Thinking about male paper dolls, I remember I had a set of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at one time, not sure if there were others or not. I kept my paper dolls in a big shoe box and always in order. Sometimes I also glued them onto a heavier backing.They were my pride and joy and I had them until I was in my teens. Then one spring mom decided I was too old for them and they had to go. I gave them to a younger cousin. I was so upset when I went to her house and they were just scattered everywhere. My mother was not a collector! Thinking of the sets I had brings up a name no one in the younger generations would even know - Betty Grable. Marilyn On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:52 AM, helen ware <[email protected]> wrote: > I played with paper dolls for years. My uncle was stationed in Belgium > during WW2. He sent me a box of French paper dolls-they were very sturdy > heavy weight cardboard or gypsum. There were three dolls ,a redhead, > blonde > and brunette-they all had different length hair and features-they were > beautiful-pages of clothing came with and made of nice heavy paper,easy to > cut out and use. > My favorite was Mimi-she had dark hair, kind of a pixie cut, my grandmother > gave me a special drawer in her sideboard to keep my stuff in(being one of > eight children)so my siblings would not ruin the stuff. I would play with > the paper dolls on my grandmothers dining room table for hours and would > try > to draw and color new outfits for them-some came out pretty good! I spent > years with these same three paper dolls--wonderful memories!!! > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

Betty Grable was one of my favorite actresses when I was growing up. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of marilyn E B Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ML] Paper Dolls Thinking about male paper dolls, I remember I had a set of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at one time, not sure if there were others or not. I kept my paper dolls in a big shoe box and always in order. Sometimes I also glued them onto a heavier backing.They were my pride and joy and I had them until I was in my teens. Then one spring mom decided I was too old for them and they had to go. I gave them to a younger cousin. I was so upset when I went to her house and they were just scattered everywhere. My mother was not a collector! Thinking of the sets I had brings up a name no one in the younger generations would even know - Betty Grable. Marilyn -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message