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| Publication | April 23, 1959 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: published every two weeks during the school year |
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| Cover | Our Lady Queen of the May |
| Content | Genre: Religious |
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| Synopsis | Four activities. A word square with clues, that when solved will read the same across as it does up and down. Cross out enough of the numbers so that those which remain will add exactly to 20. Which of the lines (A, B, C, D) is equal to the total length of lines 1, 2 and 3? Write the name of each pictured object and below it write a word that sounds the same, but is spelled differently. |
| Featuring | Puzzle Page |
| Notes | inside front cover |
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| Synopsis | Editor Grew meets with Sister Rita and the Model Rocket Club, but he's not impressed and thinks they should close the club. The FCC is forbidding rocket clubs from using radio frequencies to launch their rockets. Flagpole comes up with an idea to use red and green colored filters for launching. Chuck and Mike meet with Spike to purchase rocket propellant and have him arrested. |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Chuck White; Mike Kelly; Stuart (Flagpole) Boyd; Editor Grew; Father Carroll; Sister Rita; Spike |
| 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 | Part VII A Mountain Explodes! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | As Col. Martin and Tom attack the sleeping natives, Meked awakes. After a struggle, the group is victorious and leaves the cavern with the metal spears. The top of the mountain they're on turns out to be a volcano and an active one at that. As it begins to erupt, they are covered with ash and Jean twists her ankle. |
| Featuring | Kidnapped by a Space Ship! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Colonel Martin; Jean Martin; Tom Pratt; Dr. Ney; Cufocr; Gecher; Meked |
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| Text Story | Montezuma Believed a Myth (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Once Upon a Time… |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Montezuma; Hernando Cortes |
| Notes | Text story with three accompanying illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | What Is a Water Table? (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A merman explains what a water table is, with the help of his friend, a shrimp. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Math & Science | Characters: Mike J. O'Merman |
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| Comic Story | Baseball, Part 1 (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | This issue covers batting stance and the role of catcher, pitcher and infielder. |
| Featuring | Terry Brennan's Do It Yourself! |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Terry Brennan; Billy |
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| Comic Story | How to Train Your Dog (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | How to teach your dog to come when called, sit, heel and fetch. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Emma K. Nine] |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Secretaries, Stenographers, Typists (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Miss Layton tells Pamela what it's like to be a secretary. A secretary needs to be good at punctuation, vocabulary, grammar and shorthand. The law and medicine fields require knowledge of specialized terminology. You must be able to type 40-50 words per minute, receive phone calls and mail, answer routine correspondence, transcribe dictated material and record minutes at meetings. Other positions open to secretaries are filing clerk, switchboard operator, mimeographer and court reporter. Learning to use voice recorders, calculators and tabulators will offer more chance for advancement. |
| Featuring | What Can You Do? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Miss Layton; Pamela |
| Notes | In 1959, the average starting salary of a secretary was about $3,000 a year. |
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| Featuring | Reggie Rooster |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Reggie Rooster |
| Notes | inside back cover; pantomime gag-strip told in five panels. |
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| Illustration | Feast of St. Mark April 25 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An illustration depicting St. Mark sitting at a table and writing on a scroll, while someone is standing next to him and instructing what to write. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Religious | Characters: St. Mark |
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