Charles Henry Strite, 85, of Hagerstown, MD passed away on Friday, June 12, 2020, at Coffman Nursing Home in Hagerstown.Born August 8, 1934 in Leitersburg, MD, he was the son of the late Marshall and ...
Stillwater master mechanic Charles P. Strite reportedly invented the pop-up toaster in 1919 because he was tired of the burnt toast served in his company’s cafeteria. To circumvent the need for ...
(WHTM) Charles Strite hated burnt toast. Strite worked at a factory in Stillwater, Minnesota during World War I, and frequently had breakfast in the factory cafeteria. The cafeteria had electric ...
A common appliance found in kitchens around the world was actually born in Stillwater. While working at a Stillwater factory in 1919, machinist Charles Strite was tired of getting burnt toast in the ...