‘ a Castlégar News June 29, 1988 Tinkertoys going strong PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — It's a simple toy conceived when a stone. mason watched a group of children Playing with sticks, pencils and empty thread spools. But since their introduction 75 years ago today, Tinkertoys have found their way into millions of toyboxes, chemistry labs, and even indu: drawing boards. “It's a classic,” said Debbie Wager, who oversees the annual toy quality report from the liberal political action group Americans for Demo. eratic Action. “There are not too many toys that have been around for three or four years — let alone 75.” Tinkertoys were introduced at the 1913 American Toy Fair by inventor Charles Pajeau of Evanston, Ill., but it was a year before they caught on. In a 1914 publicity stunt so suc cessful it halted traffic while motor ists gawked, Pajeau hired midgets to dress up like Santa's elves and play with Tinkertoys in a window of New York's Grand Central Station, ac cording to A Toy is Born, by Marvin Kaye Since then, more than 100 million Tinkertoy sets have found their way to the young and young-at-heart, Chemistry professors use them to make molecular models, Indiana Bell Telephone uses them to test manage- ment candidates and Lockheed Corp. used them for design models. Still, “it's the children who contin. ue to make the toy popular,” said Wayne Charness, spokesman for. Tinkertoy manufacturer Hasbro Inc., of Pawtucket. “It's a great toy because kids can use their imagination with it and build anything they want,” said Wager, of the Washington-based lobby group. “They can take it apart and build something different with it 10 minutes later.” A youngster in 1913, 87-year-old Myrtle Green of North Providence remembers playing with Tinkertoys when they were first introduced. “We used to make cars and houses and everything,” she said, After watching her children and grandchildren grow up playing with them, she says: “It keeps the kids busy and they enjoy it. It keeps them quiet.” While Green and others may feel Siemens head insurance council Trail insurance agent Walter Sie- mens has been elected chairman of the Insurance Council of British Columbia. Siemens assumed Siemens has been in the insurance business for 27 years and has served as a general insurance agent member of the Insurance Council since 1981. He is a past president of the In- surance Agents’ (now Brokers) Asso- ciation of B.C. and served as alder- man for the city of Trail for eight years. He is married with four children. The Insurance Council of British Columbia has been in existence since 1936 as an advisory body to the Superintendent of Insurance. Mem- bers of the Council are represen- tative of both general insurance and life insurance, and of companies, agents, and adjusters. The Council employs a fulltime staff of 10, headed by a secretary-manager and _ ine. luding a Staff Investigator and a Complaint and Hearing Adminis trator. Since February, 1985, the Council has assumed administrative respon sibility for issuing agent and adjuster licences. It is active in the inves tigation of complaints and in holding hearings on behalf of the Superin tendent of Insurance. Delegation of the disciplinary function of agents WALTER SIEMENS chairman and adjusters is expected to take place in the near future. Council members each bring to bear in excess of 20 years experience in various facets of the insurance in dustry and must ensure that the public interest is served in the li censing and investigation of agents and adjusters. KOOTENAY BROADCASTING SYSTEM “It's Great To Be In The Kootenays” Presents. IN CONCERT JOHNNY CASH JOHNNY CASH Cominco Arena Trail, B.C. TICKETS: $15.00 Advance $17.00 at Door All Seats General Admission TICKET OUTLETS: Trail Parks & Recreation Office at Cominco Arena *L&J Books, Trail Summit Music, Creston AN EVENT! eAlpine Drugs (Rossland) *Pete’s TV, Castlegar Oliver's Books, Nelson sentimental seeing their offspring play with the familiar toy, nostalgia doesn't carry much weight with to- day's youngsters. STAYS AROUND “Little kids are pretty savvy,” Charness said. “If they have