A Success Story that Changed the Bread Industry

My Grandfather, C. Leslie Lowes was born in Canada in 1880. At the age of 10, he went to work as a helper on a horse drawn bread wagon. Later on in life, he became a Baker, married my Grandmother and moved to Rochester New York where he bought a Bakery with a $500.00 loan that he received from his Father, my Great-Grandfather. It was his Fathers life savings.

Soon, C. Leslie Lowes revolutionized the bread industry with mass production. His Company grew to 25 factories and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In fact, he bought trainloads of flour, enough to influence the market. Every person is a summation of his or her life experiences and the people that have encouraged them to do great things, especially for the benefit of Mankind. My Grandfather C. Leslie Lowes, was one of those people, he was a great man!

As a result of my Grandfather’s success, I met many famous people at my parent’s home. Among them was Charles E. Wilson President and Chairman of the General Electric Company. F.D.R appointed him head of the War Production Board during World War II; as a result, we can thank him for quickly changing us over to a Wartime economy that won the War. He encouraged me to develop a precision measuring device that saves countless hours of production time and is still used worldwide.

William Frank Snyder was a great friend of F.D.R and wrote President Roosevelt’s will, in spite of the fact that he was as conservative as Mrs. Delano and handled her affairs as well. There were countless others; however, I am leaving Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (The Power of Positive Thinking) for last to emphasize this fact; there are too many people that try to program our Children to be losers; this is especially true on the Internet. If it is contrary to what it says in a textbook, it is absurd!

If this were true, nothing new would have ever been invented. For further information on this subject, refer to http://www.AlternativeScience.com to read about the inventions that were contrary to popular belief at the time! This reminds me of a great family friend, Pierre Bontecou that worked with Thomas Watson in Dayton Ohio. When I was a mere 16 years of age, Mr. Bontecou took me to see their first computer. Back in the 1940’s he would say to everyone; “Computers are in the future of this country!” Most people would laugh and say that was absurd, were they ever wrong!