Certificate
Object number2015.78.2
Date1960-1961
MediumPaper/Ink
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionOrange paper certificate with blue details. Text provides details of the dental honor. Top left corner features image of and text describing Happy the Spaceman. Top right corner features image of and text describing Tommy Molar. Bottom left corner has a dog paw print with caption text below. Decorative border around perimeter of paper.Dimensions5.5 x 7.5 in. (14 x 19.1 cm)InscriptionsText reads "Dental Honor / Presented to Ronald Paranick / who has either perfect teeth or has had all the necessary dental / corrections made during the year 1960-1961, and has kept his or / her mouth clean and healthy. / Martha Dee / Dental Health Teacher / Dental Health Teacher / Anne Wylie / Report Room Teacher / Brighter Teeth Brighter Smile Brighter Future".
Top left corner features image of and text describing "HAPPY / THE SPACEMAN".
Top right corner features image of and text describing "TOMMY MOLAR".
Bottom left corner has a dog paw print with text below "HAPPY'S PAW".
Historical NotesHappy the Dog was part of a program to promote dental health in Pittsburgh Public Schools. Happy the puppet, along with Tommy Molar, was invented by Ida Mae Stilley Maher in the 1950s to promote dental hygiene on her local children’s tv program the Happy Show that was shown on KDKA. Maher was the dental hygienist for Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Previous owner
Ronald Paranick
Related person
Martha Dee
Related person
Anne Wylie
Related institution
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Related person
Ida Magdalena Maher
Related institution
KDKA-TV
On View
Not on view
1931-1965
