A L L I N T H E FA M I LY • 65 to say that their dad was in the candy businesses—especially at Halloween. We used to take a huge box and fill it with an assortment of candy and then we would cut a hole in the top. Ghosts, witches and superheroes of all ages would come to our door on Halloween to pull out a fistful of candy from the Young’s candy box. Andy and Betsy, who you will hear about soon, continue the tradition to this day. Their kids are all grown up, but still, every Halloween, they pull out the candy box. The kids helped with the business. Hills Department Stores was an important customer and we would have to write out their orders by hand. They had hundreds of stores and each order needed to be completed. It was before computers so Betsy and Marji would sit on the porch and write out the orders together. It was also before those child labor laws. When I wasn’t on the road, the family would sit together around the table for dinner. We talked about the day’s activities and sometimes about what was happening at the office. We’d even talk about what lines to take. I remember the discussion about one particular product. An older man came to me with a rolling paper line. The salesman was retiring and he offered me the opportunity to buy the line from him. It would have given us $50k additional income. I didn’t know much about marijuana and rolling papers. I didn’t feel comfortable taking the line so I asked the family what they thought. Betsy was 16 at the time. After thinking about it for a minute she said, “Dad—do we need it to live?” That killed the proposal. The kids—Andy, Marji and Betsy. So cute.