Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (February 12, 1959), #12

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Feast of St. Matthias February 24
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Plans for Mars Rocket

Storyline: Hannibal builds a rocket to Mars but it explodes on the launchpad.

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Registered Professional Nurse (R. N.)

Storyline: Ann attends the St. Genisius Nursing School. This story looks at what it takes to become a nurse. A look at classroom studies and actual practice. After school, you must pass a state board exam. Nurses can find employment in hospitals, nursing schools, work for private individuals, physicians and dentists offices, public health agencies and industry. Also looks at the duties and responsibilities of a nurse, such as administering drugs and medications, feed, bathe and massage patients, work in an operating room, handle technical equipment and surgical instruments. Starting salary $3,050.

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Come to the Mardi Gras

Storyline: The Puerto Rican girl asks Patsy and Aunt Eileen for their help in throwing a Mardi Gras party, like they had back home in Puerto Rico. Everyone will come in costumes and masks. They will have prizes for the prettiest and funniest costume. There are directions for making Gooey Buns, which they will serve at the party. The story also has instructions for the correct way to perfrom introductions. Boys to girls; girls to older women; distinguished people; guests of honor.

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Storyline: Hungarian revolution refugees Steve and Joe are having a difficult time adjusting to life in the USA. One of the boys is doing handstands and a group of tough kids try to pick a fight with them, saying that the Emerson Ave. crowd is always trying to show off and they're sissies and cowards. The boys don't let it get to them. The tough kids leave and rough-up a Jewish boy, saying his Hebrew books are un-American. Coming to the Jewish boy's rescue, they beat up the tough kids, who run off. This brings up the question of the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of God.

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About Horses
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J. Henri Fabre, Insect Man

Storyline: The story of J. Henri Fabre, who became known as "The Insect Man". He observed insects in the world around him at an early age. Before he was 20, he was the most talked-about teacher in Avignon, France. He was fired from his teaching position for having the unorthodox belief that girls should learn science. Before his death at the age of 92 in 1915, he had written 10 volumes of books on insects.

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Story featuring Chuck White

Storyline: Red promises Slim $1,000 if he can change Flagpole's mind about pursuing a scientific career and get him to sign with the Barnstormers basketball team. Flagpole doesn't have his mind on his studies and it shows in his classroom performance. Slim wants the team to play "professional style", which means pushing the boundaries of fair play and using rough tactics on the other team. St. John's wins that night, but in Chuck's newspaper article, he reports about the dirty tactics used to win the game.

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Part II Red Danger!

Storyline: Even though Colonel Martin, Jean and Tom were inside the rocket ship, they were not expecting to blast off into space and are all shocked to find themselves outside Earth's atmosphere. Dr. Ney surprises them all, by showing up from another part of the space craft. He tells them he blasted off for the Andromeda constellation as he always planned to do and didn't know there was anyone else aboard. It's too late to turn back now and they're all going along for the ride. They arrive in a solar system that has two planets close to each other and are caught in their gravitational pull.

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Storyline: Three activities. Can you link these nine balls together with five consecutive straight lines? Now, erase the five lines and trying linking the nine balls with four consecutive straight lines. See if you can arrange the eight numbers on top of the page into the proper panels below, so that each line adds up to 23. Mumbo Jumbo shows you how to perform a magic trick, in which you cut through a paper and string with a pair of scissors. When the paper falls away, the string is still whole.

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