John P Foster

John and Katy Foster were my In-Laws, I knew them in the early 1960's, and married their son in 1966.  John and son ran the Goodyear Tire Store, John and Kathryn "Katy" ran the Toy and Cycle Shop.  (Barbi Ennis Connolly)  2009

John had an older sister and an Aunt, Hilda and Mable (and an "Aunt "B")

The Daily Intelligencer, Doylestown, PA 2 Oct. 2012;

John Foster, proprietor of Foster’s Toy & Cycle Shop, rides his high wheel bicycle in front on the Mercer Museum, Doylestown, on Oct. 17, 1972. Opened in 1949, Foster’s is still in business 63 years later.

— Rayna Polsky,

Intelligencer Librarian

A PIECE OF HISTORY.... http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news/a-piece-of-history/article_c09bc2ae-61ce-511c-b637-afda8918e66d.html#.UHIqoaY9mQo.email

I can say that John Foster was the epitome of Americana. I knew him all my life and to this day think about him very fondly. You see my father owned the furniture store next to the toy store, still owns the building. I am 46 years old now and was literally a kid in John and Kay's toy store. I spent every Saturday in there as a kid and always bought at least one toy or a model from Wally in the bike shop each one of those Saturdays.

One sound that I happily will never get out of my head was the air drill from the Goodyear store when they removed tires. I also used to climb the giant pile of tires in the back. In the summer when I was there during the week, I would go over there and buy Yoohoo's from in the refrigerator.

I was so lucky and it was so small town. It was my fathers store, Bob Waltons Dodge dealership and Fosters Toy Store. 

I'm very thankful I knew John Foster, I'll never forget him.