ROADSIDE READING!

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST., 2019
              ROADSIDE READING!

   If you'd like to teach the kids or grand
kids about Pennsylvania history you might
consider taking them for a ride! You may
just learn a thing or to yourself!
   Those roadside historical markers, too
often passed and ignored, offer stories
about people and events that made
history here in the Keystone State.
    Yesterday, for instance, the newest
of those markers was unveiled in the
Delaware County community of
Cliffton Heights.
     I don't think I've ever been to or
through that small town. But that's
the place where the Slinkey was
invented by Richard James and
marketed by the real mover of the
toy, Betty James, his wife.
     Who hasn't spent some time playing
with a Slinkey? You could juggle it
from hand to hand, watch it walk down
the steps. or try to "fix it" once you
intertwined many of the coils!
       I like the fact people got together
to salute a Pennsylvania toy that
continues to fascinate kids (and some
adults) or 75 years!
       Next time you spot one of those
historical markers find a place to pull
over. Read the story and take a picture!
        You may be surprised at the
stories they tell!
        Hope you enjoy them and that all
your NEWS is good!