New Houses-Old Words

Storyline: Many words having to do with houses are from out of the past. The majority of the words are based on Old German. This is a look at the origin of words associated with houses.

Credits:

• Pencils: Frank Huffman
• Inks: Frank Huffman
• Letters: Frank Huffman

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Storyline: Mr. Sharp's amusement park is raking in the money with its new gorilla attraction. It turns out that the gorilla is just Mr. Sharp in a gorilla suit he bought at a movie studio. A real gorilla just can't be had and would cost $50,000. The woman who is delivering a baby, is delivering a baby gorilla from Uncle Harry's grandfather's African preserve. The baby escapes and they put Cousin Fud in an old gorilla skin they have, so that the baby will think Fud is its momma. How long will Fud have to stay inside the gorilla skin before the baby grows up?

Credits:

• Script: Frank Borth
• Pencils: Frank Borth
• Inks: Frank Borth

The Power of Rain

Storyline: The story of rain and The Water Cycle, as told by a raindrop.

Credits:

• Pencils: Frank Huffman
• Inks: Frank Huffman

What Makes Rain

Storyline: A look at rain and where it comes from. Two experiments to demonstrate the principals involved in condensation.

Credits:

• Script: Pete Hironaka
• Pencils: Pete Hironaka
• Inks: Pete Hironaka

Band of Steel

Storyline: The story of the construction of the Trans-continental Railroad, which linked the United States. The railroad had problems hiring workers, as miners could make more money from a small claim and didn't have to worry about being attacked by Indians. Every day, the Indians would rip up the tracks that were laid the day before. Help came from Chinese immigrants who were hard working, willing and able. It was hard to get steel rails, as they had to be shipped from the East around South America. Blasting through the Rocky Mountains was also slow and dangerous work. The US was linked May 22, 1869.

Credits:

• Pencils: Lloyd Ostendorf
• Inks: Lloyd Ostendorf

Tracktalk

Storyline: Chuck thinks that his artist, Mr. Matera, thought we might enjoy learning some of the language of trainmen. Chuck demonstrates the meanings of different track signals, lantern signals and whistle signals used by trainmen. There is also a list and examples of wheel arrangements used on train engines.

Credits:

• Pencils: Fran Matera
• Inks: Fran Matera

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Story featuring Chuck White

Storyline: The rescuers break through to the trapped miners. Repairs are made to the diesel electric power units and the steam plant is shut down because it's no longer needed. Her mission of mercy completed, the steam locomotive returns home on what appears to be her very last run. In appreciation for saving the lives of the miners and his son in particular, the president of the railroad agrees to lease the steam engine and the spur line to Ray's railroad club to operate as a Tourist Pike, rather than sell the engine for scrap. Chuck has to get back to Steeltown. There's something he needs to do there.

Credits:

• Script: 堀川雅光
• Pencils: Fran Matera
• Inks: Fran Matera

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Storyline: Directions for making a topiary tree.

Credits:

• Pencils: Ozella Welch
• Inks: Ozella Welch

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Story featuring Chuck White

Storyline: Chuck call his mom and tells her there's a big choo-choo, they're going to have an explosion and that he's afraid and wants to come home. A woman in the mine office hears him on the phone and asks if that's the reporter who was afraid to stay in Alaska with the modern pioneers. Another reporter tells her that Chuck is the most spineless man who ever lived! The rescuers break through to the trapped miners and say, "Peekaboo! I see you!" What's going on here?

Credits:

• Script: 堀川雅光
• Pencils: Fran Matera
• Inks: Fran Matera

Prejudice Poison...

Storyline: A Japanese family moves into the neighborhood. Some of the kids are willing to accept George Sakai as an American and some are not. George is a student at the Catholic school and gets to meet some of the other kids. Some accept him as being friendly and some think he's conceited just because he smiles. George plays baseball with them and some of the kids make nasty comments about him being Japanese. George shows that he's a good hitter and a good fielder and makes the school team. Some kids who don't make the team are jealous of George.

Photographing Horse Race

Storyline: Pierre photographs a horse race but discovers in the dark room he'd turned the camera the wrong way around.

Meeting of the Rails

Storyline: The meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads, linking the United States by rail.

Credits:

• Pencils: Lloyd Ostendorf
• Inks: Lloyd Ostendorf