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| Publication | January 1, 1959 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Every two weeks during the school year. |
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| Cover | Hahti to the Rescue! |
| Featuring | The Champ in the Circus! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor |
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| Synopsis | Three puzzles for you. An Arab wishes to ferry his hen, sack of grain, and pet fox over the river. His boat will only carry himself and one other. If he leaves the hen with the grain, she'll eat it; if he leaves the hen with the fox, the fox will eat the hen. How can the Arab deposit them all safely on the other side? The wind blew a hole 9 feet by 2 feet in a barn. The farmer has a piece of wood 6 feet by 3 feet to repair the hole. How can he cut the wood so that it will fit into the hole in the barn? On the picture shown, how can you cross out 8 lines, so that you reduce 9 squares to 2? |
| Featuring | Game Page |
| Content | Characters: Abou Ben Boo Boo; Farmer Hassenpfeffer |
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| Comic Story | Part 9 (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Frumson's abduction, Hahti the elephant seems to have gone berserk and everyone is searching for him frantically to control the animal. Karl discovers Blackie and Gunboat stole the circus money. Hahti breaks free and is on the trail of Frumson, with the circus crew following in hot pursuit, when he finds Blackie and Gunboat in a tractor and overturns it. Just as the elephant is about to crush the criminals, Frumson somehow appears out of the river with a heavy weight around his neck. |
| Featuring | The Champ in the Circus! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Frumson (The Champ) Wooters; Karl; Blackie Salter; Gunboat Slade; Hahti |
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| Comic Story | St. Casimir Patron of Lithuania (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of St. Casimir of Lithuania. He was canonized by Pope Adrian VI in 1522. |
| Featuring | Piercing the Iron Curtain |
| Content | Genre: Biography; Religious | Characters: St. Casimir; Father Dlugosz; King Casimir IV |
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| Synopsis | During Winter vacation, the Ski Club from St.John's arrives at a resort, where a ski contest is about to start. Red Jones, a famous sports commentator, has taken Buddy Winkel under his wing and does all he can for the boy to win. Buddy runs 6 seconds over the course record and Red announces that nobody else will be able to beat him. When Dick sets a new course record during his run, Red goes on television to downplay it and claims that the electric timer was wrong. He goes out on a limb to claim that Buddy will win, or he'll eat his racoon cap. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chuck White; Dick; 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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| Comic Story | The People Who Help Keep Them Flying Part 1 (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Mike, an airline pilot, brings his two nephews to the airport to see other jobs in the airline industry, other than being a pilot. Mr. Saunders tells them about the duties of a dispatcher and gives them an idea of the salary a dispatcher makes. Mr. Saunders tells them about the duties and salary of a meteorologist. |
| Featuring | What Can You Do? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation | Characters: Uncle Mike; Johnny; Mr. Saunders; Mr. Wagner |
| Notes | In 1959, an assistant dispatcher made $450 a month to start and after 3 years could rise to $520 a month. A flight dispatcher could make between $568 to $910 a month. Meteorologists working for the government made between $5,335 and $7,035 per year. Those working for the airlines started at $400 a month and could make up to $695 a month. |
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| Featuring | Joke... Page |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four single-panel gags. |
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| Synopsis | An in-depth look at defensive strategies, offensive strategies and ball handling for basketball players. |
| Featuring | Terry Brennan's Do It Yourself |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Coach; Billy |
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| Text Story | Paul Went to Work (3 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Paul Bunyon; Babe the blue ox |
| Notes | Text story with three accompanying illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Husky Sled (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pierre's team of huskies lead him through a hollow log. |
| Featuring | Pierre |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pierre |
| Notes | Pantomime gag strip told in five panels.
On inside back cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Balanced Picture-Reading Fare (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Promotional advertisement for the next 11 issues of Treasure Chest. |
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