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Betty James, who co-founded Slinky company, dies
ap on San Diego Union - Tribune ^
| 11/23/08
| AP
Posted on 11/23/2008 9:01:25 AM PST by NormsRevenge
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. Betty James, who co-founded the company that made the Slinky and beat the odds as a single mother in the late 1950s to become a successful executive, has died. She was 90.
She died Thursday, said a spokeswoman for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
In 1945, James and her husband at the time, Richard, founded the company that would later make Slinky, the toy for which she was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 2001.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: obituary; slinky
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To: NormsRevenge
The line (Slinky) was sold in 1998 to
Poof Toys. Sold more than ten years ago.
Surviving, succeeding and thriving for 38 years from 1960 through 1998 is a testament to Betty James' drive and character. One of the greats !
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11/23/2008 10:20:01 AM PST
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: NormsRevenge
RIP
I was tempted to comment about carrying her carefully down the stairs but I won’t.
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posted on
11/23/2008 10:21:38 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Free Brightside!)
To: SevenofNine
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posted on
11/23/2008 10:22:12 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Free Brightside!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/23/2008 10:26:25 AM PST
by
caddie
To: ari-freedom
Even better: they sell a gold plated version for $99.99!
What a country!
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posted on
11/23/2008 10:29:32 AM PST
by
Nik Naym
(Everyone has a right to my opinion.)
To: SevenofNine
I don’t think one can “break” a Slinky so much as make it non-functional. :O)
To: Gay State Conservative
Once you put a bend in it, .....it is never the same.
To: over3Owithabrain
My favorite part of those lyrics is "or in pairs"; anotherwords, buy two! For slinky races!!!! Ever try Slinky Jr., or the plastic slinky? Terrible, they never made it all the way down.
To: proud2beconservativeinNJ
I think I heard a recent former President say that.
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11/23/2008 11:42:39 AM PST
by
Erasmus
(Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen, Meers.)
To: library user
I must been one destructive little girl back in da day I kill two slinkys LOL!
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posted on
11/23/2008 12:04:29 PM PST
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SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: NormsRevenge
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11/23/2008 8:47:55 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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