After World War I, Ralph Reiter, who was a master baker, moved from his home in Rochester, Pennsylvania, to Akron, Ohio, where he set up a bakery. After a short time, he sold the bakery and turned his talents toward invention, creating the predecessor of what is today\'s gasoline gauge for automobiles. Ralph Reiter then followed what was to become the family destiny, and entered the butter business as Miller-Maid Creamery. The plant was on Forge Street in Akron, and later moved to Exchange Street near Grant Street in the heart of downtown. In the 30s the trend was away from butter and toward fluid milk production. Not to be left in the past, Ralph Reiter and his son, Harold, founded Reiter Dairy February 8, 1933 on Sumner Street across from The University of Akron. Times were hard. Milk sold for eight cents a quart. But the little dairy grew, nourished by employee pride and enthusiasm. The Reiter\'s relied periodically on infusions of capital from close friends and even suppliers to enable the company to meet the Saturday night payroll -- or to pay for a load of oats for the horses.