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A CLOSER LOOK AT A FAVORITE SNACK FOOD

Little Debbie Fundraising | Little Debbie

McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held and family-owned
American
snack food and granola manufacturer headquartered
in
Collegedale, Tennessee.The corporation is the maker of
Drake’s Cakes, Fieldstone Bakery snacks and cereal, Little
Debbie snacks, and Sunbelt Bakery granola and cereal.
The
company also formerly operated Heartland Brands.

The company was founded during the Great Depression in
the 1930’s by Oather "O.D." McKee and Ruth McKee (below).

Oather started out selling 5¢ snack cakes from the back of
his 1928
Whippet
in the Chattanooga area.



McKee Foods Corporation History | McKee Foods

Od and Ruth Mckee Little Debbie Snacks Story
As a vice president and director on the McKee Foods Board
of Directors, real-life Debbie, aka Debra Mckee Flower (above)
manages the business.

Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies 2 BOXES Work School Snack - Picture 1 of 1

Ruth McKee, book lover, bookseller - StarTribune.com

Logo of McKee Foods Corporation


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A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

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Colleen Paige, animal welfare advocate and pet and
family lifestyle expert, founded National Pet Day in
2006 to celebrate the joy pets can bring to us. But
she also wanted to bring attention to the ongoing
needs of many pets of all kinds waiting in shelters
to be adopted. 

Paige encouraged people who want purebred dogs
and cats to contact rescue organizations instead
of going to a breeder. “Don’t shop! Adopt!” has
become the holiday motto.

National Pet Day 2023: Date, History, Facts, Celebrations
Colleen Paige and friends.

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MARCH OF DIMES FOUNDED ON THIS DAY

President Franklin Roosevelt and Basil O’Connor count dimes at the White House desk in 1944, after the President founded March of Dimes to fight polio.
President Franklin Roosevelt (left) and Basil O’Connor
count dimes at the White House desk in 1944, after the
President founded March of Dimes to fight polio.
(March of Dimes)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founded the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later
renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938.


William Clark Gable
(February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960)

Polio was eventually cured because he founded the March of Dimes! - Picture of Little White ...

A Brief History of the Fight Against Polio | Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham

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THE NEW FIAT 124 FOR 1966 INTRODUCED

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Giovanni Agnelli
(13 August 1866 – 16 December 1945)

Agnelli was an Italian businessman, who 
founded
Fiat car manufacturing in 1899.
During its more than century-long history,
Fiat has also manufactured railway engines  
and carriages, military  vehicles, farm tractors, 
and aircraft.

In 2013, Fiat (together with Chrysler) was the 
second largest European automaker by volumes 
produced, and the seventh in the world ahead of 
Honda
, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Suzuki, Renault,
and Daimler AG.


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Front of the Lingotto Building - Fiat- Torino, Italy. (11203847503).jpg
Front view of the Lingotto headquarters of Fiat
in Turin (2013).

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BIRTH OF THE NFL ON THIS DAY IN 1920

On August 20, 1920, seven men, including legendary all-around
athlete and football star Jim Thorpe, met to organize a professional football league at the Jordan and Hupmobile Auto Showroom in
Canton, Ohio. The meeting led to the creation of the American Professional Football Conference (APFC), the forerunner to the
hugely successful National Football League.

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James Francis Thorpe
(May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953)

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