Weekly Reader came into being in 1928, and is still going strong. It was distributed to 5th graders at Wells School. It was like a kiddie version of Newsweek. I first learned about the credit card in the WR! When I read the article, I thought “No way! This is ridiculous! Using a plastic card in place of money?!!” BankAmericard and MasterCharge made were the first major credit cards that I can remember which came out in the mid 1960s. Just look at the marvelous, futurist phones just making their debut.