Gobler History Pt. 2

As Ira entered elementary school, the Gobler family was going through financial turbulence. "People think I grew up with a silver spoon in my mouth, but I gotta tell ya, we had very little money. I remember playing with my favorite toys, vegetable seeds and rusted tin soldiers, in my father's study. They would battle each other".

Ira's mother wanted nothing more than to have her children attend college, so she turned a bad habit into a small business. "She loved her pipe", Ira says with a smile. "So, bless her heart, she whittled pipes in the images of local politicians out of wood so we could make ends meet. She sold them at busy intersections out of an old fruit basket. I also had to go to work at a real young age. The law suit wiped us out".

The class action suit against Isaac Gobler linked him to a corporate conspiracy involving Durashoe, the largest shoe manufacturer in the 1920's. The court found Isaac Gobler guilty of consumer man-ipulation. He allegedly worked in cahoots with Durashoe to tighten the heels of their men's leather shoes in order to sell more edible shoe horns. He was fined $100,000.

The Gobler children worked half days after school to help with the debts. The time left for play was brief, but cherished. Unfortunately, a traumatic instance during "play time" happened in that period that has haunted Ira throughout his life. "Irene, my little sis, loved hot potato. Y'know, toss the potato and see who catches it last? So we'd play with anything we could find like coal, doll heads, it didn't matter. We'd have a hoot! Then one day Irene picks up this little



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As Ira entered elementary school, the Gobler family was going through financial turbulence. "People think I grew up with a silver spoon in my mouth, but I gotta tell ya, we had very little money. I remember playing with my favorite toys, vegetable seeds and rusted tin soldiers, in my father's study. They would battle each other". Ira's mother wanted nothing more than to have her children attend college, so she turned a bad habit into a small business. "She loved her pipe", Ira says with a smile. "So, bless her heart, she whittled pipes in the images of local politicians out of wood so we could make ends meet. She sold them at busy intersections out of an old fruit basket. I also had to go to work at a real young age. The law suit wiped us out". The class action suit against Isaac Gobler linked him to a corporate conspiracy involving Durashoe, the largest shoe manufacturer in the 1920's. The court found Isaac Gobler guilty of consumer man-ipulation. He allegedly worked in cahoots with Durashoe to tighten the heels of their men's leather shoes in order to sell more edible shoe horns. He was fined $100,000. The Gobler children worked half days after school to help with the debts. The time left for play was brief, but cherished. Unfortunately, a traumatic instance during "play time" happened in that period that has haunted Ira throughout his life. "Irene, my little sis, loved hot potato. Y'know, toss the potato and see who catches it last? So we'd play with anything we could find like coal, doll heads, it didn't matter. We'd have a hoot! Then one day Irene picks up this little			pineapple and tosses it to me. She's laughing and I notice that it ain't no pineapple, it was a grenade. I don't know where it could have come from. My body musta reacted and I (Ira pauses) toss it back her way. Irene runs for it since my toss was over her head and grabs the grenade at the key". Ira slows down, then continues. "Kaboom". If one looks closely on any Gobler Toy, they will find the letter "I" molded just under the patent information. It's Ira Gobler's tribute to his late sister.

			Ira Gobler as a college freshman.
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