ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — It took 60 years, but a Minnesota man finally has his free candy bars.
Seventy-four-year-old Dave Bell of St. Cloud received a package of candy last week after sending an email reminding Pearson's Candy Co. in St. Paul of the complaint he made as a teenager.
In 1952, Bell was 14 when he bit into a nut roll and discovered a twig. He tells the St. Cloud Times (http://on.sctimes.com/YpAANQ ) he sent a letter to Pearson's "to obviously get some candy."
He got a letter of apology from the son of one of the company's founders. But no candy.
Last year Bell came across the letter, so he reminded the company about the candy. The candy arrived Friday.
Bell jokes he's not sharing the candy.
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Information from: St. Cloud Times, http://www.sctimes.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
Comments (4)
Add commentI don't
I don't blame him one bit for not sharing. Doesn't say how much Pearson's sent him. Might have been only 1 candy bar. After that many years he should have gotten at least 60!
Nan
That's not very liberal about sharing!!!
Who know's maybe he is the guy that started all those urban legends??
Heyyyyyyy
Heyyyyyyyy it took 60 years to get what he got. Liberal or not, no one has to share their Salted Nut Roll!!
Neener neener!
Oh bummer Nan
Off this subject but in todays paper the lady named Velma in the obits was my 4th grade school teacher. I will have wait till tommorrow's paper if they put a more detailed one in to be sure. Her son Gary lived in Kato & her daughter Jayne in Crosslake. Her husband John was our superintendent. Boy he had short fat fingers that used to hurt when he would line us up against the wall & poke us in the chest!! LOL
BTW I was always innocent!!!