[DOC] [TLE] History of Wham-O, Inc.  FundingUniverse [PAR] Founded in 1948, and inheriting its name from the sound that its flagship product, 
the ... 1948: Arthur "Spuds" Melin and Richard Knerr found the business in a 
garage. ... The company name came from one of their first products, a slingshot. 
... In 1948 a California carpenter, Fred Morrison, began making plastic throwing 
discs,... [DOC] [TLE] Hula Hoop History - Invention of the Hula Hoop [PAR] Nov 22, 2006 ... In 1957, an Australian company began making wood rings for sale in retail stores
. ... 1948 Wham-O was born in a garage when they began producing ... Their 
perseverence turned HULA HOOP into the greatest fad the country has ever seen
. ... Wham-O founders Arthur Melin and Richard Knerr spotted a... [DOC] [TLE] Wham-O - Wikipedia [PAR] Wham-O Inc. is an American toy company in Woodland Hills, California, United 
States. They are known for marketing many popular toys in the past 60 years,... [DOC] [TLE] ChiTAG | Blog [PAR] Dec 17, 2015 ... ... when they began making and selling slingshots in a garage. In fact, the 
company was named for the spectacular sound that was made by those 
slingshots. Wildly entrepreneurial, their path was a twisty road in the beginning, ... 
Build & Imagine's founder Laurie Peterson named the 2015 Rising Star Toy... [DOC] [TLE] Hula Hoop, Frisbee co-creator dead - USATODAY.com [PAR] Jan 17, 2008 ... Knerr and his partner, Wham-O co-founder Arthur "Spud" Melin, ... They let the 
whole country in on the fun in 1958 when they began selling ... Knerr and Melin 
went into business for themselves in 1948, making $2 a day selling slingshots ... 
They named their fledgling company after the sound Melin liked to... [DOC] [TLE] So long, and thanks for the hula hoops and frisbees - smh.com.au [PAR] Jul 8, 2002 ... Arthur Melin, co-founder of Wham-O, the company which marketed it - and ... a 
friend, Richard Knerr, in 1948, while they were working for their fathers and ... 
plan, set it up in a garage and began making and selling slingshots. [DOC] [TLE] Cover Story : DOUBLE WHAMMY! : Wham-O's San Gabriel ... [PAR] May 5, 1994 ... Then the company was sold and most of the jobs went elsewhere. ... up this 
whimsical place called Wham-O in 1948; two wacky best friends who ... Together, 
they began a mail-order business by making 75-cent slingshots in the Knerr ... for 
its parent company; no toys are made or invented there anymore. [DOC] [TLE] Arthur Melin, 77, a Promoter of the Hula-Hoop, Is Dead - The New ... [PAR] Jul 1, 2002 ... Arthur Melin, co-founder of Wham-O, company that introduced ... friend, Richard 
Knerr, in 1948, while they were working for their fathers and attending the ... 
payment plan, set it up in a garage and began making and selling slingshots. ... 
of the Frisbee, which found its earliest acceptance at Eastern colleges. [DOC] [TLE] hula hoop by taki terry on Prezi [PAR] Sep 27, 2012 ... Around 1300, hooping came to Great Britain, homemade versions of the toy ... 
with their employment, began the company in 1948 as "WHAM-O Mfg. Co. ... 
Their first product was the Wham-O slingshot, made of ash wood, which Knerr ... 
They trademarked the name Hula Hoop  and start manufacturing the... [DOC] [TLE] A Garage and an Idea - Tuck [PAR] In addition to its association with HP and Silicon Valley, the garage owes much of 
... At some point, the entrepreneur's garage began to symbolize the proto- ... 
Systems, an article in The Economist suggested that the company's founders real
- .... create opportunities for individuals to build confidence in their abilities to 
create. [DOC] [TLE] Hula Hoop co-creator has died - Gordon Lightfoot Forums [PAR] They let the whole country in on the fun in 1958 when they

Question: This company began in 1948 when its founders began making slingshots in their garage
Answer: Wham-o