No song or dance, but sweep feels as lucky as can be

Amazing what a timely magazine article can do. In the mid-1970s, a story about the lack of proficient chimney sweeps appeared in Mother Earth News, a periodical read by every self-respecting hippie of the day. Victor Imgarten was no exception and soon after reading that article he ordered some instruction manuals and purchased sundry chimney cleaning equipment. Clean Sweep Chimney Service had begun. By 1979 it was a Missouri corporation with an office near Highway 94 and Jungermann Road. Thirty years later, Imgarten feels that he made the right decision in picking a "dying career" that gets him out in the community, performing a service that is both profitable and helps in preventing house fires.