FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina-- By today's computer-generated, HD-animated standards, "Romper Room" seems pretty tame stuff for kids. Just a show with a cute hostess, puppets and parades, and a "magic ...

But 50 years ago, Lois Whitmeyer notes, that flickering, black-and-white TV show was cutting edge. And in a time when a Do-Bee meant something altogether different than today, Whitmeyer was one of a ...

But 50 years ago, Lois Whitmeyer notes, that flickering, black-and-white TV show was cutting-edge. And in a time when a Do-Bee meant something altogether different than today, Whitmeyer was one of a ...

Like most preschool or elementary school teachers, she brought joy, a love of learning, kindling wonder, and imagination in the lives of her students, some of them in Vacaville in later years. But to ...

We can’t let the week pass without a nod to the lasting legacy of Jean Durkee, who was Miss Jean on the classic children’s show “Romper Room.” For kindergartners of a certain age – those now well into ...