Oaktag (1938); Teenager

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OAKTAG

   Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate has...no oaktag!
   No oaktag!  What's a college student to do?  WHERE DO I WRITE TO THOSE
MERRIAM-WEBSTER FOLKS?
   See the ADS-L archives for a December 2002 "oaktag" discussion.


   24 February 1938, OGDEN REPORTER (Ogden, Iowa), pg. 3, col. 3:
   Last week we tried to do "finger painting".  This consists of creative
designs worked out by fingers and hands.  A soft substance similar to paste is
spread on smooth oaktag paper.  Then you work out any original design you can
with your hands and fingers.


   10 March 1943, IOWA RECORDER (Greene, Iowa), pg. 2, col. 3:
   The wall around the castle was made from oaktag.

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TEENAGER

   They love oaktag.
   "Teenager" was one of the words of the year (1937) in AMERICA IN SO MANY
WORDS.


   2 July 1935, TIMES-RECORDER (Zanesville, Ohio), pg. 8, col. 2:
   One of the sessions of the convention of the Luther League of America to
be held at Charleston, S. C., and attended by a number of Luther Leaguers from
this section of Ohio, is on Tuesday morning, July 9, when the report of the
intermediate secretary is given and a practical demonstration of the work done
by the teen-agers.


   10 June 1936, NASHUA REPORTER (Nashua, Iowa), pg. 7?, col. 6:
   Mannish tailoring in suits and coats for grown-up ladies of fashion has it
s echo in boyish tailoring for the younger miss from toddlers to teen-agers.


   25 November 1936, SHEBOYGAN PRESS (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), pg. 22, col. 3:
   Something to make them feel quite grown up is going to make the teen agers
happiest on Christmas.