moval of so worthy citizen, and
congratulates Washington c. II. on
their aquisitiou, bpt desires 10 state
most emphatically that after
George has stayed little while In
any dried up Ohio village, he will
not only be glad but anxious to re.
turn to the Greatest Town on
Earth" which 10 oil country par
lance means Sistersville.