 Marie baked and sold pies to augment the family's income, with Don delivering her pies to customers on his bicycle.A 1945 graduate of Long Beach Poly High School, he joined the Merchant Marine for a brief tour at the end of World War II and then returned home to southern California.By 1948, twenty-one year old Don was working to expand the business into a wholesale outlet by selling his pies to other restaurants in Orange County.