European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine u i How Bob Hill took a Candle to Small town life by George Esper press Kob kill burned with it that Gillie ring corporate his father pointed lout us Road 10 the lop through sales and k Boh Hill took thai his if Alicr was proud of and he iwas proud of five major id Homes and 20 years Bob Hill began to wonder whether the anticipation of Success want More satisfying than sue Cess there he age a plus vice president of the lbs communication and technology lie had an at a six figure salary to head an other firm As there were two Cadillac in his and his Stool boat could sleep he dropped went to the uralic town of opened a hard Ware devoted himself to Leisure and his where the final irony comes Success pursued Dob Hill to Lon nod it would he the Best of several possible How he Gal there to a world he never dreamed about snows that the straight Road May be the shortest distance Between two but the Back roads Art a Tot More four years ago Bob Hill realized he was at a 1 asked a i want to keep challenging myself or spend the rest of my life enjoying my family and having fun i was tired of crawling in and Olf air the harassment and 1 had enough of Board cuttings and staff meet Ings and All shul hoopla that Gnes with thais when Robert Hill quit his hurried Down me new sold his Cadiz Liia bout and his he packed up his wite of 21 Mary a Farmer airline and nil 14yearold daughter Cathleen and headed for Vermont greenery and a new i was the right now the time was we made the decision As a on the other Hill didst intend to Retreat to the Woods and live on and a rustic hardware store seemed a Nice com Proulk be tween the need to make a living and a More Carefree Way of but after a year of owning the Hill realized that business was sharply season Al brisk when the tourists or skiers were slow in the Long he began to look for something to the product he came up with was can he can be More natural to new England than candles and the manufacturing process was filling in with Vermont Tough environmental he dropped the manufacturing idea when he found dial prices candles o was planning to distribute candles in the United and one step leading to he found himself Back in a Siut ble business As prices new England he will set up similar distributorships in the rest of the Hilt has been distributing candles from the basement of his hardware store but Hes giving up the store and plans to move into a hat the wheel come full with the dropout dropping Back int not the Way Hill sees he now has the Best of both my heart is now Back in the big he but in working out of London it makes it easy for in not involved in that the marketing techniques arc soil and in absolutely happier now even though in making less of in with nobody to answer the pressures you make in this business in just duing a consulting lob and Art Ling up a total marketing find sales pro Gram for prices candles but in doing it right out of so in not in their payroll As an in at an arms length from the in Call ing the setting up 12 to 15 Independent people he says he will be making one or two but there is no Way he will be travel ing As much As he Mary Jane and Cathleen work As a family just As hard As sometimes seven Days a week but there Are few in with them All the Lime he were working and living my daughter works in the you dont even have to Wear watches up you dont even look at the youre your own you set your own Al the Hills simply close their store and do what they signs have Beta pasted on the watching the going fish went to the see you to customers   be there says its an easy says his i used to give a lot of formal dinner but no i had enough of its Nice to gel away from there arc no social or Assur Londonderry Small population is swelled by summer tourists and weekend visitors who Comilo Sec the leaves change Colore in the skiers come in the Hills have lived in Ihler modified log House with our a living i to Baths and All the modern Conven longer than in any other Home during their it sits in the Valley surrounded by Ali acc major ski Hill and his wife Cruz walk leisurely to work along a country Road in live during the the sliding of Ihler Cabin open onto a Marble Chip Patio and two acres of wooded Volvo in the driveway instead of a the Home u secluded 4not another House a Garden blooms with Chrys Ante Musmand there is a Bicy Cle Trail leading from the Back door through the in inc the Trail leads to a Pond for ice instead of cocktail and dinner there Are backyard Badminton and the entirely says a lot More is done on a hand there is a seme of Hill is wearing a Blue Pullover sweater and once he Hod closets full of nuns and but there is Little need fur them lie seems in lop Chape and also is attractive and slim a Streak of Gray inns through Horred Huir they met at a cocktail parly Al the Uhei end of the Road to Why did Hob Hill wait us Long to i haunt reached where i wanted to he i want fully played you had to have it u is a part of corporate you make you spend weve enjoyed it bul weve gone that i figure 1 i came out a executive dropout Bob Hill with wife right and daughter biking through the Woods near Page 13 August 1977 the stars and stripes