My First

Business Venture

The Fisher Housing Project was hot in the summer.  As a way to make money I tried selling Kool Aid for a penny a cup.  I offered orange, grape, strawberry and lime.  (Lime was not a good seller.)  At 8 years old, I had a lot to learn.  One day a boy came by and grabbed one of my gallons of Kool Aid and ran away with it.  Naturally I took off after him.  I never caught him and when I came back to my stand the rest of my Kool Aid was no where to be found.  This taught me a valuable lesson.  Always be sure to keep an eye on your business or it will get away from you.

That same summer my father tried to earn extra money by ordering various products from a magazine to sell.  Things like men's work clothes, Gillette razor blades, Bayer aspirin in a tin, bobby pins, shoe laces, etc.  He would sell some at the foundry where he worked.  I went house to house in the projects and sold items for ten cents apiece.  That was a good deal of money back then for razor blades and aspirin.  I remember one young lady who bought many items from my tray.  There was something very special about her.  Her face was as white as snow and her kindness abundant.  To me she looked like an angel, and maybe she was.

That reminds me of:

Hebrews 13:2  Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Hebrews 2:5  For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

John 3:16:   For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:17:  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

I have a lot wonderful memories about my youth, I am sure you do too.

We know you have a choice when buying potato chips.

From our family to yours, thank you for choosing Uncle Ray's.