Valomilk memories...
I remember the Halloween I was 8 years old I had pneumonia of all things and couldn't go trick-or-treating. My older sister came into my sickroom after her yearly foray in the neighborhood to get candy and dumped out all the candy out of her bag right on my bed and said, "Go ahead-pick whatever you want!". Well, she had 2 Valomilk bars which I knew were also her favorite but she let me have them BOTH! To this day, 40+ years later, whenever I see Valomilks I think about that Halloween I was so sick and how wonderful it turned out when my big sister let me have her candy. ~ Debi from Illinois I was riding the rails through Kansas as a hobo in 1936 when I first had a Valomilk. I stopped in at the local general store in Iola to ask if they needed any help sweeping up. The kindly old gent who ran the store said no, but his customer said he could use some help. He turned out to be none other than Dave Denton, a salesman for Valomilk. I said "what's Valomilk?". He gave me one and I thought it was the best candy I had ever eaten. I helped him carry around the boxes of candy on his sales route in the mid-west that summer. Every time we crossed paths with some of my fellow hobos, I would swipe a Valomilk or two and give them a treat. We hobos had a hard lot and any kindness was appreciated. Times were tough, and after I lost that job, I went back on the rails to ride out the depression. ~ Wilber from Washington I would buy Valomilk candy from the school vending machine at the end of lunch, followed by recess. The bell would ring at 1PM. I would sneak the candy into class and hope the nuns wouldn't see me eating it. I would take small bites and thy to make it last till the bell rand for dismissal at 3pm. They were only a dime in the late 50's. ~ Glenn from Louisiana |
