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The Popcorn Ball was one of the most novel structures on The Strip. Community directories from the 1930s place the snack shop on the south side of Route 531, between Golf and Spencer. Owner William O'Neil sold popcorn, soda, candy, and other snacks from this orb, which old-timers recalled as being made from stucco on a wood frame. No one recalled when the ball disappeared or what became of it. The precedent for selling popcorn and peanuts to vacationers had been set decades earlier, when in 1914 John Michel moved a portable house from a timber lot in Lake Co. to the entrance of Buckeye Beach, where village constable Charles Myers leased the building and sold popcorn, peanuts, and refreshments.
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