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Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact
Date | Number: v17 15 | Lang: English (en)
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PublicationMarch 29, 1962 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 2 | Frequency: Every two weeks during the school year.
Noteswraparound cover
 
CoverMeeting of the Rails
SynopsisThe meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads, linking the United States by rail.
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; Historical
Noteswraparound cover
 
Comic StoryPhotographing Horse Race (1 page)
SynopsisPierre photographs a horse race but discovers in the dark room he'd turned the camera the wrong way around.
FeaturingPierre
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Pierre
NotesPantomime gag told in six panels.
 
Comic StoryPrejudice Poison... (6 pages)
SynopsisA Japanese family moves into the neighborhood. Some of the kids are willing to accept George Sakai as an American and some are not. George is a student at the Catholic school and gets to meet some of the other kids. Some accept him as being friendly and some think he's conceited just because he smiles. George plays baseball with them and some of the kids make nasty comments about him being Japanese. George shows that he's a good hitter and a good fielder and makes the school team. Some kids who don't make the team are jealous of George.
FeaturingThe Little Things
ContentGenre: Drama | Characters: George Sakai; Joan Foster; Jim Foster
NotesAn ongoing series, whereby a situation is set up in 4 pages with no resolution and the reader is asked to judge what the right thing to do is in the given situation. One text page of 20 true/false questions about the story you just read follows, along with 2 discussion questions. There is another text page which discusses the moral implications of both sides of the story. The correct answers to the questions are upside-down on the bottom of the page and you can tally your score on a scoresheet.
 
SynopsisChuck call his mom and tells her there's a big choo-choo, they're going to have an explosion and that he's afraid and wants to come home. A woman in the mine office hears him on the phone and asks if that's the reporter who was afraid to stay in Alaska with the modern pioneers. Another reporter tells her that Chuck is the most spineless man who ever lived! The rescuers break through to the trapped miners and say, "Peekaboo! I see you!" What's going on here?
ContentGenre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Chuck White; Father Meyer; Kolchek
NotesAt the end of the second page of the story, we find out that Treasure Chest was playing an April Fool's Day joke on its readers and the real Chuck White story starts on page 12. It's the exact same artwork, just that the word balloons and captions are different and have a humorous twist. 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
 
SynopsisDirections for making a topiary tree.
FeaturingPatsy Planner
ContentGenre: Domestic | Characters: Patsy Planner
 
SynopsisThe rescuers break through to the trapped miners. Repairs are made to the diesel electric power units and the steam plant is shut down because it's no longer needed. Her mission of mercy completed, the steam locomotive returns home on what appears to be her very last run. In appreciation for saving the lives of the miners and his son in particular, the president of the railroad agrees to lease the steam engine and the spur line to Ray's railroad club to operate as a Tourist Pike, rather than sell the engine for scrap. Chuck has to get back to Steeltown. There's something he needs to do there.
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Chuck White; Father Meyer; Ralph Borden; Grandpa Norris; Ray Norris
NotesEnd of current storyline. 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
 
Comic StoryTracktalk (2 pages)
SynopsisChuck thinks that his artist, Mr. Matera, thought we might enjoy learning some of the language of trainmen. Chuck demonstrates the meanings of different track signals, lantern signals and whistle signals used by trainmen. There is also a list and examples of wheel arrangements used on train engines.
CreditsScript:? (as Chuck White) (credited)
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Chuck White
NotesThe character of Chuck White is given credit for writing the article, in line with the April Fool's Day joke that started with the fake Chuck White story earlier in the issue. We also learn that Chuck's artist Fran Matera is a man and not a woman.
 
Comic StoryBand of Steel (5 pages)
SynopsisThe story of the construction of the Trans-continental Railroad, which linked the United States. The railroad had problems hiring workers, as miners could make more money from a small claim and didn't have to worry about being attacked by Indians. Every day, the Indians would rip up the tracks that were laid the day before. Help came from Chinese immigrants who were hard working, willing and able. It was hard to get steel rails, as they had to be shipped from the East around South America. Blasting through the Rocky Mountains was also slow and dangerous work. The US was linked May 22, 1869.
CreditsScript: Herb Smith (credited)
ContentGenre: Historical | Characters: Abraham Lincoln
NotesBefore the railroad was built, it cost about $1,000 to cross the country. The cost dropped to about $150 after construction.
 
Comic StoryWhat Makes Rain (2 pages)
SynopsisA look at rain and where it comes from. Two experiments to demonstrate the principals involved in condensation.
FeaturingT.C. Experimental Station
ContentGenre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Math & Science | Characters: Prof. Gunther Q. Mouse; Murphy
 
Comic StoryThe Power of Rain (2 pages)
SynopsisThe story of rain and The Water Cycle, as told by a raindrop.
ContentGenre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Math & Science | Characters: Punchy O'Toole; Rudolph the Pear-Shaped Raindrop
NotesIn Cherrapunji, India, the rainfall is measured in feet and not inches. They sometimes have over 30 feet of rain a month. Ironically, although it get the most rainfall of any place on Earth, water shortage is always a problem, because it's high up in the mountains and the water drains downhill.
 
SynopsisMr. Sharp's amusement park is raking in the money with its new gorilla attraction. It turns out that the gorilla is just Mr. Sharp in a gorilla suit he bought at a movie studio. A real gorilla just can't be had and would cost $50,000. The woman who is delivering a baby, is delivering a baby gorilla from Uncle Harry's grandfather's African preserve. The baby escapes and they put Cousin Fud in an old gorilla skin they have, so that the baby will think Fud is its momma. How long will Fud have to stay inside the gorilla skin before the baby grows up?
FeaturingUncle Harry's Monkey's Uncle
ContentGenre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Uncle Harry; Will; Jody; Cousin Fud; Mr. Sharp; Mr. Whiffletree
 
IllustrationNew Houses-Old Words (1 page)
SynopsisMany words having to do with houses are from out of the past. The majority of the words are based on Old German. This is a look at the origin of words associated with houses.
ContentGenre: Non-fiction
 
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