Charles Booe, president of Rebecca Ruth Candy, talks about the history of the Frankfort business. He tells the story of how his grandmother, Ruth Hanly Booe, and her friend Rebecca Gooch started the candy factory in 1919, and how Ruth Booe invented the chocolate bourbon ball in the 1930s. He also talks about longtime employee Edna Robbins, who retired at age 90.
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