1. shopping
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CASS CITY CHRONICLE
CASS CITY, IMICH1C;AN -THURSDAY,
VOLUME 75, NUMBER48
SECTION 2, PAGES 1-8
Twenty-five Cents
MARCH 18,1982
A doll’s best friend
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Bonnie Petee keeps Barbie welldressed
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WEDDING PARTY - The crocheted dresses for Barbie
were made by Maxine Kennedy. Bonnie Petee made tbe
undergarments at right. Mrs.-’Petee’s pen pal, Janice
Rieck of Maryland, made Ken’s tuxedos.
Bonnie Petee never had a
Barbie Doll when ,she was
growing up.
Now, a t age 33, she is
making up for lost time and
making money besides.
Her hobby is making
stuffed Raggedy Ann dolls,
and clothes for Barbie Dolls,
which she sells.
Examples of both are on
display a t Rawson Memorial
Library until Saturday,
March 27.
The Swartz Creek (near
Flint) resident is the daughter of Emerson and Maxine
Kennedy of Van Dyke Road,
C s City.
Tarbie Dolls were introduced by the Mattel company in 1959. “I was 11 when
they came out, but I was not
playing with dolls any longer,” Mrs. P e t e explained.
“1965 was really the beginning of my Barbie career,
but I didn’t know it then,”
she aontinued. “I was in m y ,
fifth year of 4-Hknitting and
wanted to make
different than a hat, mittens
or a sweater.”
Her ywnger sister did
have a Barbie doll and she
LAST .DAY OF
REGISTRATION
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SCHOOL
ELECTION
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NOTICE OF LAST DAY OF REGISTRATION gr=THE E L E C T O ~ SOF
CASS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TUSCOLA, HURON AND SANILAC COUNTIES, MICHIGAN
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT:
Please Take Notice that t h e Board of Education of Cass City Public Schools,
Tuscola, Huron and Sanilac Coqnties, Mhchigan, has called a special election to be
held in t h e School District on Friday, April 30,1982.
TAKE NOTICE t h a t t h e following propositions will be submitted t o the electors
at t h e special election:
I. MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSITION
City b i g h School, went to
college, got a job, married
Kennetb-Petee and gave
birth to sons hark and Carl,
now ages 8 and 6 respective1Y*
In 1975, Mrs.Petee made
some Barbie clothes as a gift
for a “little friend,” but that
is as far as it got.
She did start making
stuffed Raggedy Ann dolls,
which she began selling.
Her name and hobby appeared in a doll magaiine to
which she subscribed. As a
result, she received a letter
from Janice Rieck of Baltimore, Md., asking if she
wanted to be a pen pal. The
two women have been corresponding since.
Ms. Rieck, who collects
Barbie Dolls and designs
a n d h a k e s doll clothes, persuaded her new b n pal to,
make Barbie .clothes.
It was in May, 1979, that
Mrs. Petee first sold Barbie
clothes at a bazaar along
with her Raggedy Ann dolls.
Her mother went along to
help and after that, she got
involved.
Mrs.Kennedy now makes
all the crocheted and knitted
Barbie clothes and her
daugh’ter makes all the
sewed clothes, plus the Raggedy Ann dolls, and does the
selling at bazaars and arts
and crafts shows. Her mot er occasionally helps at t e
sales.
WHO BUYS BARBIE
Doll clothes? Mainly little
girls and grandmothers, according to Mrs. Petee. The
outfits sell for $1.50-15,
Each Barbie only comes
with one outfit. Mattel sells
additional outfits and since
it introduced the first such
doll in 1959, has produced
‘more than 1,ooO different
outfits ,
Mattel’s Barbie clothes
sell for about $2-8. Mrs.
Petee said the advantage of
her outfits is they are
original, use better material
and are better made.
Although most girls outgrow Barbie dolls by the ‘
time they enter their teens,
collecting them has become
a big hobby among adultp.
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Mrs. Petee, who is just
getting into collecting,
doubts her clothes would be
of much interest to collectors. “For collecting, you
want. to have the original
clothes that came on the
doll.”
