Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v14#15 [261]

(March 26,1959)

Speedboat Race (Table of Contents: 1)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis

As many as 5 can play this speedboat race game. Use buttons or coins as markers. Hold a pencil in your hand. Close your eyes. Move your hand in a circular motion and jab the pencil at the panel below, which has numbers from 1 through 5. This will determine the number of spaces your boat will travel in the race. If you miss, all we can say is "sorry."

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Till Fooled the King (Table of Contents: 2)

Once Upon a Time… / text story / 3 pages (report information)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Text story with five accompanying illustrations.

Part V Into New Peril! (Table of Contents: 3)

Kidnapped by a Space Ship! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Martin; Jean Martin; Tom Pratt; Dr. Ney; Cufocr; Gecher

Synopsis

The group needs to find metal to repair their spaceship, but metal is unknown on the planet and synthetic material just won't work. Tom and Cufocr take an air-car to search the planet's cities for metal with no luck. Cufocr tells them of a story told to him by his grandfather. The regions beyond the seas were destroyed by a great flood that buried all but the tops of the highest mountains. They land and hear weird howling. In the morning, they explore and find a dead animal that was killed by a spear made of metal. Suddenly, a hail of spears rains down on them, all made of metal.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Terry Brennan's Do It Yourself! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Terry Brennan (credited)

Pencils

Fran Matera (signed)

Inks

Fran Matera (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The pole should be held like this, Billy...

Genre

sports

Characters

Terry Brennan; Billy

Synopsis

Terry Brennan tells Billy everything he ever wanted to know about pole vaulting, the high jump, the broad jump, the discus and the shot put.

Down Under (Table of Contents: 5)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

animal; nature

Synopsis

A tableau featuring 10 illustrations of different types of fish that live in different depths of the oceans, with interesting facts about each fish below each illustration.

Keywords

Angler fish; butterfly fish; flying fish; sea devils; sting ray; thresher (fox) shark

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

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

Script

Frank Moss (credited as Max Pine)

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Frank Borth (signed)

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Frank Borth (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doctor, are they seriously injured?

Genre

drama

Characters

Chuck White; Eddy Gunther; Sonny; Slim Gunther; Red Jones; Stuart (Flagpole) Boyd; Father Carroll; Doctor Brown

Synopsis

Eddy Gunther and his friend Sonny have been injured in the blast of a homemade rocket. The explosion tore the door off the garage and blew the windows out. Eddy needs a blood transfusion and Chuck happens to be the same blood type. To show his appreciation, Chuck asks Slim to tell Flagpole that quitting school would be a terrible thing. Slim tells Flagpole how he was going to be an engineer when younger, but joined Red's basketball team, because the money looked good at the time. Now, he's a broken down talent scout with no future. Chuck tries to find the person selling explosives to kids.

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

Carpenter (Table of Contents: 7)

What Can You Do? / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

William Treon (credited as William C. Treon)

Pencils

Bill Martin

Inks

Bill Martin

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Tom West; Mr. West; Mr. Johnson

Synopsis

Tom and his father speak with Mr. Johnson, to find out what it's like to be a carpenter. He tells them about an apprenticeship program of 4 years for boys 17 or older, with a high school diploma or equivalent, where you learn design, drafting, and blueprint reading. Some carpenters specialize in laying hardwood floors, installing soundproofing on ceilings and walls, and constructing stairways. Some open their own shop. After an apprentice, you become a journeyman carpenter. Mr. Johnson also speaks of the carpenter's union.

Indexer Notes

When this issue appeared in 1959, the average hourly wage for a journeyman carpenter was $3.40 an hour. A foreman made $3.65. An apprentice started at $2.20 an hour. This may seem like peanuts today, but the story mentions that construction carpentry is seasonal work, so "the high hourly wage" could be misleading!

St. Quirinus Patron of Yugoslavia (Table of Contents: 8)

Piercing the Iron Curtain / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Catherine Beebe (credited)

Pencils

Paul Karch (signed as P. K.)

Inks

Paul Karch (signed as P. K.)

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Genre

religious

Characters

St. Quirinus; Governor Amantius

Synopsis

Early in the third century, Caligula had ordered the torture and murder of all Christians who refused to renounce Christ and worship Roman gods. His order had gone forth to all the conquered provinces that were now ruled by the Roman Emperor. Quirinus was a Bishop and did not like running from the Romans whenever they came around looking for Christians, so he stood up to them and was arrested. He was offered life, if he worshipped Roman gods, or death. He chose death. They tied a stone around his neck and threw him in the river. In the early 5th century, his relics were taken to Rome.

[The Long Goodbye] (Table of Contents: 9)

Pierre / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; pantomime gag-strip told in six panels.

Feast of the Annunciation March 25 (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Wilbur G. Adam (signed)

Inks

Wilbur G. Adam (signed)

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Genre

religious