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Soup on the
Lawn at Versailles Museum
By Dick Coffield
On a bright beautiful Sunday afternoon the museum held their very first
annual Soup-on-the-Lawn to raise funds for the museum. This
year’s museum project is going to be resurfacing the museum parking lot.
Roger Henry and his crew showed their magic by turning those beans into
a delicious ham and bean soup for everyone to enjoy! Cooked over
a fire outside, the odor permeated the air as we enjoyed the beautiful
fall day! We also enjoyed yummy cornbread, delicious apple dumplings
and other yummy treats made by the friends of the museum. Thank
you to everyone for supporting your museum. Because of your
support we can do what we do, have an informative museum for our area
(we cover the school district and Russia) to keep our past alive for
future generations to enjoy! We have to know where we came from
to know where we are going!
The museum was open for everyone to see the new displays Fall and North
Star) and the older ones too!
We had a special guest for the day. Lowell Grilliot. The
five Grilliot brothers military uniforms are on display to recreate a
picture that was taken when they all came home from WWII. Lowell
is now the only surviving brother and this was the first time he had
seen the display. After on emotional moment, pictures were taken
by Dick Coffield with Lowell standing at the display.
The five Grilliot brothers, Linus Army, Bob Navy, Lowell Army, Linus
Army and Navy and Francis Army/Air Force, sons of Frank and Victoria
(Simon) Grilliot (another brother, Ivan, did not enter the war because
of a medical condition) attended Covington High School but four settled
in Versailles and five worked in Versailles. Ivan, Bob, Lowell
and Francis worked at Grilliot Auto Parts and Verus owned Grilliot
Foodliner.
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