Economy Variety Store of Vienna 

The Economy Variety Store was owned by Vern & Flossie Williams from the 1930's to the 1970's.  The people of Johnson County enjoyed this store and remember it well.  In 2001, Flossie Williams had this to say about the store.

"In our store we catered to the needs of the people who were mostly farmers, and we carried things that were used every day by people.  We had different departments in the store.  We had candy and an old fashioned candy case where we filled the bins each one with a different kind of candy.  We laid it out to the customers so that if children wanted by buy one piece they could, or a sack full, or mixed.  Then at Christmas or holiday seasons, when treating children, sometimes people or organizations would come in and buy a whole lot of pounds of candy.  We ordered our candy directly from the factory in Chicago - Brach's Candy.  We had at least ten separate bins and we kept a different variety in each one."

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 Residents and visitors will benefit from this website

In a cooperative effort with the Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, The Vienna Times and Goreville Gazette has launched the only county-wide, interactive web portal. With the assistance of U of I Extension Service in Vienna, the site went live August 28, 2009.

New features are being added on a daily bases. Some of the sites unique features include:
• The opportunity for area residents to post information directly, telling their own story of Johnson County.
• Business advertising to a new market world-wide, including e-commerce opportunities.
• An economic opportunity for small businesses to have a web presence with inexpensive mini web sites or landing pages.

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