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Book Inventory Row 4: Caring for Your Hair and Eyes (and other parts)

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 MissAbigail

This entry in the “what’s on my bookshelf” includes more health and fitness books, including some related to caring for your hair and eyes, a few Red Cross guidebooks, and a Christian fitness book. And for some reason the Sears Discovery Charm school binder sits on this shelf. I think it belongs elsewhere, but I […]

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Sears Charm School Binder Available!

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 MissAbigail 3 Comments

A message to all of the Sears Charm School attendees desperate to find a copy of the binder: Anne wrote to say that her school is doing a fundraiser for their library and auctioning off a Sears Charm School binder on eBay. “This was donated by one of our patrons, and the money raised from […]

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Sears Discovery Course: Chapter on Manners (1972)

September 21, 2014March 17, 2019 MissAbigail

There’s been renewed interest lately from readers of this site in the Sears Discovery Charm School courses that were available in the 1960s and 1970s; I’ve written about this before on the site, which is likely leading searchers to find their way to Miss Abigail. A fan and attendee of the course recently wrote to say she […]

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Sears Charm Book available for sale

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 MissAbigail 3 Comments

For those of you looking for copies of the Sears Discovery Charm School book, a reader over on Facebook says she’s got one she’d be willing to part with. It’s got a 1965 copyright on it. “Great condition…..only my name is written in pencil in the front. Front page has 2 holes that pulled through,” […]

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Sears Discovery Charm School Book Teaser: Ideal Body of the 70s

May 6, 2011May 6, 2011 MissAbigail

To whet my reader’s continued appetite for excerpts from my copy of the Sears Discover Charm School book, I’ve scanned in this “fun with graphic design” page from the notebook’s section on Fashion. You’ll have to wait a bit for more from this section; I’ve been so busy and am I’m headed out of the […]

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Sears Discovery Charm School: Exercise

January 30, 2011January 30, 2011 MissAbigail

Per Lynette’s suggestion, Part II of my series on excerpts from the Sears Discover Charm School book (ca. 1972 version) will focus on exercise. This chapter features none other than Olympic skater Peggy Flemming! Peggy, take it away: ~~ A smooth flowing body. A tingle. A good feeling all over. A scrumptious look. A healthy […]

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Sears Discovery Charm School: Introduction to the 1972 edition

January 9, 2011January 9, 2011 MissAbigail 11 Comments

Many moons ago, I published a query from a visitor to the site about the Sears Discovery Charm school. Little did I know, that this would be one of my most popular posts on the site! Seems that many of you charming, lovely, Googlers out there have fond memories of the course (which ran from […]

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Update on Sears Charm School

April 26, 2008September 26, 2010 MissAbigail 1 Comment

In case you missed it in the comments of this earlier post about the Sears Charm School, reader Stacye just sent along a great link to a recording of “interview” about the Sears School for Young Charmers from 1967…listen to it here. They mention a tote bag to “carry your shoes” (heels), and anything else […]

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Sears Discovery Charm School – ring any bells?

January 20, 2008September 26, 2010 MissAbigail 38 Comments

Kelly, a fan of this site, wrote recently with a question about a book from her childhood that she’s been desperately looking for –The Sears Make the Most of You Discovery Book (described a bit but without working links here. It was from a charm school that Sears ran back in the early 1970s; Kelly […]

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