Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn’t pop. I’ll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them.

The quality sold in the amusement business did not measure up, and that is how we got into the package business with our superior product.

The other Processors sold inferior corn in the consumer package because many consumer buyers were only interested in a good price.

I opened an office in Terre Haute, established eight of them, and became one of the eight county agents.

We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.

I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.

Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.

We dried continuously day and night. We had no efficient way to do it, so we built this new popcorn plant.

In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.

We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.