Orville. O. Hammill

Vol 1, 1913 Who's Who In Arizona by Jo Conners, Pages 432-433. Transcribed by Jean Walker 21 Feb 2026.

Pre-eminent in its line, housed in a magnificent stone building at Tenth & "G" Streets, there is not a more complete, up-to-date store in the state than that of The Douglas Drug Company. Its incorporators, Dr. E. J. Huxtable and O. O. Hammill, are not only citizens of high standing, but men who have received training which has thoroughly fitted them for the Business. The company was incorporated in 1905, when they purchased the business of the Braum-Furgeson Company. They have since doubled the capacity and more than doubled the business of the firm. They carry a line of high grade drugs, to the selection and compounding of which most careful attention is given; a varied line of stationery and a line of confectionery of which purity is the keynote. And in the remarkable growth of their business, the unfailing courtesy with which patrons are treated has proven not the least important factor.

O. O. Hammill, Secretary and Treasurer of the Douglas Drug Co., is also a native of Canada, having been born in Ontario in 1870, and like his partner, was educated in the common schools, College of Pharmacy and University of Toronto. He then went to Illinois, became a registered druggist in the state, and secured a position as manager of a large drug store in Chicago. Here he remained for several years, and in 1901 came to Douglas, where he opened the store for the Braum-Ferguson Co., which he later, in connection with Dr. Huxabtle, purchased. He is a member of the State Pharmacy Board. He was the pioneer Shriner of Douglas, and helped organize the first Blue Lodge Masons, of which he is a charter member. He is also a member of the Elks, and is an active worker in each society. He has taken a prominent part in affairs of the city, and at present is Chairman of the Board of Education and member of the Board of Aldermen. He is especially interested in the future citizens of Arizona and is Master for the Boy Scouts in that section, his three years training in the British Volunteers having enabled him to fill this position with entire satisfaction. He married Miss Maude Pittiway, of Chicago. They have two children, Ogden and Marion.

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