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| Publication | December 19, 1963 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 2 | Frequency: Every two weeks during the school year. |
| Notes | wraparound cover |
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| Featuring | The Root of Jesse |
| Content | Genre: Religious |
| Notes | wraparound cover |
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| Text Article | Merry Christmas (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Text article about the illustration used on the cover of this issue, called The Root of Jesse and its significance and meaning in the Catholic Church. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Religious |
| Notes | inside front cover |
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| Comic Story | The Story Of Bishop Walsh (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bishop Walsh is elected Superior General in 1936 and leaves China to return to Maryknoll, USA. In late 1940, with Europe at war and Japan occupying most of the China coast, he returns to Japan to help with relations between the Japanese and missionaries. |
| Featuring | Red Victim |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Religious | Characters: Bishop Walsh; Father Considine; Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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| Comic Story | Wrestling (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The history of wrestling from prehistoric times to the Egyptians of 3000 B.C., up to the present time. |
| Featuring | Origin of Sports |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Coach Weepy Heffalump; Tiny |
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| Synopsis | The fire department ambulance and highway plow rescue the Everett family in their stalled car during the snowstorm. After Hobey finds a gummy deposit in the carburetor, Chuck decides to take a sample of the gasoline for police analysis. Judd hears of this and tries to get the gasoline can back from the printing office, but tips the can over and runs out of the building with a candle burning on the floor near the gasoline as it's spilling toward the flame. |
| Featuring | Chuck White And His Friends |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chuck White; Hobey; Barry; Judd |
| 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 | Shrine Of Democracy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of how Mount Rushmore was built. |
| Featuring | Our Heritage |
| Content | Genre: Historical |
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| Comic Story | The Shrine of Democracy The Story Of Mt. Rushmore (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Gutzon Borglum and how he built Mount Rushmore. |
| Content | Genre: Historical |
| Notes | First of two-parts. |
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| Synopsis | Four gag cartoons. |
| Featuring | Treasure Jests |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Father Mac's Letter |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Religious |
| Notes | Two page text article with two accompanying illustrations. |
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| Synopsis | Mr. Giltrock, Chetwode and Frisbee have just stolen Henrietta and are trying to push the flivver into a barge, when Henrietta starts acting stubborn and jumps into the water. The Harbor Patrol pass by and give Mr. Giltrock a $100 fine for casting junk metal into the harbor. |
| Featuring | The Return of the Enchanted Flivver |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Bobby; Ruthie; Henrietta; Mr. Giltrock; Frisbee; Chetwode |
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| Content | Characters: Santa; three snowmen |
| Notes | Instructions to make a diorama in a shoebox using the cutouts of Santa, three snowmen and a snow castle. |
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