Need Help Finding JULY, 1982 Issue of COMPUTE! MAGAZINE

Terry is searching for the July, 1982 issue of Compute! Magazine (Issue 26, Vol. 4, No. 7). He would like to purchase one or more copies (depending on the price) as it has an article written by his future father-in-law! If you have this magazine or know where he might locate it, please Contact Us.

I think it would help a lot if he could post his request on a computer collectibles forum, so if someone could suggest a place for him to post his request that would be great!

Searching - Information about CHRISTINE VEASEY - Editor of PINS & NEEDLES - CROCHET EXPERT

I know nothing at all about crocheting, but hopefully someone will see this who can help Val.

I am trying to find information regarding Christine Veasey. I am a member of the Knitting & Crochet Guild and have tried to find information through their channels without success.

Christine Veasey was Editor for Pins & Needles for many years. It has now ceased trading. She also wrote for the Sunday Chronicle and the Sunday Graphic. Her "Model Home" at the Ideal Home Exhibition, was designed and executed for Women's Journal. She was an expert in the field of crochet and knitting, and I would like to find out about her life history.

Any help would be appreciated,

Val

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Finding the GOOD STUFF at Estate Sales is Getting Harder

We've been going to yard sales and Estate Sales almost every Friday for several years now as part of our Date Day. And we always have a good time, just because we are together. Oh, we're together at home, too. But we are doing our own thing - me on the computer and hubby reading a newspaper or using his computer. Not exactly activities that lead to paying much attention to each other. That's what makes Fridays so special for us, as we carry on more conversation in that one day than we probably do all the rest of the days of the week combined. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but it sure feels that way sometimes.

But of late the sales have been much less unique. It seems like all the paper items that fascinate us so much - all the real junk - has been thrown out before we get there. Hubby has said more than once that the big bags of garbage at the curb are where most of the items we would be interested in probably are.

There's been much less to rummage around through for most of this year. We still have a good time, but we're not finding as many treasures as we used to. That has led us to spending more and more time looking for the plush animals and soft dolls for our Dirty Butter Plush Animal Shoppe. At least we can still enjoy the hunt for those hard to find baby toys that people sell, not realizing how valuable they will be to a family who are desperate to replace some lost lovie.

We have kept a few of the treasured memories from our vintage finds. We have one 1800's autograph book of the lady's friends that is very interesting reading. They didn't just sign a name, but wrote short poems and notes to each other. And there's a lock of hair sewn into it. I used to take it to school and show it to my students and read a few of the entries to them.

I recently ran across a website where they sell an amazing number of old diaries, along with some handwritten letters from some famous people, and also some extremely old letters from everyday folks. If you are as fascinated by these windows into a time gone by you might enjoy looking at Tuscon Tiques Collectibles. I certainly enjoyed seeing all the interesting letters and diaries.

I can't imagine how they could have accumulated so many different hand written ephemera, but they have renewed my interest in this type of collecting and made me hope that we will again run across that perfect Estate Sale, where all the "good stuff" was not thrown away before they started the sale.

Searching for a MARY DUNBAR GLASS LOAF PAN

I posted last year about an interesting glass loaf pan that we found at an Estate Sale, and we received an email recently from a lady who read our post while she was searching for the pan on the Internet.

Whatever happened to that Mary Dunbar loaf pan featured on your website? We just broke my Mom's, and need to replace it. It was her mother's, and yes she was still using it. Let me know if you still have one or where I can look for one. Thanks. My mom just turned 80 last year.

I wrote to the man who bought it from us, just on the outside chance that he still had it and would be willing to sell it to her. There hasn't been enough time for him to reply yet.

Anyway, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask you, my dear readers, in case someone could help this family out.

Here's part of the original post about the Mary Dunbar loaf pan:

Every once in a while when we find something unusual at an Estate Sale, we buy it, even though we don't have a clue what it might be worth, just for the education it can give us when we do the research.

This glass oven ware pan was just such a find last week, that I couldn't resist. What intrigued me was the big logo in the bottom with the cursive name of Mary Dunbar in it. I had never heard of that name before, but when I did the research on her, I found some very interesting information. I even found a forum where her grand daughter was chatting about what her grandmother had accomplished!

It seems that Mary Dunbar was the name given to the Jewel Tea Co.'s spokesperson in the 1920's. The lady who went by that company name was the head of the company's test kitchen, and wrote a series of cookbooks and a monthly newsletter. She is credited with the invention of the 7 minute icing recipe. There was even a Mary Dunbar seal of approval, much like the Good Housekeeping seal of today.

It seems that the Jewel Tea Co. put coupons in with their various spices and tea products, and those coupons could be redeemed for various household goods. The most well known of these was the Hall China Co. Autumn Leaf pattern china and related items. This pattern in highly collectible today. Our loaf pan was probably one of those premium items.

If you can help Jo find this Mary Dunbar Glass Loaf Pan, please Contact Us, including MARY DUNBAR in the subject, or Comment Here.

Searching - Originally posted 03/30/2008