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He Didn't Know Chemistry Rip-Snortin' Davy Crockett
By I. R. HEGEL
EWT KEENEY WAB
N standing in the fac
tory corridor, his red head lowered, his hands thrust in the pockets of hia slacius. A whistle sounded and he looked up in time to see Suzle Hayes' sunny head coming around the corner.
"Hi, Su!" he mumbled without enthusiasm.
"Hello, Newt! Why the deep purple mood?" Suzie camè
her round
nearer,
impudent face looking up at his. "Don't you like this part-time work you're doing for your Dad?"
Newt
care
scowled. "You
The time clerk made a face and half grinned, "The advertising
manager wants to see you, Now!,"
modium-sized ball,
not
Newt coloured. "I don't un- rederstand."
know Dad. He started me as be made up of 10 rubber balls, picture," said Mr Hayes. "It an errand boy and now he fastened together yet, like the smelled!" wants me to begin working atom, capable of being split and for an opening in the used separately. The head was a the large chemistry department. But one, the body, the eight small
"Then I suggest you take my time table at school is balls made up the
and course in chemistry and leara Being logs.
careful too crowded. Besides, all I
oil, Newt that when the oll in paint goes fresh smudge the about is art. Maybe placed the finished painting in to work on the sulphur in rub. you heard how the adver- the darkened advertising office ber, it produces an odour so dis- tising department is calling and strolled out of the factory, agreeable, it could empty a hall."
to the time clerk for picture of a toy, waving gaily to
and night watchman at the exit. offering prizes and
At home, Newt hardly ate or thing. I have a iulu of an idea. But do you think Dad will put a word in on the advertising end? He says he doesn't know anyone in that department.'
a
every-
For moment Suzie mulled this over. Then she said: "My
Dad's the head of the advertis- ing department, Ideas count but you must know how to put them over. Paint your idea, New paint it as big as you can and stick it in Dad's office."
"I have oil in my kit in the lecker, no canvas though—”
"There's lots of waste rubber fabric back in the loft," Suzic suggested. "Get good-sized square and start. Belleve ja yourself, then advertise."
**Suzic, you're a pal," Newt doclared
them
TUIE boy and girl darted to the loft. Pele, the foreman, gave a good-sized square and asked no questions.
That night Newl'stayed in the factory two hours after closing to complete his king-size master- ploce. Finished, he stood back to survey a work as big as him- poli. I was good all right. "Andy Atom" was what he call- ed his model toy and 11 would
slept for excitement. In school the next morning he could hard ly keep his mind on his work. The school session over, he ran all the way to the factory and quickly chocked in.
The time clerk made a face, "The adver- and half grinned. tising manager wants to see you, Next."
Now's chest began swelling. "I know it!" he cried.
Nowt's world came crashing down upon him. "You're firing
me," he countered.
"I didn't say that. Get your-
self a canvas or even a small sheet of paper and submit your model a second time."
Newt mumbled: "Thank you," and moved on.
In the corridor below, Newt the round-faced bumped into Suzic.
"What happened?" she do
"Don't go to the regular office," the clerk instructed. "The force manded. moved into the loft temporarily. That picture of yours smelled." "My picture was good," Newt argued. "You're just trying to
scare me."
"I'm doing my submission "Dad over,' Newt answered, was right-about learning chem- istry, I mean. I'm going to crowd the subject in after all."
"But what has chemistry to do with your painting?" Suzle questioned.
NEVERTHELESS, the clerk's
remark worried him. Up the Newt sighod. "You'd be sur- stairs he clattered. A "closed" prised. Oh, the painting might alga hung on the door of the win a prize yet. Second chances advertising room. Walking gin work and speaking of second towards the loft, Newt chances, you'd better take that Rerly on found the force assembled there. chemistry course along with me, at work overdrawing were Suzie. Pai to pal, I think you
boards need it too." and typewriters.' Mr Hayes, tall and unsmiling, came to meet Newt
"Did you put that Andy Alam painting in my office last night?" be asked.
Newt bobbed his red head. "Yes, sir."
