Our corporate name is Village Variety, Inc. established in 1964 originally as a Ben Franklin Store. in LaGrange Park, Illinois in 1964 which we then closed in 1981 After closing Ken Johnson moved to Bentonville, Arkansas to join his father Oscar Johnson who had opened a Arts & Crafts store in Bentonville, Arkansas in 1978. The business was changed over to Awards & Engraving in 1985.
We have expanded this business to include all of the companies that we do business with that you will find on our web page.
Oscar and his wife Virginia comes to work every day even though they are 84 & 82 years old and they have worked together since 1964 and have been married 64 years.
Ken and Aaron Fleming (Aaron has been with us 20 years starting with us while he was in high school) takes care of the ordering and engraving departments. If you have questions they will be happy to talk to you personally.
Kris Johnson (Ken's son) is in charge of our computers and software and the sublimation department.
Both Ken and Kris are are represented in our web site with their photography. They are well known locally for their photographs of Arkansas
Our company welcomes you to be among our valued customers. (Try Us for our old fashion service--Customers come first)
