Happy Birthday to the iconic toy. Why do we care at NR? Because in the magazine’s early years, one regular advertiser was the Ohio Art company. Owned by the late W. C. Killgallon (a true conservative whose children carry on), Ohio Art manufactured Etch A Sketch® and other toys (spinning tops, tea-party sets) that today evoke a simpler time and more wholesome means of playing. If you come across an NR from the ’60s or early ’70s, odds are you’ll see a company ad, ablaze in red, on the inside back cover, hawking the Etch A Sketch® and other goodies. Decades later we remain grateful to the company and to the Killgallons for helping Bill Buckley’s fortnightly stay afloat in the lean times (heck, they’re still lean), and wish it well on this Golden Anniversary. By the way, you’ll find an epic battle over at www.SlinkyvsEtchaSketch.com. Vote through July 31st.