1945/12 -- Cover photograph of Gale Storm by Mead-Maddick
Contents taken from the index and from paging through the issue are as follows:

SHORT NOVEL:

  • The Pearl of the World by John Steinbeck and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell -- This is the first publication of the Steinbeck classic, "The Pearl" -- We are proud to be the first to publish John Steinbeck's exceptionally moving and tender short novel, The Pearl of the World -- Full-page John Alan Maxwell illustration is shown towards the bottom of this listing

    • NOVELETTE:

  • The Iron Stag by Catharine Whitcomb and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

    • STORIES:

  • She'll Never Have a Penny When She's Old by Marlise Johnston and illustrated by Thornton Utz
  • The Pie that Said Hello by Alice Farnham and illustrated by Ben-Hur Baz
  • Wherever You Are by Dorothea Malm and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
  • Emily Green's Husband by Evelyn Murray Campbell and illustrated by Alfred Buell

    • ARTICLES:

  • Your Life in the Atomic Age by Lise Meitner
  • Aim High, Lady
  • So You Want to Go Abroad by Harold White
  • Five Days of Darkness by Helena Huntington Smith
  • When Parents Disagree by Vera Connolly

    • FEATURES:

  • Companion Poll
  • Hollywood by Kay Mulvey
  • The Companion Marriage Clinic by Dr. Clifford R. Adams
  • Every Dog Has His Say -- Poem by A.C. Gate

    • GIFTS:

  • Give Them a House
  • The Right Toy by Anna W.M. Wolf
  • This Looks Like Christmas by Hazel Rawson Cades

    • FASHIONS:

  • Skirts Swirl Down by Elizabeth Ambrose
  • Get on the Party Line -- patterns by Lucie Lyons
  • That $20.00 Check

    • FOOD:

  • Home for Christmas by Dorothy Kirk
  • Refrigerator Cookies by Doris Tisdale
  • Food Calendar by Nell B. Nichols
  • Here's How
  • Just a Minute!
  • Sugarless Sweets by Margaret Deeds

    • HOMEMAKING:

  • From You to Your House by Harriet Burkett
  • Easy Entertaining
  • Saucepans Built for Speed by Elizabeth Beveridge
  • Two hands Are Better Than One by Arlean Pattison
  • Daddy's Here! by Anna W.M. Wolf
  • Coming Up!

    • JUNIOR COMPANION:

  • We Asked the Boys by Eve Hatch
  • Under the Mistletoe by Hazel Rawson Cades
  • What's New

  • Cooking on Ice by Mary Parker
  • Looking for Lyrics by Dorothy Brigstock