Vess Soda is a brand of soft drink manufactured and distributed primarily in the St. Louis, Missouri, United States metropolitan area and recently in Canada through Dollarama and …

Jan 12, 2023 · The Whistle story begins with a native Texan named Vess (Sylvester) Jones. According to a feature on Jones published in the July 20, 1922 edition of an advertising …

Mar 5, 2019 · Charles Leiper Grigg was born in 1868 in Price's Branch, Missouri. As an adult, Grigg moved to St. Louis and started working in advertising and sales, where he was …

Apr 6, 2022 · Founded in St. Louis, Mo., by Sylvester (Vess) Jones in 1916, the first flavor available was Whistle Orange, which used the slogan “Thirsty? Just Whistle.” By 1925, other …

Sylvester “Vess” Jones was born in Medlothan, Texas, on February 9, 1884. He suffered a heart attack at his ranch near Apache Creek, New Mexico, in 1936, and died at an Albuquerque …

Vess was founded by Sylvester "Vess" Jones in Cincinatti, Ohio. As the owner of Whistle Orange Company, he hired two salesmen, Leroy Schneeberger in 1916 (who later bought the …

Vess Jones started the Orange Whistle Company in 1915 at 307 N. Main Street in St. Louis, Missouri. Around 1919 or 1920 the company was simply called The Whistle Company and …

In 1919, Charles Lieper Grigg worked for a St. Louis, Missouri, manufacturing firm owned by “Vess” Jones. Grigg, the firm’s top salesman, came up with a new orange drink he called …

Jan 16, 2017 · He invented his first soft drink called “Whistle” while he was working for a manufacturing company owned by Vess Jones, but after a conflict with the management, he …

Feb 15, 2012 · The 'Vess' name came from the nickname of Sylvester "Vess" Jones, who was the founder of the soft drink company that owned Whistle and many other brands. Another product …