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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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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 !

21 posted on 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.)
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To: NormsRevenge

RIP

I was tempted to comment about carrying her carefully down the stairs but I won’t.


22 posted on 11/23/2008 10:21:38 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Free Brightside!)
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To: SevenofNine

I straightened one out.


23 posted on 11/23/2008 10:22:12 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Free Brightside!)
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24 posted on 11/23/2008 10:26:25 AM PST by caddie
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To: ari-freedom

Even better: they sell a gold plated version for $99.99!

What a country!


25 posted on 11/23/2008 10:29:32 AM PST by Nik Naym (Everyone has a right to my opinion.)
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To: SevenofNine

I don’t think one can “break” a Slinky so much as make it non-functional. :O)


26 posted on 11/23/2008 10:30:48 AM PST by library user
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To: Gay State Conservative

Once you put a bend in it, .....it is never the same.


27 posted on 11/23/2008 10:37:38 AM PST by proud2beconservativeinNJ ("In God We Trust")
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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.

28 posted on 11/23/2008 11:29:42 AM PST by rogercolleridge
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To: proud2beconservativeinNJ

I think I heard a recent former President say that.


29 posted on 11/23/2008 11:42:39 AM PST by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen, Meers.)
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To: library user

I must been one destructive little girl back in da day I kill two slinkys LOL!


30 posted on 11/23/2008 12:04:29 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: NormsRevenge

RIP.


31 posted on 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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