Have a Wonderful Time

"A lot of people tend to forget that a vacation is supposed to be a breather, a change, a time to recharge energies. It is a suspension of your ordinary way of living rather than something for which you suspend living. It cannot solve your problems, but it can help invigorate you so that you come back to them with a fresher perspective." 

Good Reading Rack Service, 1954

Offbeat Vacations at Low Cost

"Are you bored with the same old vacation year after year? Like most American families, you probably would like a change of pace - something "different" yet not expensive, a vacation that's fun yet refreshing and stimulating for everyone. In this booklet you'll find suggestions for low-budget vacations that may never have occurred to you." Feel Free-and-Easy on a Farm, Vacation on Foot, Family-Style Camping, How About a Canoe Trip, See America's Treasure Towns, For Adults Only: A Windjammer Cruise, America by Train, Try a Packaged Bus Tour, Rent-a-Trailer to Travel." 

Good Reading Rack Service, 1958

It's Fun to Plan Your Vacation

"Dinner's over, the dishes are done. Your family is sitting in the living room, wondering how to spend the evening. Unfortunately, you have to decide fast - because Junior's fingers have already developed a noticeable itch for the TV knob. Well, you're in luck. In fall and winter, and even in late spring, a great indoor sport can take the place of television. It offers the same romance, thrills, education and laughs. But it's twice as much fun because you do it yourself, not watch others do it. Vacation planning, of course." 

Good Reading Rack Service, 1955

Family Boating Fun

"Family boating is fun. More than 10 million American families - some 30 million people - have made that great discovery over the past few years. In fact, boating has become the biggest participation recreation in the country, more popular than bowling, golf, tennis or any of th eother participation sports. Boating can be fun for your family, too. It has wonderful things to offer everyone in the family - a chance for dad to go fishing, for brother and sis to water ski, for mom to forget the humdrum, everyday household cares and spend relaxing moments on the water. It's a truly "family" recreation." 

Good Reading Rack Service, 1959

More Fun from Your Vacation

"In our attic the other day, I found a single sneaker still half full of beach sand. Looking for the other one, I dug a crumpled New England resort menu from a box of Southwestern gold ore. Memories came flooding back, and I sat down to enjoy them. For memories are the true yield of a good vacation."

A Help-Your-Self Booklet, 1959 

Your New Vacation Guide

"What is the most important time of the year? If you're a normal, hard-working, red-blodded American, your answer will surely be, "Vacation time!" And right you are, because the annual holiday is your chance to turn day dreams into reality, to build up a precious new store of memories and to renew both body and spirit for a new year of breadwinning. Yes, a vacation is an important and treasured event for all of us, and it deserves to be handled with care."

The National Research Bureau Inc., 1959 

Have a Safe Vacation

"Had a hard winter? We're not talking about how cold it was, or how hard it was to get the car started back in January. Matter of fact, old-timers tell us that our winters aren't nearly as bad as they used to be, though most of us weren't around at the time to find out." 

Good Reading Rack Service, 1955

Fishing in Freshwater

"Fishing is America's No. 1 participant sport. There are some thirty million fresh- and salt-water fishermen and fisherwomen in this country. Yet of this vast army of people, few really learn how to fish. To most of them, luck, pure and simple, is the controlling factor." 

Birk & Company, 1953

Fishing

"There's no thrill quite like the one you feel when a fish snaps at your lure. It starts when you're a youngster using a bamboo pole and a nightcrawler for bait. And it continues through adulthood and to the golden years, when you've amassed all sorts of fishing equipment and a craftiness superior to the smartest fish."

Good Reading Rack Service, 1960 

Fishing

"There's no end to the number of tricks and kinks the Compleat Angler needs to know. Aside from the arts and sciences of plotting a pond or river bottom to find the deep hot spots where fish are most likely to be; selecting the proper equipment for rising the various gamesters and lunkers; and knowing when to wade, when to troll and when to sit back in a skiff for some pleasant still fishing; there are hundreds of other bits of information that the angler needs to know if he's going to enjoy his sport to the fullest." 

Good Reading Rack Service, 1958

Backyard Games

"To be happy yourself, and to have a happy family, is just about everybody's ideal. And to tell how you can be happy, by having fun right in your own backyard, is the purpose of this booklet. There are all sorts of games you can play in your backyard, lawn or driveway - almost anything from tiddly-winks to football! Too often, however, when a casual game session gets underway no one knows the rules of the game." 

Stevens Publications, 1954

Fun with Cards

"Just what there is about a pack of playing cards that makes it such a universal favorite among games is difficult to discover. Perhaps it is that there are several hundred different games that can be played with the same pack of cards - thus providing a wide range of selection and interest at very little cost for equipment. Or perhaps it is the variety of skills (memory, concentration) required...or the relaxation that playing cards offers...or the flexibility in the number of players that can be accommodated." 

Good Reading Rack Service, 1956

Golf Tips

Bill Gordon - The Friendly Grip 

Claude Harmon - Lining Up the Club Face

Mike Turnesa - The Relaxed Address

Peter Thomson - The Position of the Head

Ed Furgol - The Importance of Footwork

Tommy Armour - The Hands at the Top of the Backswing

Julius Boros - Staying Down Over the Shot

Chuck Congdon - The Follow-Through

Willie Hunter - Chipping from the Apron

Johnny Revolta - Hitting Down on the Chip

Cary Middlecoff - The Punch Shot

Joe Belfore - Executing the Trap Shot

Gene Andersen - Curing Shanking

Gene Littler - Waiting for the Club Head in Putting

Good Reading Rack Service, 1955

How to Cut Strokes Off Your Golf Score

"Golf, as the slogan of the National Golf Foundation points out, is "The Game of a Lifetime." Once you start playing golf, you'll more than likely play it for many years, perhaps for the rest of your life. Golf recognizes no age limit. In Washington, D.C., you will find Dr. Noah Pomeroy playing golf almost every day - at age 89." 

Employee Relations Inc., 1960