THIS STRUCK ME AS STRANGE!

    SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021

THIS STRUCK ME AS STRANGE!

  There are some rather famous individuals

who were born on May 29th. Chances are

you'll recognize the names of Patrick Henry.

or John F. Kennedy, or Bob Hope. But have

you ever heard of John Walker? Not Johnnie

Walker whose name we associate with Scotch

Whiskey. I'm referring to the English inventor

John Walker who came up with one of the

world's most useful inventions. Walker was

born on May 29th of 1781. He was the 

inventor of the friction match! You'd think

we'd all know the gun. And I suppose there

might have been a chance we would remember

him had he chosen to patent his invention! But

he did not. He felt it was too trivial! Well

maybe we'll give him a thought as we fire

up that charcoal grill this Memorial Day

weekend! Hope you remember to close the

cover before striking...and that all your NEWS

is good!