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Love among the Reagans: Life with Ronald Reagan in 1942

With two lively females on his hands, Ronnie calls his home "The Ronald Reagan Home For Delinquent Girls" By Ida Zeitlin The Ronald Reagans were chewing the fat with a couple of friends. Discussing some i... Read more...

How to make these lion and elephant quilted comforters (1972)

Wild bedtime! Lion and elephant quilted comforters Our comical quilts can turn a youngster's bedtime from hassle to heyday! Materials needed Lion and elephant comforters are 39x54 inches, and made of 45-in... Read more...

Make costumes & have Halloween fun with crayons (1957 & 1958)

Quiet fun for kids with paper bags and crayons Paper bag puppets: Start with small paper bags folded flat so that the squared bottom of the bag overlaps side. Color puppet face and figure on bottom and side... Read more...

Survey: What’s happening to the American family? (1972)

We asked some very blunt questions -- and got 350,000 equally candid replies -- and a good deal of hope for the American family. Here's what people had to say.

Heat Miser & Snow Miser: The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

Let's hear a "Ho, ho, ho" for two of the most memorable characters from the stop-motion animated Christmas specials of the seventies: Heat Miser & Snow Miser. Featured in the 1974 holiday classic, The Ye... Read more...

Make a circus train cake (1972)

Circus train cake recipe This circus train makes a perfect birthday cake for a child! After you bake and frost this fun cake, let the kids decorate their own "cars." Ingredients 1 package 2-layer-size ... Read more...

How the Weepuls were won (1986)

Furry 'weepuls' come with good grades The day after report cards are sent home, the students in Dolores Hunt's first-grade classroom listen anxiously for their principal's footsteps in the hall. "Here he co... Read more...

How Judy Garland’s career began (1942)

Here is a heartfelt -- though dramatized and beautified (and sometimes somewhat inaccurate) -- story of Judy Garland's early life, originally published in 1942. Pocketful 'o songs Listen! You can hear it ... Read more...

Stop your kids from becoming juvenile delinquents (1958)

When I was a kid, we had the same desire to loot and pillage and rape as these kids today, we were as savage as kids always are, but at the same time we knew that our parents and all other grownups were unalterably opposed to it, and we didn't do it.

Build a dream-come-true play house in your backyard (1962)

A backyard play house A picturebook house where she can go, where nobody ever says 'No," a hideaway where she can play, and dream of castles and kings, and palaces and princes and things. It's a heart... Read more...

How to make any kitchen more sociable (1981)

How to make any kitchen more sociable To make any kitchen as people-oriented as it is practical, start by rethinking it as a room, not just a place to work. Guidelines follow: 1. Don't feel locked into ty... Read more...

Who is Suzy Homemaker? (1966)

Who is Suzy Homemaker? She's every little girl who wants to be just like her mother. That's why all the Suzy Homemaker appliances look and work just like yours. They're big and beautiful -- and work like real.... Read more...

Hula hoopers are whooping it up (1958)

Hula hoopers are whooping it up! How agile are you? The hula hoop, latest toy to send everyone into a spin, has hit the Steubenville area with a (pardon us) lot of hoopla. You've seen them. Practically ev... Read more...

Crafty ways with papier-mache (1970)

Crafty ways with papier-mache 1. Bathroom brighteners For wastebasket, cut two large oatmeal cartons in half lengthwise. Then fasten three halves together with masking tape, gummed paper, or glued paper s... Read more...

Movie guide for puzzled parents (1974)

McCall's movie guide for puzzled parents Monthly listings to help you answer the question: "But is it really all right for the kids?" by Lynn Minton Parents ought to have some way of knowing what is in... Read more...

Follow-up: Titanic survivor Charlotte Collyer (1912)

Response from Charlotte Collyer, survivor of the Titanic Mrs Charlotte Collyer's article, "How I Was Saved from the Titanic," printed seven weeks ago in the Semi-Monthly Magazine Section, still holds the recor... Read more...

The family electric typewriter: Royal (1969)

The family electric typewriter Royal's new portable all-electric is so easy to use it's perfect for boys, girls, mothers and fathers who write PTA minutes, term papers, recipe files, office reports, letters to... Read more...

Latest Mattel toys & games for Christmas (1966)

How to give a preschooler something fun to do. And something fun to learn. The Mattel-O-Phone talks, teaches, and works like real. The voice actually comes out of the receiver, like a real telephone. Youngster... Read more...

Vintage Ho-Ho-Holiday photos with Santa (1940s-1990s)

Walter and Santa Claus in NYC (1958) With Santa at Macy's at Herald Square, New York City Photo thanks to Walter Santa in 1979 or so Photo courtesy Jelene Morris Santa, 1940s-... Read more...

Baby First Step, Cheerful Tearful & other Mattel dolls from 1967

Baby's Hungry doll New Baby's Hungry is amazing -- she really seems to eat and drink! Feed her with the spoon, her mouth moves as she chews. Give Baby's Hungry! her bottle, her cheeks move as she nurses. And a... Read more...

Creative ways to wrap oddly-shaped gifts (1963)

Creative gift wrapping ideas by Mrs CS Stone Skillet Lollipop. Tape lid inverted to skillet and cover with cardboard circle. Pad feet with extra tissue paper. Wrap skillet, smoothing tissue over cardboard... Read more...

Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

When Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! originally aired on December 18, 1966 no one expected the 26-minute cartoon to become a part of American pop culture legend. In fact, despite Seuss' script, direct... Read more...

Storybook Christmas party ideas (1969)

A storybook party Is it a party, a parade, or pageant? Actually, it can be all three -- or any one you choose. These storybook characters who crowd the recreation room are going through the most delightful... Read more...

Stage a crafty Christmas claybake! (1964)

Christmas claybake In that magical and ever-quickening flurry of days and weeks before Christmas, when lists are drawn up, gifts cached away, parties and visits joyously planned, there are also, for most famil... Read more...

How to craft clever Christmas ornaments from paper (1960)

So pretty, such fun to do! One of the nicest Christmas customs we know is having both young and old make ornaments for the tree! These are paper -- so simple and imaginative, you'll want to pack them away ... Read more...

To grandmother’s house you go via TWA for Thanksgiving (1951)

Over the rivers and over the woods to grandmother's house we go... There, a new road now to an old tradition. It's the TWA highway home for Thanksgiving. And what a blessing it is to families separated by too ... Read more...

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