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Edwin Perkins
Edwin Perkins was born in Lewis, Iowa. -
Edwin Perkins
Edwin was four when he and his family moved ten miles from Beaver City, Nebraska. -
Graduating
Edwin graduated from Hendly High School. -
Graduating
Kitty (Edwins girlfriend) graduated from Hendly High School. -
Hendley Delphic
At age 20 Edwin published the first Hendley Delphic weekly news paper. -
Perkins General Store
David (Edwin's Dad) bought a general store Edwin clerked the store after school. -
Fruit Smack
Fruit Smack became one of the most popular summer soft drinks.
Fruit Smack was a liquid put in four ounce bottles with a cork on the top. When Fruit Smack was put in water it mixed up with the water and made a good tasting drink. Fruit Smack had six flavors. -
Perkins Product Company
Edwin started a mail order business for his Perkins Product Company. -
Wedding
The story of Edwin and Kitty's wedding is that Kitty was a school teacher in Arco, Idaho. Edwin convinced her to come back and marry him. -
Moving
Edwin Kitty and Edwin's parents and sibblings moved to Hastings in Adams County -
Onor-Maid
Edwin started a product line called Onor-Maid it sold hundreds of creams, lotions, ointments, household cleaners, and perfumes. -
Begenning of Kool-ade
Fruit Smack was having problems with shipping like leaking and glass breaking. So Perkins made a dehydrated Fruit Smack called Kool-ade. -
Kool-aid
Kool-ade was renamed Kool-aid. -
Death of Edwin
Edwin Perkins died of cancer at age 72. -
Kitty's Death
Kitty continued working until her death.