Barbie dolls made the first
yearcanbeworthwellover
$100.
helped
make
someone
COMPANIES happy. ”
that sell sewing patterns for
Another reward will come
adult clothes ‘also sell pat- in May, when she meets her
terns for Barbie clothes. pen pal, Janice Rieck, for
Designs for Barbie clothes the first time. That will be a t
can be copyrighted.
a Barbie convention being
As for Mrs. Petee, “I put on by the Royal Oak
make my spending money,”
Doll Club, which Ms. Rieck
s h e m i d of her hobby.
will be flying in to attend.
There is a disadvantage.
Mrs, Petee receives a lot of,
But Mrs. Petee’s greatest
“Aren’t you a little old for reward came last May. The
this? ” inquiries.
sister that she made the
As for what her husband Barbie clothes for back in
thinks, “Well, he’s learned 1965,
of California,
now LuAnn
gave Palazzola
birth that
to go. along with me, especially at Christmas time and month to her first child, a
I’m working 25 hours a girl,
day. ”
When the mother came
And, she added, he likes it home with her daughter
when she brings home from the hospital, “her very
money from a bazaar.
own Barbie doll was waiting
MAKING BARBIE DOLL
with an original outfit made
clothes also has its Other
by Aunt ~ o n n i e . ”
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BARBIE’S DRESSMAKER -- Bonnie Petee holds two of
the Raggedy Ann dolls she made. The Barbie Doll in her
lap
‘ is wearing one of the dresses she made.
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11. ADDITIONAL MILLAGE PROPOSITION
Shall the limitation on t h e amount of taxes which may be
assessed against all property in Cass City Public Schools,
Tuscola, Huron and Sanilac Counties, Michigan, be increased
by 5.5 mills ($5.50 on each $1,000.00) on state ecpalized
valuation for t h e year 1982, for the purpose of providing
additional funds for operating purposes (this -being a separate
SAVE $1.00
proposal in addition to the increase submitted in Proposition I
at this same election)?
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THE LAST DAY ON WHICH PERSONSMAY REGISTERWITH THE APPROPRIATE CITY OR TOWNSHIP CLERKS, IN ORDER TO BE ELIGfBLk TO VOTE AT
THE SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, APRIL 30,1982, IS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH’31, 1982. PERSONS REGISTERING AFTER 5:OO O’CLOCK,
P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1982, ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AT THE
SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION.
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Persons planning to register with the respective city or township clerks must
ascertain the-days and hours on which the clerks’ offices are open for registration.
WHEN YOU PURCHASE THREE (3) 0OF ‘/$LITER BOTTLES OF PEPSI, DIE
PEPS1 LIGHT OR MOUNTAIN DEW.
This Notice is given by order of t h e Board of Education of Cass City Public
Schools, Tuscola, Huron and Sanilac Counties, Michigan.
am.
Coupon explres mldnlght, March 2l,
Offer llmited to om coupon
group or organization. Any other urn constitutes fraud.
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Edward C. Scollon
Secretary, Board of Education
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Barbie Dolls sold new in
Shall t h e limitation on t h e amount of taxes which may be
assessed against all property in Cass City Public Schools,
Tuscola, Huron and Sanilac Counties, Michigan, be increased
by 12.9 mills ($12.90 on each $1,000.00) on state equalized
valuation for t h e year 1982, for t h e purpose of providing
additional funds for operating purposes (this being a renewal of
12.9 mills for operating purposes which expired with t h e 1981
tax levy)?
1976, but it didn’t prove
popular among little girls or
collectors, and production
ended after about 18 months.
THE POWERS THAT BE
at Mattel, not being dummies, do make changes in
Barbie every year.
Hewlothes and hair styles
have changed over the
years, though ‘she has always’been a blonde. Barbie
wore a mini skirt when short
skirts were in style, for
instance.
Other changes are more
subtle. Her eye shadow
may change from year to
year, the bend of her elbows
changes and some years her
fingers may be joined together and other years they
may be apart.
Barbie. of course, does
have her boyfriend Ken, plus
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frmlly.
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