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| Publication | January 15, 1959 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Every two weeks during the school year. |
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| Cover | A New Art Form -- The Opera. |
| Featuring | The ♪-Book [The Note-Book] |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Game Page |
| Content | Characters: Capt. Blackbeard; Bernice Bear; Godfrey the Troubadour |
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| 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. |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Chuck White; Dick Elgin; Flagpole Boyd; Red Jones; Fritz Winkel; Buddy Winkel |
| 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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| 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. |
| Featuring | The Champ in the Circus! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Frumson (The Champ) Wooters; Karl; Blackie Salter; Gunboat Slade; Hahti; Col. Hornbeam; Arthur Blake; Blossom |
| Notes | Final installment of the series. |
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| Comic Story | Opera (5 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | The ♪-Book: A Story of Music [The Note-Book: A Story of Music] |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Arnie; Burt; Monteverdi; Christophe Willibald Gluck; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Gilbert; Sullivan; Richard Wagner |
| Notes | The title uses the symbol for a music-note instead of the word, "note". |
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| Activity | Sock Puppet (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Detailed instructions on how to make an elaborate sock puppet, decorated with many different things. |
| Featuring | Treasure Chest's Things-to-Make |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Let Freedom Ring! |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Joe Esterhazy; Stephen Esterhazy |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Patsy Manners |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Teen | Characters: Patsy Manners; Mrs. Martinez; Marge; Aunt Eileen; Jose Martinez |
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| Comic Story | John Holland, Father of the Modern Sub (3 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Heroes of Science |
| Content | Genre: Biography; Historical; Math & Science | Characters: John Holland |
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| Featuring | You're Important! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | Text article with four accompanying illustrations. |
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| Cartoon | Snow Police (1 page) |
| Featuring | Hannibal Bear |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Hannibal Bear |
| Notes | Pantomime gag-strip told in five panels. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Time-Tested Technique (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Promo ad that tries to link illustrated scrolls made by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages as a teaching aid (in effect, "comic books" of the time) with Treasure Chest comics. |
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