Newspaper results for hula hoop

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  1. Evening Star — 1958-08-08, page 14

    … Stort, 4th Floor . . . also Chsvy Chas*. 7 Cornsrs ond Alexandria t f GET YOUR HULA-HOOP NOW . . . it's the exciting new plastic toy that's barrels of fun for the whole …

  2. Evening Star — 1958-08-19, page 41

    … quality are traditional it’s barrels of fun J■ J 1/ \1 ! for the whole family JL&jJ HULA-HOOP by Wham-0 Um. I- 98 J*J\ Toss if bolonce it, juggle it, skip ( I it .. . it's barrels …

    … float, spin, twirl . . . use it as J) / a boomerang or exercise with it, >* «• Hula-hoop is made of an amaz ingly lightweight plastic that's gravity defying and safe as …

  3. Evening Star — 1958-09-14, page 141

    … CONGRATULATIONS Barbara Boyd of 716 Labella Walk. Falls Church, Va.. for twirling the hula-hoop 10.063 times. You hold the record at the J. V. Apts. KATHLEEN, LINDA and GERALDINE …

  4. Evening Star — 1958-09-15, page 13

    … o/i Saturday morning, September 20th, at 10:30 a.m. IT'S FREE— -Bring your own Hula-Hoop or if you don't hove one you moy purchase it for $1.98 in The Hecht Co. PARKington …

    … PARKington before 10:30 on Saturday morning, September 20th. Remember to bring your Hula-Hoop with you. TEN $5 GIFT CERTIFICATE PRIZES— One to the winner of each age group from …

  5. Evening Star — 1958-09-19, page 29

    … N.W. FI. 3-3811 "A SIGN OF INTEGRITY" » ' '' ' ~ * It’s here! • 1 The Original Hula Hoop! That wonderful, ex citing hoop by Wham-p that’s taken the country by storm I , …

  6. Evening Star — 1958-09-19, page 31

    … location in the Yukon. v^Vhecht^p^ POSTPONED! % The Hecht Co. Announces That The HULA-HOOP CONTEST FOR CHILDREN Originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20th, at 10:30 a. …

  7. Evening Star — 1958-09-21, page 20

    … modernized and remodeled and i 500 IN GREENBRIER CONTEST Rain Fails to Disrupt Hula Hoop Contest Everything was going around ; In circles at Arlington's Green- 1 brier …

    … years old.” said Edsel B. Martz, county playground supervisor and overseer of the hula hoop meet, "and she might have won something if she had been stronger.” The contestants …

  8. Evening Star — 1958-09-22, page 14

    … mlllion record veteran in the field. Right now she has a thing go ing for her called “Hula Hoop,” a song that is attached to the most enthusiastically-adopted fad to engulf, the …

  9. Evening Star — 1958-09-23, page 12

    … Use Our Hands ” ... I like to keep up with things but I felt silly bringing my hula hoop to the, office yesterday. . . . Overheard at Ardsley’s Water Wheel : “My wife and …

  10. Evening Star — 1958-09-24, page 7

    … must have looked like a foobtall game's halftime show. Practically everybody had a hula hoop. School officials didn't mind at first. But after awhile it got confusing about …

    … which hula hoop was whose. It was worse when one got broken. Now the hoops are banned at the school …

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