I remember Helms well. I loved their buttermilk donuts. Mom loved their daily door-to-door service. They gave their customers a cardboard sign that had a ship's helm with a big "H" in the middle, and if you wanted the truck to stop by, all you had to do was put the sign in a front window. They came right around breakfast time, too, which Mom appreciated. I think Helms stopped their service to Covina in the mid- to late-'60s. I don't remember seeing the trucks anymore after I started high school in '68.
-Scott
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