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    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: the Untold Story: Inventor, H.B. Reese
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: the Untold Story: Inventor, H.B. Reese
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: the Untold Story: Inventor, H.B. Reese
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    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: the Untold Story: Inventor, H.B. Reese

    By Andrew R. Reese

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    There have been many famous inventors over the years, such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison. Then there is that other guy... People often wonder who invented the famous REESE's Peanut Butter Cups.This book is written by the Grandson of H.B. Reese, founder of the REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups. No other document contains the amount of detail and accurate accounting of H.B. Reese's entire life than this historical book.Do you want to know how the famous REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups were really invented? H.B. Reese's family legacy has been uniquely captured in this book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateNov 19, 2008
    ISBN9780595608041
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: the Untold Story: Inventor, H.B. Reese
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    Andrew R. Reese

    Andrew Reese is the grandson of H.B. Reese, inventor of REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups. An expert in the information security management field, he currently lives and works in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Visit his web site, http://www.ReeseWeb.com/, for more information.

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      Reese's Peanut Butter Cups - Andrew R. Reese

      REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups

      The Untold Story

      Andrew Richard Reese

      iUniverse, Inc.

      New York Bloomington

      REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups: The Untold Story

      Copyright © 2008 by Andrew Richard Reese

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any Web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      ISBN: 978-0-595-48707-3 (pbk)

      ISBN: 978-0-595-60804-1 (ebk)

      ISBN: 978-0-595-49107-0 (cloth)

      Printed in the United States of America

      iUniverse Rev. 10/17/08

      This book is dedicated in loving memory of the Author’s father, youngest child of H. B. and Mommy Reese.

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      Charles Richard Reese

      1928-2005

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      Charles Richard Reese

      1963

      Contents

      Foreword

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Childhood

      Marriage

      Foundation

      Opportunity

      Vision

      Entrepreneurial Genius Confirmed

      The Great Depression

      Process in 1935

      Fishing Lodge and Home Life

      World War II

      A Great Man’s Legacy

      Process in 1957

      Merger

      About the Author

      Bibliography

      Foreword

      I am so proud of this book, which documents the life of my father and brings back to me such fond memories of him. Andy has put a lot of work into writing this biography. I know he researched the family history for many years, and he found many things that I had forgotten about. Thanks to his efforts, his book’s readers can learn about how hard it was for my father to make it in the candy business, and that he truly was a great man and a great father to us kids. I also appreciate the fact that Andy recognizes my mother’s contributions in all of this. They say behind every good man is a good woman. She was a saint in our eyes, and all of us—my fifteen siblings and I—had a lot to be thankful for. The memories of Poppy and Mommy Reese, and my brothers and sisters, are now documented for everyone to enjoy.

      Rose Amos (Reese) Rippon

      Daughter of H. B. Reese

      Preface

      I cannot begin to tell you how many people over the years have asked me if I am related to the famous candy company that carries the family name. I typically inform them that yes, my grandfather was Harry Burnett Reese, better known as H. B. Reese, founder of the H. B. Reese Candy Company; but I also inform them that my father, Charles Richard Reese, was the youngest of sixteen children and that he had a twin brother named William. I do this because my family history is connected to the H. B. Reese Candy Company—to understand one is to know about the other.

      My father was born on the eleventh of February, in 1928. This was an important year in our family’s history, but it was also significant in the history of the business because 1928 was also the year my grandfather invented the famous REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups.

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      Advertisement distributed around 1933

      Since childhood, I have heard many stories about how the candy company came to be. In 1973 I wrote my first version of the H. B. Reese family history. I was only thirteen years old at the time, but my little book included some old family pictures. My teacher, Mrs. Johnson, originally gave me a B but scratched it out and awarded me an A- for my childishly written masterpiece.

      Thanks to my mother, I still have the school report, which sits next to me as I write this text. I find Mrs. Johnson’s comments intriguing. We never know when a thoughtful, caring teacher is going to influence a young student. On the first page, Mrs. Johnson wrote, A most informative letter, Andy! I can only image what she really thought, and I wonder if she believed a word I wrote. I doubt she ever thought I would become a published author someday. (I had more than thirty-five errors in the report.)

      As I grew up, though, I saw many published stories about my family. A little Reese family historical tidbit would appear in a newspaper where they quoted various first-generation family members. The candy company’s own internal news pamphlet, called the REESETTE, covered our major family reunions. And occasionally a reference book on entrepreneurs briefly mentioned my grandfather’s name and his contribution to the candy industry.

      Then, in the summer of 1990, my aunt Rose Amos (Reese) Rippon decided to put together an eight-page report on our history to hand out at the next family reunion. She interviewed her oldest sibling, Mary Elizabeth (Reese) Pearson, and used their combined memories to create a short historical document. Everyone in the family wanted a copy, but over the years since then they have disappeared or faded from view, possibly stored in keepsake boxes in family members’ closets.

      In 1996, I created an Internet Web page that added to the historical content that Aunt Rose provided. Other family members continued to offer more and more information, including photographs. My second cousin, Brian Lauzon, created an informative video called The Overflowing Cup for, I believe, a college project. My brother Bradley Overholt Reese added his touch with a Reese family historical time line that he posted on his personal Web page.

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      Rose Amos (Reese) Rippon and

      (Author) Andrew Richard Reese

      Here is a

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