Tony grew up, without money, in Collinsport and had admired local beauty Carolyn Stoddard since childhood. When Carolyn visited his office in 1967, she didn't remember having met him before his earlier visit to Collinwood that day. He told her that he'd been a lifeguard on the beach the day she wore her first bikini and that he'd also been her caddy when she had first learned to play golf (357). Following a lawsuit, brought upon by Tim Newly, a disgruntled worker in the cannery, Tony became romantically involved with Carolyn.