Thanks for the bio. I’ve been to Chocolate World twice with my grandchildren. After my first trip, I was a little intrigued by this man, and I actually stumbled upon an article in our local paper about one of the “Hershey boys” (orphan boys who were in the Hershey school) as they were known, due to the fact that they were comparably well-dressed.
Come to find out, I’d exchanged pleasantries with this man on a few occasions, but never saw him again after I read the article. This elderly man worked for the same regional grocery chain here that my wife did (a very successful chain here that Wal Mart has failed to put out of business). He did product demos for the various stores in the chain
The article told of his stay at the school and the respect all the boys had for him. Milton Hershey visited with the boys at the school every day without fail.
One time, Wal Mart (I live in NW Arkansas, Wal Mart ground zero) found out about this man, and asked him to do a gigantic product demo of Hershey products. He said he’d do it on one condition-he would accept NO money from it.
If I can find that article, I’ll post it here in full.