10 • F O R E V E R YO U N G When he came to Brooklyn as a young man the only thing he brought with him was a strong will and desire to succeed. He settled in Lynn, Mass. and married Henrietta Cohen, from Brockton, Mass. She had come to America from Smeirheim, Germany in the Black Forest. Julius and Henrietta had three boys and two girls. One girl died of diphtheria during World War I. Julius started his career selling eggs door to door. Within a few years, he had saved enough to open a grocery store in West Lynn, Mass. The market on Western Avenue known as J. Young’s Market sold everything from meat and wine to fresh fish and produce which Julius picked up from Boston early every morning. He delivered his customers’ orders by horse and buggy. In case you are wondering about the horse in the picture, his name was Ned. Julius understood it was hard to make ends meet. Many of his customers paid him only when they could. Julius delivered orders from his Western Avenue market with his horse, Ned.