Miss America Magazine #v5#5 [29]

(March 1947)

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Hello Girls / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

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Jean Goodman

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Hollywood's Younger Set / text article / 1.33 pages (report information)

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May Mann (credited)

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Marion Gerrick (column logo); ? (photograph)

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Marion Gerrick (column logo); ? (photograph)

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Appears on pages 6 (1p), and 73 (0.33p).

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For Girls Only / text article / 1.33 pages (report information)

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Jean Goodman (credited)

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Marion Gerrick

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Appears on pages 8 (1p) and 73 (0.33p).

Mind Your P's and Q's (Table of Contents: 5)

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Pamela Stark (credited)

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Appears on pages 10 (1p), 67 (0.33p), and 68 (0.33p).

It's All in Your Mind (Table of Contents: 6)

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Riki Kremer (credited)

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Marion Gerrick (signed as Gerrick)

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Flashes from MAC / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Shopping Notes / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

Sophocles Was Her Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 9)

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Michele Small (credited)

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James Billmyer (credited) (painting)

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Mrs. Borden walked briskly across the room and raised the shade.

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Appears on pages 18 (1p), 19 (1p), 65 (0.67p), 66 (1p), and 67 (0.33p).

How to Handle Crushes (Table of Contents: 10)

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Shirley Temple (credited)

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Appears on pages 20 (1p), 21 (1p), 58 (1p), and 59 (0.67p).

Reluctant Romeo (Table of Contents: 11)

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Ibbie Bryan (credited)

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

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

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Whisking covers off counters that morning, Dottie Barman felt lovely, simply lovely, inside.

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Appears on pages 22 (1p), 23 (1p), 68 (0.5p), 69 (0.67p), and 70 (0.88p).

Once Around the Park (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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My Date with Rory Calhoun (Table of Contents: 13)

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Cathy Downs (credited)

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Appears on pages 25 (1p), 26 (1p), and 62 (0.89).

Outside, Looking In—Inside, Looking Out (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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A Shoe Tree Grows in St. Louis (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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Dear Betty Ann / text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

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Victoria Allen Dunford (credited)

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Appears on pages 31 (1p) and 47 (0.5p).

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Patsy Walker / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Ho, hum! Foreign languages bore me!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Buzz Baxter; Nancy Brown; Patsy Walker; Hedy Wolfe; Miss Seedy [French teacher]; Monsieur Chevalier [Miss Seedy's replacement]

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Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

When Hedy's actions cause Patsy to be given detention, Patsy, Buzz, and Nancy conspire to get Hedy in trouble with the new French teacher.

Lonely Heart (Table of Contents: 18)

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Julie Easton (credited)

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The magazine's synopsis reads: "You're in a gay, laughing crowd—yet, somehow, deep down you feel alone, an outcast, a misfit... Why, why, why can't you be bright and witty and charming? Must you go through life not quite being part of things? Here are a few heartening answers..."

Appears on pages 40 (1p), 41 (1p), and 60 (0.67p).

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Rusty / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

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When lovely maid selects a sweet, Time draggeth by on sluggard feet.

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humor; teen

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Seven one-panel cartoons.

Follow This Party Line (Table of Contents: 20)

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Carole Stupell (credited)

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Bill King (signed as King)

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Bill King (signed as King)

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Appears on pages 44 (1p), 45 (1p), and 47 (0.5p).

When Love Steps In (Table of Contents: 21)

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Rosalie Wilson (credited as Rosalie F. Wilson)

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Harvey Kidder (credited) (signed as Kidder) (painting)

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Della bent over her desk, her dark smooth cap of hair swinging forward to hide her face, scribbled the words and folded the note quickly.

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Appears on page 48 (1p), 49 (1p), 71 (0.77p), and 72 (0.88p).

Meet Me in St. Louis (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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Straight to Your Head (Table of Contents: 23)

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Kathleen Norris (credited as Kathleen J. Norris)

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An article of hair care tips.

Appears on pages 54 (1p), 55 (1p), and 74 (0.5p).

Right Up Your Alley (Table of Contents: 24)

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Maurice Basseches (credited)

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Marion Gerrick (signed as Gerrick)

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Marion Gerrick (signed as Gerrick)

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An article about bowling as a hobby for girls.

Appears on pages 56 (1p), 57 (1p), and 64 (1p).

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Miss America Speaks / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

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Letters from: CAP (Civil Air Patrol) Cadet Ev Higgins, Florence Wright, Gloria Parke, Justine Miele, and Shirley Hill.

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Brad (signed)

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But Gertrude—just because I asked you if you could cook, you don't have to jump to conclusions!

Synopsis

A flustered young man shouts at a lovestruck young lady in front of steps that hold a sign saying "Justice of the Peace."

Indexer Notes

A one-panel cartoon and accompanying one-line caption that appear on page 62 (alongside the unrelated "My Date with Rory Calhoun" text article).

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Professor Quiz / activity / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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Brad (signed)

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I used to like it better when you and your boy friend were just getting acquainted and sending one another nice quiet postcards!

Synopsis

An elderly mailman has difficulty handling a large box he is delivering to an excited young lady.

Indexer Notes

A one-panel cartoon and accompanying one-line caption that appear on page 70 (alongside the unrelated "Reluctant Romeo" text story).