Girls' Fun and Fashion Magazine #47

Tizzie's meant to deliver a simple message to Mr. Hooper before the July Fourth picnic, but a series of mishaps—a stubborn goat, a too-wide hoop skirt, a borrowed bike ride, and a chase through a pasture with a bull—keep derailing her mission throughout the day. By the time she finally catches up with everyone, she discovers the message reached him long ago through the grapevine, and the picnic has turned into something entirely different.

Joan discovers that writing and illustration are her twin talents early on, sketching stories on classroom blackboards in grammar school and later pursuing both skills on her college publications. As she charts her path forward, she'll need to decide how to turn her creative partnership with herself into a real career.

Polly Pigtails heads out to the float for a swim after her friends decline to join her, but when a sudden cramp pulls her under, one of the boys rushes in to save her—though in the confusion, she can't remember who. Determined to solve the mystery, Polly uses logic and what she knows about each boy's priorities to figure out her mysterious rescuer. It's a clever little puzzle wrapped up in a summer adventure.

Dorothy Germain of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, reluctantly takes up golf to please her father—and discovers she has a natural gift for the sport that rivals her talents in basketball and fencing. Starting from scratch under instructor Marty Lyons, she climbs from her first junior tournament win through the ranks of competitive women's golf, overcoming knee injuries and tough competition along the way. This is the story of how a young athlete found her true calling on the fairway.