Miss America Magazine #v3#5 [17]

(March 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Hollywood's Younger Set / text article / 1.8 pages (report information)

Script

May Mann (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick (column logo); ? (photograph)

Inks

Marion Gerrick (column logo); ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; teen

Indexer Notes

Appears on pages 4 (1p), 28 (0.6p), and 30 (0.2p).

Writer May Mann mentions a lunch with fellow "Miss America" creators Pauline O'Sullivan and Edith Balfour Dunn (whom, she adds, were flown out to California by publisher Martin Goodman), in which they discussed the new official "Miss America Clubs."

Page 4 has an illustration of a sandwich board sign bearing the column's title that will be used as the column's header for the subsequent five issues.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 0.67 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Heart Interest... (Table of Contents: 3)

Body and Soul / text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

John Oliven (credited as John Oliven, M.D.)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; medical

Indexer Notes

An article regarding the heart (both as a bodily organ and as a metaphor for one's emotional core).

Appears on pages 8 (1p) and 60 (0.5p).

Out of the Malebox... (Table of Contents: 4)

Out of the Malebox / text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; teen

Indexer Notes

The debut of a new column consisting of reader-submitted complaints about boys.

Appears on pages 10 (1p) and 40 (0.5p).

Hiya, Girls (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Merry Carr (credited) (signed as Merry)

Pencils

?; ? (photograph)

Inks

?; ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; teen

Indexer Notes

Writer Merry Carr's letter of introduction. She states that she has been chosen to be the magazine's representative for teenagers for one year. Carr was apparently a sophomore at Girls Commercial High School in Brooklyn at the time.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Approved by Miss America / advertisement / 0.66 page (report information)

Early Pickin's (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Amateur Cupid (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 3.42 pages (report information)

Script

Maxine Shore (credited)

Pencils

Louise Altson (credited) (signed as Altson) (painting)

Inks

Louise Altson (credited) (signed as Altson) (painting)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rae Osborn came through the swinging doors from the kitchen carefully.

Genre

humor; romance; teen

Indexer Notes

Appears on pages 16 (1p), 17 (1p), 72 (0.2p), 73 (0.67p), and 74 (0.55p).

He Loves Me Not... (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 2.8 pages (report information)

Script

Mikki (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; romance; teen

Indexer Notes

Appears on pages 18 (1p), 19 (1p), 44 (0.6p), and 46 (0.2p).

Forward March! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Charting Your Success... (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2.75 pages (report information)

Script

Dr. Elias Lieberman (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

An article about planning one's future by a "teacher, poet, humanitarian, author, [...] and Associate Superintendent of Schools of New York."

Appears on pages 22 (1p), 23 (1p), 30 (0.42p), and 40 (0.33p).

No, No, Nellie! (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2.33 pages (report information)

Script

Nancy Lake (credited)

Pencils

? (painting)

Inks

? (painting)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Grooming advice for long-lasting beauty.

Appears on pages 24 (1p), 25 (1p), and 43 (0.33p).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

For Girls Only / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Laraine Day (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; teen

Indexer Notes

Appears on pages 26 (1p), 64 (0.67p), and 65 (0.33p).

Dear Betty Ann- (Table of Contents: 14)

Dear Betty Ann / text article / 1.89 pages (report information)

Script

Victoria Allen Dunford (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Appears on pages 27 (1p) and 48 (0.89p).

The Lines Are Busy! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

Secrets for Magical Poise... (Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Five tips on poise in the form of rhyming couplets accompanied by small panel illustrations.

Are You Envious? (Table of Contents: 17)

PersonaliTeen Quiz / activity / 0.38 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

A 20-question quiz to determine if you're "the envious type."

Appears on page 30.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Patsy Walker / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pauline Loth

Inks

Christopher Rule

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One chill morning in February..

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Buzz Baxter; Nancy Brown; Mickey Walker; Mrs. Walker; Patsy Walker; Hedy Wolfe

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Keywords

Valentine's Day

Make-Believe Siren... (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 2.87 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Martin Webber (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dee-Dee held Trudie's letter to her cheek.

Genre

teen

Indexer Notes

Appears on pages 38 (1p), 39 (1p), 61 (0.2p), and 62 (0.67p).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

cartoon / 0.11 page (report information)

Script

Brad (signed)

Pencils

Brad (signed)

Inks

Brad (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can read everything but the last three lines!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

A captioned one-panel cartoon. A girl seated before an eye chart turns her head to a man in a lab coat standing behind her. The top three lines of the eye chart are filled with random letters, but the bottom three lines spell out "WHAT WAS YOUR EXAM GRADE IN HISTORY TODAY?"

Appears on page 40 alongside the unrelated "Charting Your Success" text feature.

Colorfully Speaking... (Table of Contents: 21)

text article / 1.4 pages (report information)

Script

Rita Nye (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

fashion

Indexer Notes

Fashion advice revolving around changing the color scheme of one's wardrobe.

