- Sunshine (magazine)
Infobox Magazine
title =Sunshine (magazine)
image_size = 200px
image_caption = August and September 1944 issues
editor = Henry F. HenrichsCite book
title= Who's who in Michigan: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Men and Women of the Commonwealth
origyear= 1947
pages= p646
chapter= Henry F. Henrichs ]
editor_title = Ed.
frequency = Monthly
circulation =
category = General Interest Digests
company = House of Sunshine
publisher = Sunshine Press
firstdate = 1924
lastdate =
country = USA
language = English
website =
issn =Sunshine Magazine was a "feel good" monthly digest, filled with uplifting short articles and anecdotes.
Overview
Sunshine was subtitled "A Soulful Magazet". The issues were purposefully slim, often just 42 pages long, including the back cover, with short quick-to-read articles. Each page was filled with warm anecdotes and advice. Published on
Route 66 inLitchfield, IL , it was distributed worldwide. Inside the front cover of many issues was an appeal on behalf of the "Sunshine Magazet Circle of Great Britain", an organization that distributed issues of Sunshine to "hospitals, old folks homes (sic), holiday guest centers, etc". It was a volunteer operation and readers were encourage to buy an extra subscription for the use of that organization. Gospel Singer,Rosa Page Welch said that there were three things she saw everywhere in her world travels,Coca-Cola ,Standard Oil and Sunshine Magazine [Voice of Sunshine, "Sunshine", Sunshine Press,Litchfield, IL , XL:1, January,1963 , p2a]Religion
Many librarians would group the title with religious titles, but there is no overt proselytism. Inside the front cover is the disclaimer "Sunshine Magazine" is not the instrument of any organizations or doctrine. In an Independent stature, its sole interest is to serve its readers".
Although nonsectarian, Sunshine did not shy away from religous topics, generally slanted toward
Christianity . The Volumes of Sunshine offered for sale were suggested as gifts to "clergymen", as well as social workers, teachers, speakers and radio broadcasters.Good News
Printed inside the front cover was the assertion: "A little magazine of uplifting stories and anecdotes to cheer people up." It was similar in format to
Readers Digest andCoronet (magazine) . The stories were, however much shorter. Examples of its content include:
* "How To Be A Hero", Irving Leibowitz [Leibowitz, Irving , How To Be a Hero, "Sunshine", Sunshine Press,Litchfield, IL XL:7, July,1963 , p14a]
* "Frosting on the Cake" - a periodic feature, Five bullet points asserting the use of common sense [Ross, Dr. Galen Starr, Frosting on the Cake, "Sunshine", Sunshine Press,Litchfield, IL XL: 5, May,1963 , p7a]
* "Volumes of Sunshine
Annual editions of bound monthly issues were sold under the name [
Year ] Volume of Sunshine (ie 1963 Volume of Sunshine). The annual volumes, began with a comprehensive index of key topics, a section of the poetry included, as well as in index to the authors.Alternatively, one could buy "best of" editions called a Book of Sunshine, 32 page, edited editions, culled from multiple editions of the slightly larger monthly magazine.
Legacy
Sunshine was touted as a good place for new writers to get published. The headquarters building "House of Sunshine" (Later Sunshine Park) was recently purchased for the headquarters of a
Latter Rain Ministry.References
ee also
*ASIN|B000FS1UHY|title= The Story of The House of Sunshine
*cite book
title= And it Came to Pass: The Story of The House of Sunshine
asin= B000FS1UHY
first= Leo
last= Bennett
publisher= The Sunshine Press
origyear= 1959
location= Litchfield, IL
pages= 224 pages
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