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n the 1960s - EVelyn Ryan a mother of ten, supported her family by entering lots of contests. And she won everything - candy bars, coffee makers, radios, a Westinghouse refrigerator, etc...

In a contest, mom was awarded a shopping spree at the local Big Chief Supermarket. Weeks before the scheduled shopping spree, mom gathered the family around the dining room table to help plan her assault. Dad had fled the scene. "Okay'', mom said, ''there are some strict rules. First, I've got only ten minutes to grab everything I can'' "That's not very long", I said. "Second", she said, "everything has to fit in one shopping cart" "Only one?" Betsey said. "Third everything has to be edible" "Fourth, she said, only one of everything" "One last thing", she added, "I have to fill the cart by myself. No one can help me... But what you can help me with is planning how to do it" We decided that first step would be mapping out the store, aisle by aisle, so Mom could memorize every inch of the place. The Big Chief Supermarket was huge, about half a football field long.

Anybody else in Mom's position might have gone after the usual mild and bread and ketchup. Not Mom. "Think big", she said 'I want you kids to taste of sole, caviar, New York steak - things you've never tried before'' When the day of the shopping spree finally arrived, we were ready. Mom knew exactly what she wanted and where it was in the store. The store manager, Harvey Ward, was waiting for Mom's arrival. He watched the stream of kids pouring out of the car. "They won't get in the way. They're juste going to yell out the time every few minutes so I can keep on schedule, Mom laughed".

MOm was standing like an Olumpic sprinter waiting for the starding gun. "Go! yelled Harvey as he clicked the watch on''

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