Archive for October 27th, 2012

MADE IN CHOCOLATE TOWN!

Reese's 1950s
1950s

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup was created in 1928 by H. B. Reese (below), a former
dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey. Reese, was inspired by
Hershey, and left the dairy farm to start his own candy business. The H.B. Reese
Candy Co. was established in the basement of Reese’s home in Hershey, PA. and 
used Hershey chocolate in his confections. In 1963, several years after his death, 
Reese’s company was sold to Hershey Foods Corporation. 

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Harry Burnett "H. B." Reese

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Milton Snavely Hershey

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STOCK UP FOR HALLOWEEN!

halloween coke

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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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English actor John Marwood Cleese is 73 today. He became a member of  
the comedy troupe Monty Python in the late 1960s and is probably best 
known for his role in “A Fish Called Wanda” (1988). Prior to fame, Cleese 
studied law at Cambridge.

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The Python troupe in 1969, (back row) Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry
Gilliam, (front row) Terry Jones, John Cleese, and Michael Palin.

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