MORROW BROS PAINTING

In my junior year of high school, I was looking for summer work. I responded to a want ad in the Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer for a painter's helper at $4 an hour for painting contractor William Cherry, whose company operated in West Philadelphia. He was a wonderful man-tolerant and patient. Bill taught me the rudiments of painting along with some tricks of the trade. I will always remember him fondly. I found that I liked painting, it fit for me, and I gained an appreciation for the trade. I continued to work for Bill the following summer, and after that summer, I ventured out on my own with the backing and support of my father. That was the fall of 1965; I have been painting now for over 50 years. If practice makes the master, I qualify. I am one of eight children, five boys and three girls. All four brothers over these many years above had their time in the company. Three of them went to other fields of work. One of my brothers, Kevin, worked with me from the very beginning. He..