Heloise
Born
Eloise Bowles

(1919-05-04)May 4, 1919
DiedDecember 28, 1977(1977-12-28) (aged 58)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupation(s)Newspaper columnist, author

Heloise Bowles Cruse (May 4, 1919 December 28, 1977[1][2][3]) was the original author of the popular syndicated newspaper column "Hints from Heloise."[2][4][5]

Born in Fort Worth, Texas,[1][4] Bowles married Marshal (Mike) Holman Cruse, a United States Air Force captain[4] (later colonel) in 1946. Their daughter Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse, born in 1951, is the current "Heloise".[4]

The original column was first published in the Honolulu Advertiser as "Readers' Exchange" in 1959.[1][4] In 1961, King Features syndicated it as "Hints from Heloise";[4] nearly 600 newspapers carried the column,[1] and, at the time of her death, it was one of three most popular (in terms of syndication) in the United States.[2]

Her book Heloise's Housekeeping Hints was, at half a million copies total, one of the top 10 selling hardcover books in 1963. The book later became the fastest selling paperback in the history of its publisher Pocket Books.[1]

Books

  • Heloise's Housekeeping Hints (1962)
  • Heloise's Kitchen Hints (1963)
  • Heloise All Around the House (1965)
  • Hints For Working Women (1966)
  • Heloise's Work and Money Savers (1967)

References

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