(February 18, 1947)

George A. Pflaum, 1946 Series
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Volume
2
Price
[None]
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
every two weeks during the school year, except during the holidays
On-sale Date
1947-02-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher Inc.
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Issue Notes

Indicia title: TREASURE CHEST of FUN and FACTS. On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1946-1947, page 394, registration number B70869.
Although there is no price on the cover, there is a subscription rate of $1.60 per year published in the indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Inks
Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Keywords
monkey; parrot; pirate

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Pencils
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Inks
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

A maze with a hound dog hunting a rabbit; an add a letter game where you add letters to the name AL to form two boys names and two girls names; and Scrambled Eggs game where you unscramble each group of letters to spell the names of six birds.

Young George Washington (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Jeanne Lawson (signed)
Pencils
Clara Peck (signed as Clara Ciseneack)
Inks
Clara Peck (signed as Clara Ciseneack)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography
Characters
George Washington

Saint Joseph of Cupertino: Patron Saint of Aviators (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Mary Coughlin (signed)
Pencils
Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Inks
Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography; religious
Characters
Saint Joseph of Cupertino

[Rug-Beaten] (Table of Contents: 4)

Otto / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Berry (signed)
Pencils
Bill Berry (signed)
Inks
Bill Berry (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Otto
Synopsis
Otto, tired from beating a rug, ties up the ends and naps inside the hanging rug.

Indexer Notes

A pantomime strip.

Patty Martin Becomes a "Sitter" (Table of Contents: 5)

Patty Martin / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Mary Coughlin (signed)
Pencils
Rudolph Amato (signed)
Inks
Rudolph Amato (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Patty Martin
Synopsis
Patty takes good care of a young boy.

The History of Basketball (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Foley (signed)
Pencils
Harry Fisk (signed)
Inks
Harry Fisk (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
history; sports
Characters
Jim Naismith

Part 19 (Table of Contents: 7)

Chuck White / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jay Griffin
Pencils
Earl Lonsbury
Inks
Earl Lonsbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Little Mike Kelly, having won first prize...
Genre
adventure; religious
Characters
Chuck White; Joe Kelly
Synopsis
Joe tells Chuck about St. Philomena.

Indexer Notes

Script & art credits from Jerry Bails.

Mystery of the Old Farm, Part III (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Danny Howard
Synopsis
Danny tells his friends about his home being part of the Underground Railroad. They find a letter that tells them where Great-grandfather Howard hid a family treasure.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Crossword Puzzle / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

The page also has solutions to last issues puzzles.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Perky and Booby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Mooney (signed)
Pencils
Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks
Jim Mooney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Perky's open-air barber shop
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Perky Penguin; Booby Bear
Synopsis
Booby decides to have his hair shaved off because a shave costs less than a haircut.
Keywords
barber

[Seven More Issues] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Young George Washington
  4. 3. Saint Joseph of Cupertino: Patron Saint of Aviators
  5. 4. [Rug-Beaten]
    Otto
  6. 5. Patty Martin Becomes a "Sitter"
    Patty Martin
  7. 6. The History of Basketball
  8. 7. Part 19
    Chuck White
  9. 8. Mystery of the Old Farm, Part III
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Crossword Puzzle
  11. 10. ["Perky's open-air barber shop"]
    Perky and Booby
  12. 11. [Seven More Issues]
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  • Bill Devine
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Dan Kocher
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)