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02-02-2011, 04:42 AM

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Tropical

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Originally Posted by mommamac

My mom use to buy the magazine every August - that is when I had my yearly permanent for the school year. Betsy kept me entertained as my mom rolled those stinky rods!

I remember well both Betsy and those stinky permanent rods. Mom and I loved the paper dolls. When she was little she and her sisters used to cut pictures out of clothing catalogs to use as paper dolls. We were just talking about that last week when I called her.

02-02-2011, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by AnitaSt

Oh, I loved Betsy McCall. My mom subscribed in the '50's and my sisters and I always got the doll out right away.

Check out this link:

http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/dolls/pd...ge_format.html

You can print the doll pages from the magazines!!

Anita

Thanks for the link. I printed some out to send to my Mom. I know she will love them for the memories they will bring of us sharing them when I was little. :)

02-02-2011, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mamaw

Oh my goodness, I used to get the perms too lol. Did you ever get the rag curls?? My mom would bring me to my aunt's and they would do them together. I remember being miserable having to sit there so long. Oh what memories!!

I used to get the rag curls. Mom would fix my long hair into Shirley Temple curls. I loved how they bounced about my head whenI moved. I was the only girl with five brothers so Mom loved to fuss with my hair and make clothing for me. I'm so happy I still have her to share the wonderful memories.

02-02-2011, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Linda - K.

I remember Betsy and the books you could also buy to punch out the person and then cut the clothes out of the inside pages. Had to be very careful punching out the people as I would lose a hand now and then! My Mom did the permanent thing to us also. I HATED it! They were called "Tonnette(sp)" and my mom and aunts would do the Tony permanents on each other. Stinky!!!

Tonnette was the perm my mom used. i had so much long hair it seemed to take forever. One of my aunts gave me a Toni doll that her own perm rollers. Sugar water was used as the solution. Years later I donated it to a family who lost everything in a fire. My sons wanted to donate some of their toys for the kids so I thought I should, too.

02-02-2011, 07:11 AM

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I remember playing with the Betsy McCall ones. A few yrs. ago I subscribed to Mary Englebriet's magazine for a while, and she has a heavy (cardstock) sheet of paperdolls in each issue.

02-02-2011, 07:14 AM

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Loved those paperdolls. Speaking of perms, does anyone remember Spoolies? They were rubber curlers.

02-02-2011, 07:43 AM

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JuBee

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Thank you so very much for that address/site. I too remember
those paper dolls and loving them. My older sister would keep
them for me to have when I visited her and her husband.
Judy :-P

02-02-2011, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MillieH

I remember playing with the Betsy McCall ones. A few yrs. ago I subscribed to Mary Englebriet's magazine for a while, and she has a heavy (cardstock) sheet of paperdolls in each issue.

Mary's magazine Home Companion was cancelled from production 2 years ago. I loved her paper dolls.

02-02-2011, 10:08 AM

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I always enjoyed it. Sorry to hear it is no longer published. I'm glad I saved most of my issues. Actually, I plan to do a collage of the paperdoll pages eventually.

02-02-2011, 10:15 AM

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OMG!!! My mom would glue the paper doll to a heavier paper so that it would last longer, and my dad would cover the doll with a coat or two of varnish. My paper dolls always looked like they had a nice golden tan, but they lasted forever.