Frank Shields is credited with developing the Billion $ and Million $ labels used by his family’s fruit business. Shields Bag is one of the Yakima Valley’s most successful family-owned businesses, employing 500 people in the manufacture of plastic bags, plastic film, and other related products. Developed after World War II under the leadership of Gene Shields, the company has its roots in the fruit industry. Gene’s grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shields were originally teachers in Morrow County, Oregon, but eventually planted apple orchards, started a fruit-packing house, and founded the Shields Fruit Company in Freewater, Oregon (now Milton-Freewater). […]