"None of us could work in the of that office all day because
PUZZLE
PATCH
CROSSWORD
RIDDLES
1. What has a mouth and a
fork but never catst
2. What man in the army
wears the biggest hat!
3. What is taken from you before you get it?
weighs almost 4. What nothing and yet you can't hold
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ACROSS
1 Search for
5 Blow with open hand
On the sheltered ride
10 Window part
11 High wind
12 Follower
13 Half an em
14 Writing
17 Before
18 Sorrows
tool
21 Hawalan bird
28 Pald notices `in mowe
24 Bugle call
28 Christmas carol
· 28 Falschoods
29 Makes mistakes
30 Girl's name
1 Wise mon
DOWN
2 Enthusiastic ardour
3 Long, enaky feli
4 Retainer
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Spain (ab.)
& Secular
7 Against
8 Pare
18 Sen eagle
10 Cuddle
18 Horse's neck hátru
19 Smell
20 Employer
21 Not clored
23 Greck mountala
25 Help
27 Long Scout (ab.)
5. What is always broken before it is used?
ADD-A-LETTER
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been termed an excelling
By LEE PRIESTLEY
AVY CROCKETT, ono over just as a buck doer came of America's tall tale in sight and a big rattie-snake to strike at him. Then herocs, couldn't have been Davy made the shot of his life
colled ordinary. He had a long one barrel for the geese, one heritage of rip-snortin' barrel dar the deer and the Crocketts before him.
the anako's
Davy's father could look the aun in the face without sneezing. And Davy's
ramrod down
throat!
mother! Why, she could AND that wasn't all. The old gun kicked so hard Davy jump a seven-rail fence fell in the river. When be backward, dance B hole climbed out his pockets were of fish. The weight of through, a double oak floor, tull and cut down a 10-foot gum the ash made two buttons pop off his cont. One button kliled trec and Cross the
a bear and the other a squirrel. Nolachucky River
on it, So Davy's family had a big using her apron for a sail! dinner. With parents like that, one would expect Davy to be tame quite a baby.
Davy
hand to
was a great wild animals for pets. Old Death Hug, Dovy's bear, nearly as famous as he
and
a pet Duvy bad
SUM
His cradle was, 12 fect Jong was, with a wild cat's skin for a alligator trained to do the latest
At different pillow.
times, Most
time dances. of the
Davy had a talking racoon, a Davy and the cradle bung in a
lighted the way tree top because he laughed panther who and
cried so
loud it rolled to bod by his yellow eyes, and a buffalo who went to church and sang hymns.
DAVY'S MOTHER COULD LEAP SEVEN FEET OVER A FENCE,
BACKWARDS.
the elder barrels around in the cabin collar. Young Davy was ted on buffalo milk and bear neat, so he grew up fast become
famous, hunter.
to
When Davy decided to rub for Congress,
all his
animal friends voted for
away
tame
GET OUT OF DOORS, AND EXERCISE
IT MAKES
YOU GROW
CRAFTS
GAMES
"PLYING OFF THE HANDLE IB NOT RECOMMENDED AS A WAY TO KEEP HEALTHY"
LEARN TO CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS..
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
AND WASH OFTEN -
WATER, INSIDE AND out, is GooD FOR
LET'S ALL
BIG AND
YOU
JOKES
GLUB
REST A LITTLE DURING
THE DAY-
RELAX
POR AD THIS LO
CINCH
UP
GROW
STRONG
1. Eat at the right times, in
4. Whenever, you have
blue, try to fin
:
These are only general rules, him, DENJAMIN FRANKLIN of course. All the wild animals is credited with say. They are not even strict rules, pulse to get angry or w decided that it would be best
but if you follow them, you'll you feel
TOROND not to Control to send such a good hunter faring "Early to bed, early to feel better:
emotions to Washington, so they rise, makes a man healthy, voted for him, too. That was wealthy and wise." But the right quantity and the kind 5. Rest a little during the why Davy was elected un-modern experts add a few of food that agrees with you. You needn't take a nap, bu animously, and with 300 vote more rules that will help "Plocing" between meals isn't lax and take things easy.
