[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 5, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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             CELEBRATING STEWART CANDY COMPANY'S CENTENNIAL

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
Stewart Candy Company's 100th anniversary.
  Founded in 1922 by James Ernest Stewart in Waycross, Georgia, the 
Stewart Candy Company has grown into a multimillion-dollar candy 
business that distributes their products nationwide.
  From its humble beginnings, when Ernest would package his candies in 
cigar boxes and deliver them in his Model T, to a massive company that 
sells candies with the click of a button, 100 years is truly worth 
celebrating.
  After Ernest's son, James, graduated from the University of Georgia 
and served 3 years in the United States Army, he came home to work at 
the family business.
  James, better known as Papa, molded and fashioned Stewart Candies 
into a modernized business production fit for the next generation of 
the Stewart family. Four of Papa's six children came to work for the 
company and organized the Stewart Distribution company, a new division 
of the candy company.
  Jump to today, and Stewart Candy Company is still making their pure 
sugar soft peppermints in many different flavors, such as banana 
pudding, key lime, and cinnamon.
  The company has gone from just 3 employees to 240 employees and works 
every day to spread the joy of their candies to every American.

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