Uncle Joe's Mint Balls its home games at the DW Stadium On 16 February 2011, Wm Santus' Dorning Street factory produced the two-billionth Uncle Joe's Mint Ball, which was encased in resin and placed on display at the Museum of Wigan Life until 17 March. Uncle Joe's Mint Balls Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are mints produced by Wm Santus & Co. Ltd. in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England since 1898. Despite their name, the mints are not truly spherical but oblate spheroids. The ingredients of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are: pure cane sugar, oil of peppermint and cream of tartar and are described on the
Joe D. Smith Jr. careers or businesses." Smith said that "a home-owned newspaper has a responsibility to try to improve the community, not for business reasons alone, but also for the welfare of the citizens." Central Newspapers, originally held by Eugene S. Pulliam, the uncle of former Vice President Dan Quayle, held "The Town Talk" for only four years; the company itself was sold in 2000 to the Virginia-based Gannett Company. Joe D. Smith Jr. Joe Dorsey Smith Jr. (April 6, 1922 – March 20, 2008), was the former general manager, president, publisher, and chairman of the board of the "Alexandria Daily Town Talk"