PayDay (confection) PayDay (confection) PayDay is a candy bar consisting of salted peanuts rolled in caramel surrounding a firm nougat-like center. It is currently produced by The Hershey Company. PayDay was a favorite of Bob Hope, Norman Alden and Charles Bukowski. PayDay was first introduced in 1932 by Frank Martoccio. Martoccio founded the F.A. Martoccio Macaroni Company, and also later served as head of the Hollywood Candy Company. Hollywood also produced the ZERO bar. In 1938, Hollywood moved to Centralia, Illinois. In 1967, the Martoccio family sold Hollywood Brands to Consolidated Foods, which later became Sara Lee. Fire destroyed the Centralia plant
History of the French in Baltimore refugees founded St. Francis Xavier Church. The church is the oldest historically Black Catholic church in the United States. In the 1750s, the French Acadian refugees from Nova Scotia established a community along South Charles Street near Lombard Street that was known as "French Town". By the 1830s the Acadian presence in Baltimore had largely disappeared and with that French Town also disappeared. The area that was formerly known as Frenchtown is now the Seton Hill Historic District. An annual French Fair is held in Seton Hill. In 2014 it was on 11 October from 12 to 5 in Saint