Charles W CarvinCharles W. Carvin (1897-1974) was the son of a 45 year old Irish barkeep and a mother who died when he was a year old. Raised by his two half-sisters, he learned to tell stories while he was supposed to be in school. By 1918 he was in Texas flying Cutiss JN-4 biplanes and selling war bonds for the Army Air Corps. After the Great War, he went to work in the basement of a hosiery mill, but moved quickly into sales, where his dialect stories and cartoons brought him popularity and success. He would go on to perform at U.S.O. shows with Bob Hope, have dinner with Harry Truman, and earn an honorary LLD degree from St Joseph's University. Modern Textiles magazine called him famous as the almost official raconteur of the whole textile industry, and the industry's greatest wit, story teller, jokesmith and toastmaster. Read More Read Less