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January 23, 2009
E-mail From Art Evans to Geoff Hacker

From: Art Evans [agevans@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:34 PM
To: Geoffrey Hacker
Subject: RE: Attn: Art Evans: Evans Industries Ties with Victress / Severs ties with Devin

Dear Geoff,

The only thing I remember is that I knew the fellow who owned and ran Victress and I took some PR photos for him. But actually, I don’t think the EI distributorship of Victress/Byers ever came about. I don’t remember selling any bodies. I think I started teaching in the Fall of 60 and, at the same time, I was getting my Master degree.

Art Evans 800 S. Pacific Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: 310-540-8068, Fax: 310-373-5988

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January 22, 2009
E-mail From Art Evans to Geoff Hacker

From: Art Evans [agevans@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:03 PM
To: Geoffrey Hacker
Subject: Re: Attn: Art Evans: Evans Industries Ties with Victress / Severs ties with Devin

Dear Geoff,

I had forgotten about Byers. The principles of Evans Industries were my father, OCee Ritch and me. OCee and I started it because we had been the advertising and PR agency handling Devin. When Bill conceived the SS, we though it a great thing, but Bill didn’t have any financing. So we formed EI and brought my dad on board for financing.

But in 1960, my dad had a heart attack and had to retire plus OCee got an offer as PR Mgr of Renault, an offer he couldn’t refuse. I didn’t feel I could soldier on alone. So I quit and became a school teacher, something I had always wanted to try. I
put all of the papers and documents in storage and have forgotten where. I remember taking PR photos for Victress, but that’s about all I remember.

Art Evans 800 S. Pacific Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: 310-540-8068, Fax: 310-373-5988

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