The kind of home life where the Mom’s boyfriend gives him a dollar if he’ll get lost. that was in the comic strip sometime back. James was very sad when he came to Ruthie’s house. Ruthie’s mother assured him that he was welcome and did not need a dollar to visit.
I remember reading in one of the DT collections CG and HG had become friends, Then when DT surpassed LOA in popularity their friendship was strained. I believe the commentator said that the two men were able to get past it and remain friends.
I remember the Fuller Brush man. He would always wear a nice suit and tie. He would talk to my Mom and then bring out his merchandise. We got some really good products from him.
I never knew GA was the name of a town. I thought it was the name of a garage. I only ever started following the strip when I got a computer. Our local paper did not carry it.
Schools close because it used to be that students could walk to school, Today so many live in the suburbs and would have to cross busy highways(assuming they’ve been cleared). And even if the students live within walking distance most of the teachers live in the suburbs and face the same problem, also others, such as getting the kinder to day care. I am in my 80’s and when I started school back in the 40’s and early 50’s, almost all of us walked to school. We also went home for lunch. There was a very small room for those who lived too far to get back in time. By the time I reached the upper grades, the move to the suburbs had begun, and schools started to close after a snowstorm.
The kind of home life where the Mom’s boyfriend gives him a dollar if he’ll get lost. that was in the comic strip sometime back. James was very sad when he came to Ruthie’s house. Ruthie’s mother assured him that he was welcome and did not need a dollar to visit.