6. Be optimistic about ev bad. Boys and girls need extra nourishment, but don't eat just thing. Don't carry it to the before meal time or right be- treme that Pollyanna foro strenuous exercise.
you can
be "glad" more 2. Drink lots of water, And than you are.
over.
cven
you
turn the trick.
People know more now IN the balls of Congress, Davy adays about the way our
did well. He could give bodies work than they did use a lot to wash often (Water
odds and a two-hour in Ben Franklin's time, or inside start to old Dan'l Webster and even in the time of healthy). then cut-spout
and out-spea
our grandparents. We know him. He gave Congress some of the best advice it has ever that most of us can improve makes you grow. had, Davy told the law-makers: our health and our strength, "Be sure you're right, and then even though some of us are go ahead."
When his two terms in Con-handicapped. When we are
gress
were over Davy
went
make our young, we can home to the forks of the creek bodies strong enough to run to rest. But when the President for years and years without
States sent for repairs. did one or two for the good of the
Those
did.
and out
aren't very dif makes
rules and they don't call anything you can't 3. Get plenty of fresh air and doing
kills germз and Let's all be healthy in 'body exercise. It
in mind.
General Tin Liked Fishing
-One Time He Almost Caught a Whale-
Here are the signs of good health:
When you're healthy you have
By MAX TRELL
Once when he nad a lot of of the United chores to do and the family him, Davy needed meat, Davy dodded to little jobs get as much food as he could people. as quickly as he could. He took down an old double-barrelled, got so close to earth that Con- no aches and paina When-WHEN Kaart and Hanld, the muzzle-loading. shot gun and gress passed a law forbidding over you have an ache it means went down by the river. saw a Bock of geese
THINGS TO MAKE WITH MATERIALS. AT HAND.
DO-IT
By Dale GORS
the
SHIRT
HANDY MONKEY
1. Fold in half a piece of BROWN CLOTH 18 inches long and B inches wide.
3. Fasten a small
BUTTON to ends of
2.Cut out as shom
and sew along edges. Turn inside out and cutting hole in neck
2 PIPE CLEANERS.
4.Put button and pipe cleaners
in haff a WALNUTSHELL U
SLIP HAND
IN SHIRT...
and amuse your friends
Jo-Jo!
There was the time a comet
the
were sur
shadow-children with He it to travel on the public roads, something is wrong, although turned-about names, came into
When the playroom they flying Davy caught the comet by the not all pains are serious
too much, you'll prised to see General Tin, the tin tall and flung it so far off it you exercise
acho the bext day because soldier, knotting a long plece of hasn't been seen since. Another
your muscles were overtaxed, string to the end of his mutket Lime, during the vinter that It only lasted
means to take things As they had never seen General all summer, де way easier.
Tin do anything with his mus- obliged to break loose the
ket before except hold it stifly frozen axis of the earth so
You should sleep county and over his shoulder, they knew at that the sun could come up..
wake up refreshed. Too many once that he was about to do But
5.Glos on other half
HOUSEHOLD CEMENT
6.Paint on a face with
mostly Davy just dreams sometimes mean you're something out of the usual
rested. He wouldn't take
any real big jobs.
IDITOR'S Note: There's
upset. Find out what's worry- ing you and then decide that nothing is so bad that it cosidn't be wome.
O
aYOU should never be bothered
I by healthful foods.
If you
BLACK INKE Davy Crockett mentioned in Fastenaplastic
BOTTLE CAP the history books, but the are, something is wrong. Some- with ADHESIVE above stories about him aren't time it can be corrected, TAPE.
in the books. Maybe it isn't
You should have a good ap- the same Davy.
petite. You should like to work at things that call for energy. You should control your ́emo". kiona most of the time. (Even untimely laughter should be
7.Slip pipedlemmers
in neck hols of shirt
Push a small botton
on to pipedeaners
and up to head.
ZOO'S WHO
PENGUINS CAN AFFOLD TO BE-
FUGHTLESS BECAUSE THERE ARE
NO PREDAÇEOUS LAND MAMMALS II.
THE ANTARCTIC,
I WANT OUT!
