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JJOBE BROS. STORE»AFTER LONG CAREERHERE, WILL CLOSE«*LconsPresent Owners T oDiscontinue XeniaDepartment Storeyeart rea learn estatftnanotheiMarkins the passing of one ofthe oldest Ixudmarks in the retailbusiness field in Greene County,forma! announcement was madeTuesday by G. EL Muir, general manager of Jobe Bros. Co. department. store. 23-25 E. Main St., thatthe store will be discontinued shortly before or upon expira tion of its lease soon after the first of next year.The announcement said all of th*‘stock will be sold and that the cor-poraiion which has operated the mercantile establishment since August. 1928, under the name JobeBros. Co., exports to discontinuethe business about December 31 orsoon thereafter.The store was dosed temporarilyMonday and will remain closed for three days in order that the on* tire stock may be marked down and properly arranged for quick disposal, Mr. Mutr said. The reopening la scheduled for 9 a. ni.Thursday. The present sales force is to be increased bv the employ* ment of twenty-five more people to adequately handle increased patronage while the stock is being dis i posed at low prices.I Originated in 1888, the business was established in Its present location in a room one-half the width of the present store, and later expanded to it* present jropor-tions. Eventually the building was remodeled. Including the erectionof a handsome new front and theinterior changed and reflnlshed until if became one of the most attractive mercantile establishmentsol ita kind operated Is any city the after felze 01 Xenlai The store proper occupies twofloors with a third story also util*| ized, primarily for stock |'OOm pur-1 i! rlt;'ses The building is owned byI C. L. Jobe, this city, the founderP Pm of the business.* i I Miss Florence Swan, office man ]■ ager, has been associated with tie _ concern for twenty-one years. TwoK other employes will also leave long service records behind them when the store Is discontinued. Miss Mary Gallagher has been head of ~ ! the corset department for fifteen ylt;an, anti Harry Richards has been [| manager of the shot* departmentfor twenty years. jC. L. Jobe, the founder who, he cause of 111 beglth, retired volun tarily in August, 1928, from the business he had operated success*.fully for many years, began his business career in 1878 as clerk with Millen, Jobe and Co., hla uncle, Harvey Jobe, being a im m-i ber of the firm.s,landtreasbondiagrtc4. I bankof b mrmlay atePOWEDEAmBuriai( aiDOPERjCLARK*The burlspecta-in the bers ofua. Pic-orches-barfedtim's (kbookstistrangledt reduced the muriHarry l'lt;The lbiha t r icnoionDorothyMass., orBurledPowers' bodies in Eit her ai Dr, Lorstate wit fled the having 1m The sineck of 5 oner.powerssuit and looked In exhibit a his eyes. Thennervously The da i gested tinrankf jailiablyions.thewasintogangS outt yes-Mr. Jobe, in 188M, formed « bud* ness partnership with H. C. Hardy, Columbus, and on February 1 of that year opened a store at Main and Whiteman Kts. on the prwnt side of the Orphium Theater. InAugust. 1890, the business wm moved to Its present location, and in March, 1881, J Riby Jo***, brother of C. U Job* , purchased the Interests of Mr. Hardy and le* came a partner, the firm beingestablished as Jobe Bros, and Co.The association of the brothers continued until the death of Riley, September SO, 1810, afterwhich the surviving brother as«* ... , 1 sa! a# the hiittincKK andhangman'; Dr, Gotscribe theHe is 1rather m inches tapound §***I* he iWill k MA roarthi pa*, aw**You fo that agaiiern repriti it was 1sort sinceThi cou
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Tue, Dec 08, 1931
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