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OXFORD Digging Ml picture the other day produced another, and this one )ust cried out for publication.11 s seven years old, but its theme is universal* a checker game, At left is the irrepressible William (Bang) Meyer, Oxford cafe pioprietor. At right is cherrful lkirry Huffman. Harry’s expression indicates the winner, and Bang’s look the loser.Between Ihem, a prop, is a cuspidor, ami before them arc three ashtrays. tThey are non-smokers,) ['heir tal! drinks, 3.2 per cent beer, are not props. And neither are their hats. Bang’s topper and Harry's straw.They were Ihe uniform of the day at Bang’s Junction House, W95 College Corner Pike, when Harry was giving his friend a helping hand, by waiting table.THE niKCREHR arc still on the tables, and the rooms haven't changed much. On the walls are some of the mast extraordinary photos and conversation pieces you can find anywhere.There's a picture of Johnny Pont shaking hands with Richard Xixotu There's the classic drawing of Jay Colville sitting on a medicine hall at a Miami I’mversilv football game.There’s a huge Winston Churchill giving the “\Mor-iclory-'* sign, There’s a Rising Sun pennant, captured by Rang the said) from a Japanese in \VW II. Tliere’s a Richmond, huh, (lag with the words “The City that Wouldn’t Die.**
Newspaper Details
Journal News
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sun, Apr 06, 1975
Page 62
Full Page
Clipped by
Lane P.
OH, USA 13 Jul 2020
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