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PUZZLE ANSWERS
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"My dear Hanid and my dear Knart," he said when they ask-.
go him, "I am about to fishing. I may never have men- tioned this to you but I am very fond of fishing. I am also very fond of fish"""
"Is that why you are tying that cord to the end of your gun?" said Knart.
Catch A Fish
restrained, although everyone a fish at the end of it?" said
should Intigh a lot).
While it's not good to overLLE your muscles or energies, you
"Are you going to try to catch
Hanid.
General Tin took the £
fishing.
General Tin was sitting and of the boat, holding his ket over the water like a f rod. His line with the bo it was already in the wad looked, surprisingly, enoug though he had been sitting for hours.
"No bite yet," he annot "How will you know whe
General Tin said: "I will use got one?" asked Hanid.
A "I know all right, chould be able once in a while thy musket as a fishing-rod,
B
to go beyond your usual tempo. hook' goes on the other end of ja!" he yelled as the line
line jerking up and down +
Your ability to do this depends the line. I will drop till someone in the ocean were
be
a
on your general state of health into the water and
This means
that in school, get caught on the hook. I will it to yunk a bell. Genera you might occasionally be the then pull the fish out of the meanwhile, was trying to star pupli, or In aihiot'es you water and come home with it the line out of the wate might
Later I will have that fish for tried with might and mi performer, or the star
dinner. That," be said, “is lift up the musket. Inste at doing some job you
it, however, be wla praise from your parents what I am about to do and how lifting or others. You needn't be tops am going to go about doing ed only in letting the r all the time, or at everything, it but if you're healthy you'll win praise once in a while.
might
almost be pulled out of his "Help" he shouted as ho As he said all this (for it was being pulled out of the quite a long speech for General Knarf cand Harid
attached the hook to grabbed his legs. Tin), he wish she biggest bend, 3-Your plc No
TOW that we know what good the end of the line, wound the Iine neatly around the muzzle
Black Whale health in, let's soo what we of the musket, put the musket ADD-A-LEATHER: an, ani, ante, must do to be healthy. Doctors back on his shoulder and got
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morski tenant.
H. money Are soon period.
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WACKY COMPASS: A food and can't give you good health, | ready to leave..
They can help you get well you're sick,
2
"I must have caught a
Rupert's Climbing Adventure-30
but actually 's Knart and Hanid both, wished ho gasped. Just as he sa your own body that roatats he would invite them to go along a great black while super disease and your own mini that with him. To their delight be an instant at the top of thể maken you think right and do said the next instants, "If you're threw up an enormous sp right, which, is a part of being not doing anything in' particular, water, lashed his tail aroun healthy...
and you'd like to son how I catch begau racing out with the £
the fish I'm about to catch, you and line in his mouth, and
ing the boat bertha may come with mq" j
lot
Gentr 10% go of me!" The two Shadows "shouted shouted to Haarf and
·with --- joy. · ·T2103 -
Hold each - took
to my legal H General Tin by the arm wonder. As soon, as he - pets tis ing to they went, where he was pull him in! Oh, what a going to do his fishing. They We'll have!" didn't have long to wait to find
Rupert
gnala 503,
dota yig' again, and yet
Across the grass, 41 Hoanry,, they'
mat and They're pouring"
hope I go thɔew 'wa
whato Widn't al
nut. General Tin strode behind Only the whale did the book-shelf, came to a small got tired Kharf and door, opened the door with a couldn't be sure about the tiny hoy and walked through the whale pulled them up with Khart and Honid, por down acrosa' the ocean, th
than all For an instant overywhere was Africa, North dark as night, of in the dies, and Austraila. And all a tance they could hear the roaring the line, broke and even and crashing" of Waves "Bit grow dark, down, plousel" they hourd Gans eral Tin saying, "Don't rock the bontp
the North and South As
"Well I almosty at hin tune," General/?'Elx snið - found themselves back t
Then Mytrything became light, playroom, Tet him the and the and themptives alts Ima thosigh, lie was big, Una ida bore tin whist scensect there f
be the middle of Ber-overn
ANY THO, they could see noth
but waves as far as they looked, agreed with that!'