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Edwin Perkins was born in Lewis, Iowa.
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Edwin was four when he and his family moved ten miles from Beaver City, Nebraska.
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Edwin graduated from Hendly High School.
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Kitty (Edwins girlfriend) graduated from Hendly High School.
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At age 20 Edwin published the first Hendley Delphic weekly news paper.
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David (Edwin's Dad) bought a general store Edwin clerked the store after school.
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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. -
Edwin started a mail order business for his Perkins Product Company.
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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.
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Edwin Kitty and Edwin's parents and sibblings moved to Hastings in Adams County
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Edwin started a product line called Onor-Maid it sold hundreds of creams, lotions, ointments, household cleaners, and perfumes.
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Fruit Smack was having problems with shipping like leaking and glass breaking. So Perkins made a dehydrated Fruit Smack called Kool-ade.
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Kool-ade was renamed Kool-aid.
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Edwin Perkins died of cancer at age 72.
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Kitty continued working until her death.
