Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v14#10 [256]

(January 15, 1959)

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

Game Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus)

Inks

Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ahoy there, landlubbers!

Characters

Capt. Blackbeard; Bernice Bear; Godfrey the Troubadour

Synopsis

Three activities. Capt. Blackbeard just shaved off his beard. He is composed of a combination of numbers and letters. How many can you find? Bernice Bear was busy with scissors. Her mother had written invitations for Bernice's birthday party, but Bernice cut them all in two, lengthwise. Can you piece them together correctly? Unscramble the words in each music note to see what Godfrey the Troubadour is singing about.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Chuck White / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss (credited as Max Pine)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks

Frank Borth (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

There he goes!

Genre

drama

Characters

Chuck White; Dick Elgin; Flagpole Boyd; Red Jones; Fritz Winkel; Buddy Winkel

Synopsis

The finals of the Junior Giant Slalom ski event are about to start. Buddy sets a new course record and Red Jones steps to the forefront to take all the glory for himself, as if he were responsible for Buddy's win. When it's Dick's turn, he also, sets a new course record. Red tries to declare the timers incorrect, but Dick's win stands. Red has to eat his racoon cap in front of all the spectators and uses it as a photo-op for himself. He didn't really eat the cap, there was a steak hidden underneath. Red now plans to "discover" Flagpole for his basketball ability and to teach Chuck a lesson.

Indexer Notes

Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849

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The Champ in the Circus! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss (credited as Capt. Frank Moss)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

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Frank Borth (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ho, Hahti-- calm down, old boy!

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Frumson (The Champ) Wooters; Karl; Blackie Salter; Gunboat Slade; Hahti; Col. Hornbeam; Arthur Blake; Blossom

Synopsis

Karl holds Blackie and Gunboat for the police and persuades them to tell where the rest of the money is. They find thousands of dollars in Blackie's car. Enough to pay off all of the circus' creditors and pay the circus folk their back wages. Arthur Blake wants to hire the entire circus crew to make a movie this winter, so they'll all be going to California and getting paid for it. While up on a ladder fixing a tear in the canvas tent, Blossom thinks it's part of the act and knocks the ladder over, spilling Frumson into the water trough.

Indexer Notes

Final installment of the series.

Opera (Table of Contents: 4)

The ♪-Book: A Story of Music [The Note-Book: A Story of Music] / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Sydney Walter (credited)

Pencils

Syl Sowinski (signed as Syl. Sowinski)

Inks

Syl Sowinski (signed as Syl. Sowinski)

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Genre

historical

Characters

Arnie; Burt; Monteverdi; Christophe Willibald Gluck; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Gilbert; Sullivan; Richard Wagner

Synopsis

Burt takes the boys camping and while building a fire tells them about the first operas, written in Florence, Italy around 1600. Monteverdi brought melody to the opera stage in 1607. In the 18th century, Christophe Gluck led a movement against the Neopolitan type of operas. Gluck's first operas were based on Greek myths. In Austria in the 18th century, Mozart began to write opera. His music helped carry the mood of the opera and described what was happening on stage. In the USA, we have musicals like Porgy and Bess, which describes life among poor southern Negroes.

Indexer Notes

The title uses the symbol for a music-note instead of the word, "note".

Sock Puppet (Table of Contents: 5)

Treasure Chest's Things-to-Make / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis

Detailed instructions on how to make an elaborate sock puppet, decorated with many different things.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Let Freedom Ring! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

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Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

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Look, someone has cut into the top of the desk!

Genre

drama

Characters

Joe Esterhazy; Stephen Esterhazy

Synopsis

The members of St. Joseph's Civics Club interview various people in the neighborhood, including the mayor, a newspaper editor, a local department store owner and a policeman, to find out what makes good citizenship.

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Patsy Manners / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Great news, Patsy!

Genre

drama; teen

Characters

Patsy Manners; Mrs. Martinez; Marge; Aunt Eileen; Jose Martinez

Synopsis

Patsy gives so much time and help to Mrs. Martinez with her Puerto Rican booth at the carnival, that Marge feels she's neglecting the others and the Japanese booth will look drab in comparison. At Aunt Eileen's instruction, Jose plays his guitar and sings to the girls at the Japanese booth, to boost interest in their booth and he buys a fan from them. They are charmed at the attention he is giving them and it makes their spirits soar.

John Holland, Father of the Modern Sub (Table of Contents: 8)

Heroes of Science / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Frances Crandall (credited as Frances E. Crandall)

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Genre

biography; historical; math & science

Characters

John Holland

Synopsis

The story of John Holland, the man who invented the modern submarine, using electric motors run by storage batteries for underwater cruising and a gasoline engine for surface cruising. This power combination was the standard for all subs until 1954, when atomic power began to be used in submarines.

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You're Important! / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Father Jack (credited)

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's great to be alive, isn't it...

Genre

drama

Indexer Notes

Text article with four accompanying illustrations.

[Snow Police] (Table of Contents: 10)

Hannibal Bear / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus Huffman)

Inks

Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus Huffman)

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Hannibal Bear

Indexer Notes

Pantomime gag-strip told in five panels.

Time-Tested Technique (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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