3. MILTON’S BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE.
Milton like candy at a
young age.
Milton was born.
Milton sold candy from
a cart he pushed
around town.
He sold candy for a
penny per piece!
4. ADOLESCENCE AND ADULTHOOD
Milton married Kitty on May 25,1898.
Milton and Kitty lived in a big house in Lancaster.
He was thinking of many names for his chocolate like…
Roly Polies, McGinties, Jim Crakes, and Lotuses.
5.
6. HERSHEY IN CUBA
BETWEEN 1916 AND 1937, MILTON HERSHEY
SPENT MOST WINTER MONTHS IN CUBA
OVERSEEING SUGAR PRODUCTION, OFTEN
TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH TO HERSHEY TO
MANAGE BUSINESS AT HOME. HERSHEY'S
MANNER OF DOING BUSINESS IN CUBA DIFFERED
SHARPLY FROM MOST FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN
WHO EXPLOITED THE COUNTRY AND TOOK THEIR
PROFITS HOME WITH THEM. MILTON HERSHEY
PROVIDED COMFORTABLE HOUSING, GOOD
SCHOOLS, RECREATION AND HEALTHY LIVING
CONDITIONS FOR HIS CUBAN WORKERS. HIS
ANNUAL TRIPS TO CUBA ENDED WHEN HIS AGE
AND DECLINING HEALTH PUT AN END TO
EXTENDED TRAVEL.
7. MILTON HERSHEY’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
Milton Hershey made many kinds of
chocolate.
Milton made many chocolate-114
kinds of them!
If you want a shape of chocolate in a
Milton
cigar, lobster or a bike you could find
it in the Hershey Chocolate Company.
and
In 1900, he started making Hershey’s
Milk Chocolate.
Kitty
Hershey!
