Steph Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Just saw the name "Akro Prizename" and had a flash of amused curiosity about that moment when the company managers decided to officially name them that. Of course there was originally a contest where kids were supposed to come up with the name for the new corkscrew marbles. So the boxes _said_ "prize name" on them because they were delivering the contest rules. And then there was a winner of the contest, and the winning name was "Fire Opal". But somewhere along the way back in 1930, the Akro guys decided to make the writing on the box be the official name of the marble, and the contest winning name wasn't used ... at least not for corkscrews. Sooo ... I'm amused by whoever decided to name their marbles after their box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 And then there was the Charles Christensen scandal. @bumblebee, do you still have a copy of that kinda sad, kinda cute news story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikie_T Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 LOL...... I wondered where that odd sounding name came from...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 10/29/2017 at 12:36 AM, Steph said: And then there was the Charles Christensen scandal. @bumblebee, do you still have a copy of that kinda sad, kinda cute news story? I don't! I fear I am not very organized. Can't remember the source either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 I'll find it! A quest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Found The article says M. F. Christensen, but Martin had died in 1915, so this was his son Charles. Other papers that ran some version of the story had other headlines, such as "Marble Man's Wife Playing 'For Keeps'". So, anyway, you see what I mean by kinda sad, kinda cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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