done everything a toy has to offer the first few times they play with it, it will stay in the toy box. But if you provide a toy that’s going to chall enge them every time they use it, that’s the toy you're going to have to pick up after them every time they play.” And what do children. make with the multicolored wooden sticks and spools? “It could be nothing, it could be a helicopter, it could be the Eiffel Tower,” said Charness.Whatever it is, it “gives them a sense of ac- complishment,” he said. Tinkertoys haven't changed much over the years. First introduced in metal canisters, they were sold in boxes for a time until last year, when Hi 0 returned to the original packaging, he said. In 1983, plastic pieces were added to allow for more construction possibilities, said Charns About a million sets a year are sold, he said. ! BERRY PICKERS ALSO NEEDED STRAWBERRIES You Pick or Buy Picked You Pleck .......5++, ly, 80° Oded» soos BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINERS Open at 8 a.m. Daily * No Appoi: G&L FARMS — GRAND FORKS TURN LEFT ON 19th ST. NEAR THE GRAND FORKS ARENA AND FOLL LOW THE SIONS TOO. 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The price delivered by newspaper carrier tor both editions is only 80¢ o week (collected monthly). Second closs mail registration number 0019. ERRORS The Castlegar News will not be responsible for any errors in adver tisements after one insertion. It is the responsibility of the advertiser to read his ad when it is first published Publisher's liability for any error or omission in any advertisement is strictly limited to the sum paid for any such ad. It is agreed by the od r requesting space that the jement of any description, that portion of the ad. vertising space occupied oY the item, ing is merely an offer to sell. be NELSON Summer Skating $ School, July 11 to” August 7, pockage shating times ova 30 Pack $160; 2 weeks of $120: Legh information phone 3528 ‘58: 2 0 or 7 352 7102 _3/52 CRUSHED ROAD GRAVEL 12 cubic yard loads, $139 delivered. 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They can even be used for vapor barriers and any kind of miscellaneous construction These used printing press plates (.009x24'%x36 inches) are priced os follows: One to 12, 75 cents each; 13 to 24, 60 cents each; 25 or more, 50 cents 197 tin /22 each. Apply Castlegar News Columbia Ave., Castlegar STRIP EASY Concrete forms. 693-2408. 3 4-14” RADIALS on Chevy rims, good con dition, $150. 365-6160. 3/50 7 satan HAIR CARE TEREKOFF New York docrety 1753 Highway 3A Thrums Call 399-4368 Appointments Anytime * SEAMLESS GUTTERS 4° or 5" heavy guage painted aluminum 5-year leakproof guarantee CALL MR. GUTTER 365-3240 WATERBEDS. For all your water bed needs and supplies. 367-7608 104 ot any NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT Full, complete and sole copyright in any printed Castle News Lid. ii belongs to Castle News provi jowever that copyright in THAT PART AND THAT PART ONLY of any advertisement prepared from repro proofs, vested in and Ltd.; remain in and tiser . CASTLEGAR NEWS Established August 7, 1947 Twice Weekly May 4, 1980 Incorporating the Mid-Week Mirror i published from Sept. 12. 1978 to Aug, 27, 1980 iv. (tee) canarenus Publisher Aug. 7/47 to Feb. 15/73 1t5 KEL PRINT 621 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar 6385 PHOTOCOPYING STATIONERY © RUBBER STAMPS TYPING * USED BOOKS ci RCIALS WEDDING STATIONERY USED PLASTIC 1%"; about 200-H. various sizes. Half price! 365-7144 vs SCREENED LOAM TOPSOIL yard loads, $160, dalie 365. 2600 or 365- 3014 FARFISA Elecric organ. $2,000. MARLIN guitar, $50; FENDER $250, Smith Corona electric typewriter, $125; new briefcase, $45; double bed frome, $55; deluxe fireplace screen and fireploce tools, $100 each; vacuum cleaner power noz zle, $110; 5-speed wheelbarrow $50. 36: 365-5151 days. RESTON Tuer: A perfect lawn in one day. 428. tin/31 UY OR SELL BY AUCTION onkruprces. Estates. Consign prom oreo ° : UCTION 166) stighwoy 3A 399-4793 | them WE CAN HELP YOU BE WORTH MORE TOMORROW THAN YOU ARE TODAY! JACK L. 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