Lou Caraciola with Herman
selling the same products under my label; this got his attention. In 1961, he asked me to join his company. Dorothy and I talked it over, and I accepted his offer, 25K a year[175K-2021]. My new job required me to commute from Chester to Blue Anchor. I found myself traveling all the time. You could find me all over the USA: North, South, and Midwest. I was always meeting new people. When busi- ness was good, they were literally eating up our products. But, it wasn’t always good. Our main item, stuffed shrimp was considered a specialty item. People don’t eat specialty items every day. I was pushing against strong headwinds. Lou and I both did a lot of driving. We were always hustling for the next sale. On one fateful day when I reached the crest of a hill, unbeknown to either of us, there was a car stuck at the top, just out of view. I crashed into it, and Lou crashed into me. Those were the years with no seat belts. Few cars had
headrests. Luckily, no one got too hurt, but my car was totaled. We both arrived at my home holding our heads. A few days later, my moth- er bought me a new car. Things were going well enough. We had two more children, Stephen, and Wendy. When they were three years, and six months old, respectively, when we decided to move closer to my work, and we finally got that hooked off house Frankie wanted. So, we moved to New Jersey and built a split-level
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