Socony-Vacuum Oil Company had a refinery along the Mississippi River, just south of East St. Louis. Its service stations were called MOBIL. SOCONY is an acronym for Standard Oil Company of New York. Frank Marsha Ensminger wrote: > > A friend is puzzling over the place of employment on an SS-5 he > received. It looks like "Bacony-Vacuum Oil Co", but he's not sure. It > was located at 20th St & IC tracks, East St. Louis (I know, wrong > county, but maybe someone here will remember the place.) I was > wondering if the first word could have been Socony (now Mobil). > A search for "Bacony-Vacuum" at google came up with nothing. > Thanks for any assistance. > > ===== > Marsha L. Ensminger > searching for Westerhold/t/z in the US and ? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Search USGenWeb including the archives, census' which are done, etc.: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > Surname Helper Search Engine: > http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html