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Show However, an investment Bill had made with money borrowed from his father-in-law two years earlier had failed to materialize. So when, in 1927, Frank was persistent and John K adamant, John K did not hint but asked Bill to come to Mt. Pleasant to give him the lift he needed by working with him in his business. Prior to going into his investment, Bill had been with the Remington Cash Register Company, a subsidiary of the Remington Arms Company. He had begun working with them as a specialty salesman in San Diego, California, had been transferred to San Bernardino, and then to Ogden, Utah- also as a salesman. While he was living in Ogden he married Pearl, and shortly thereafter he was made District Sales Manager for his company-with headquarters in Salt Lake City, The district included Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. In that capacity he had become acquainted with the manager of a popular root beer chain in Utah, Having sold cash registers to the company and serviced the machines, he became aware of the large profits made in the root beer business, His friendship with the man resulted in Bill's borrowing money from his fatherr-in^law to go into a new venture with the man in the east. They opened root beer stores in Ohio. Akron was a hot place in the summer and they planned on making a fortune there. But that summer of 1926 was the coldest on record, 194 |