HOF 05 Surviving Day by Day -- Donald Samuels

Better Days Ahead

Had Samuels been able to forecast such a bright future, perhaps he would've slept better at night during the hard times. But had he not lost sleep, it stands to reason, the future might not have been a sunny one from the company's standpoint.

The company came into the Samuels family by way of the Great Depression. His grandfather, Harry Samuels, loaned money to a struggling printer. When that printer was unable to pay back the money to Samuels, he instead handed Samuels the reins of the printing shop. Debt paid in full.