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Of all the brand names., Soconoy-Vacuum was surely one of the oddest. You could figure out Socony if you put your mind to it, but the reason for including a vacuum seemed obscure at best.

My dad used to call me from the refinery now and then. He'd drive down and pick up gas for the station, and give me a jingle while waiting in line at the dock. At midnight. In East St. Louis.