Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v14#1 [247]

(September 11, 1958)

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

Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Berry (signed)

Inks

Bill Berry (signed)

Letters

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Synopsis

Four activities. Fit these 20 small words together to spell at least 18 large words. Jack is paying Mike $73 with seven bills, none of which are $1 bills. What is the value of each of the seven bills? Look carefully at the above figure and tell whether the black mark is on the bottom or top of the figure. Fill in the blanks and spell the names of three well-known trees. Answers are upside-down on the bottom of the page.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

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

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

Script

Capt. Frank Moss (credited)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks

Frank Borth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Once there was a circus....

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Frumson (The Champ) Wooters; Col. Horatio Hornbeam; Blackie Salter; Gunboat; Mr. Slade

Synopsis

Frumson Wooters shows up at Hornbeam's Circus, in the hopes of finding a job. The circus is a broken down affair that has seen better times. The clowns don't even try to be funny anymore. Unless Col. Hornbeam can pay his bills, the US Marshall will foreclose the mortgage next week. Frumson finds out they're not hiring because they're broke. He tries his luck at a high striker (use a mallet to ring the bell on top of a tower) and loses his dime. Unaware that the cable is controlled by the operator of the game, he tries again, determined to ring the bell and winds up breaking the game.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

JGS's Scratch Pad / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joseph G. Schaller (editor)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Synopsis

The editor tells the readers what sort of features Treasure Chest will be having during the new school year.

[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)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

sports

Characters

Terry Brennan

Synopsis

This issue features tips on how to keep yourself in condition spiritually, have the proper attitude when you win and also to lose with grace. He stresses that studies come first before sports.

Indexer Notes

Notre Dame's Terry Brennan is the youngest major college football coach in the country today (1958). For that reason and because of his success at Notre Dame, he is becoming a symbol of athletic know-how for America's youth. Particularly Catholic youth.

Make Mine Vanilla/Double Dutch (Table of Contents: 5)

The First Time / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

Inks

Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Synopsis

Two text articles with two accompanying illustrations. The first story tells how a little girl was waiting for a druggist to put a scoop of ice cream into her dish, but he accidentally dropped it into a glass of soda water. Before he could remove it, she began to eat it. On that day in 1874, the ice cream soda was invented. The other story tells the pre-Civil War origins of double-dutch jump roping in Tennessee, where grapevines were substituted for jump rope.

Patron of China … St. Joseph (Table of Contents: 6)

Piercing the Iron Curtain / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Catherine Beebe (credited)

Pencils

Paul Karch [as P. K.] (signed)

Inks

Paul Karch [as P. K.] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

religious

Characters

Jesus; Joseph; Mary; St. Joseph; Melchior; Caspar; Balthazar

Synopsis

The story of St. Joseph, starting from when he was a young man.

Indexer Notes

The top half of the first page is typeset text. The comic story begins on the bottom half on the first page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Treasure Chest's Joke Page / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Frank Huffman (signed)

Pencils

Frank Huffman (signed)

Inks

Frank Huffman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Four single-panel gags.

Once Upon a Time... (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Synopsis

The top half of the page is an article from the editor telling the readers how in the weeks to come, Eric St. Clair will be retelling old fables and stories, but giving them a new touch.

Indexer Notes

The editor seems to have thought very highly of Eric St. Clair and mentions several times how the author has a very good style and will make you smile.

…Midas Heard a Song (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script

Eric St. Clair (credited)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

King Midas

Indexer Notes

Text story begins on the bottom-half of the page and has six accompanying illustrations.

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

Chuck White and His Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss [as Max Pine] (credited)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks

Frank Borth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello Chuck!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Chuck White; Mike Kelly; Father Carroll; Dutch Berger; Joe Kelly; Sally; Teddy

Synopsis

School has started and Chuck is visiting his old alma mater, St. John's High School. Mike Kelly quit school to take a construction job and Father Carroll asks Chuck to visit Mike to talk him into quitting his job and returning to school and the football team. Mike tells Chuck he wants to be independent, be his own boss and not have anyone tell him what to do. Sally and Teddy drive past the construction site on their bikes and Mike drives a bulldozer to show off for them and then acts like he hardly knows them at all and leaves for dinner.

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

[Burying Bones] (Table of Contents: 11)

Pierre / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Genre

humor

Characters

Pierre

Synopsis

A dog won't leave Pierre alone until he buries its bone for him.

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come in for your copies of Treasure Chest.

Synopsis

A nun invites a group of children to come into what looks like the doors of a school for their copies of Treasure Chest. The text describes the wealth of features that can be found in this year's batch of issues and how it can prepare today's youth for their future careers.