Appears on pages 42 (1p) and 46 (0.4p).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

text article / 0.92 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Announcing Miss America Club

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Information about the newly-established Miss America Clubs, including how to found a chapter of one's own.

The club officers and board of directors are given as follows:
Chariman – Bessie H. Little – Editor-in-Chief
Vice Chairman – Aileen Fogarty – Director of Public Relations
Treasurer – Sylvia Fiegen
Secretary – Edith Balfour Dunn – Merchandise Editor

Members of the Board: Lady Margaret Armstrong, Mrs. Frederick Altwood, Mrs. Sydney C. Borg, Miss Laraine Day, Jean Goodman (as Mrs. Martin Goodman), Mrs. David S. Long, Mrs. Jamie Preston Selvage, and Mrs. Carlton Ward, Jr.

Appears on pages 43 (0.67p) and 46 (0.25p).

Blouse Designing Contests (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.4 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

cartoon / 0.11 page (report information)

Script

Brad (signed)

Pencils

Brad (signed)

Inks

Brad (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's the team's mascot, and he hasn't had his name in the paper all season!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

A captioned one-panel cartoon. An alarmed-looking girl is seated at a desk with a nameplate atop it that reads "Student News." A Great Dane standing on his hind legs with one front paw on the desk looks at the girl with eyebrows furrowed. In the background, another worried girl peeks her head in from behind a door adorned with the words "Editor's Office."

Appears on page 46 alongside the unrelated "Colorfully Speaking" text feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

cartoon / 0.11 page (report information)

Script

Brad

Pencils

Brad

Inks

Brad

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Black cats never bother me. I couldn't get any lower marks than I'm getting!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

A captioned one-panel cartoon. A black cat walks past two girls, one looks alarmed, the other looks unbothered.

Appears on page 48 alongside the unrelated "Dear Betty Ann" text feature.

The Little Man (Table of Contents: 26)

text story / 1.3 pages (report information)

Script

Alice Willner (credited) (contest winner)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The little man moved slowly from the subway train, stepping onto the platform just as the great door slid closed behind him.

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

This month's "Miss America" writing contest winner. Author was a 16-year-old sixth term student at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York, and the story was submitted by A. Barnett Langdale, the school's Chairman of English.

Appears on pages 49 (1p), 60 (0.17p), and 61 (0.13p).

Party Lines... (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Jam Session / text article / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

Pat Parks (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick (column logo); ? (photograph)

Inks

Marion Gerrick (column logo); ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Appears on pages 51 (1p) and 58 (0.75p).

When I Grow Up... (Table of Contents: 29)

text article / 2.93 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Holland (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick; ? (photograph)

Inks

Marion Gerrick; ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Claude Jarman; Roddy McDowell; Elizabeth Taylor; Jane Powell; Peggy Ann Garner; Barbara Whiting

Indexer Notes

Six teen actors share their personal hopes and dreams for their futures.

Appears on pages 52 (1p), 53 (1p), 67 (0.33p), 68 (0.33p), and 69 (0.27p).

Mob Scene... (Table of Contents: 30)

text article / 2.92 pages (report information)

Script

Vera Lawson (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

An article about the dangers of a panicked mob.

Appears on pages 54 (1p), 55 (1p), 65 (0.25p), and 66 (0.67p).

The Yolk's on You... (Table of Contents: 31)

text article / 2.6 pages (report information)

Script

Ruth Baller (credited)

Pencils

Marion Gerrick

Inks

Marion Gerrick

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; domestic

Indexer Notes

Egg recipes.

Appears on pages 56 (1p), 57 (1p), 69 (0.07p), 70 (0.33p), and 72 (0.2p).

Hello, Girls: (Table of Contents: 32)

Hello Girls / text article / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Jean Goodman (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Editor Goodman talks about how hectic publishing can be. She states that her office at the time was located on the 72nd floor of the Empire State Building.

Appears on page 58.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Miss America Pen Pals / letters page / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

A list of names and addresses of "Miss America" readers who wish to become pen pals.

Appears on page 68.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Miss America Speaks / letters page / 1.25 pages (report information)

Script

Jean Goodman ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Margaret Stevens (Preston, Lancashire, England), Edith Schunk (Paterson, New Jersey), Loann Beamer (Bayside, California), Billie Lou Chick (Columbia, Missouri), Harriet Besden (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Loire Colemanne (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Yolanda Astarita (New York, New York), and Catherine Quinn (Verdun, Quebec, Canada).

Pictures of: Stevens, June Raymond (Worcester, Massachusetts), Verna Wilkerson (Louisville, Kentucky), Muriel England (Arlington, Massachusetts), Nancy Mery (Ardmore, Pennsylvania), Frances Walker (Centerville, Arkansas), and Ramogene Russell (Tuscumbia, Alabama).

Appears on pages 71 (1p) and 72 (0.25p).