This meme is called 2017 September's Where I Come From Challenge
This challenge is based on Kenny Chesney's song "Back Where I Come From". Suzanne over at PS-Annie! and McClendon villa has included home-and hometown-related questions to round out our 30 days of posts.
Come on and join in. It will be a blast.
Today’s question is:
2. Were either of your parents raised in your hometown? If not, how did they end up there?
No, my mother was raised here in Gulf Coast Texas. My father was raised a few counties over from my hometown. However, his mother, my Granny-for-short, was raised just a little bit up the road from my hometown. Her family lived in Anderson County, South Carolina.
My father had been one of the top salesmen, and often THE top salesman, for National Cash Register (NCR). A new president took over the company and he decided that salesmen were going to go from straight commission to salary only. The new salary would be $20,000 per year. My father’s commissions had run in excess of $60,000 per year - the rough equivalent of $350,000 today.
He began to research different franchise opportunities and found Western Auto. The town of Iva was one of the places on the list of towns that Western Auto had selected for possible places to build a store.
Years before, a man had come to Iva to try to build a Western Auto. He had even bought property and staked the place for his building. At the time, Iva did their best to keep outsiders out of Iva. They ran the man off.
When the Western Auto people told my father that a store in Iva had been tried and it could not be done, Papa decided he had to do it.
To make a long story short, he did it, and the store was in business 13 years.
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You just can't say no to some people...all they hear is "You can do it!" :) Gotta love that Papa!
ReplyDeleteI love you, my Zing. :)
Telling Papa "No" was like waving a cape in front of a bull. It got him started. I love you, too. Zing! Zing!
DeleteSounds like your Dad was a great salesman.
ReplyDeleteHe was great at what he did. He was horrible at inventory control. But, that was what made working with him a very fun challenge. One day we will have to tell the story of the light bulbs, coffee filters, and sleds.
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