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✰✰✰ FEATURES FOR
BOYS AND
High School Boys Form Fire-Fighting Team
GIRLS
YOUR PUZZLE CORNER
WOODROW WILSON =
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Hiddon here are the miniden names ́ ́od" Wilrón's dwo Wives, the number of his children and the native state. Use the Words and plotures to cover then:
ETHIC 15
WILSON CROSSW
Just out of the shower following an afternoon football practice, three of the boys take the fire truck out for a warm-up. They are, from left Charles Hawkins, 15; Steve Quinn, 17; and Ernest Barhain, 16..
OOKING UP from his famed Salmon River,
go store—it
Look in an Englion class just the way by bout-down the store it is doubtful whether
ot Riggins, Idaho, high school, one of the boys noticed smoke rising from a nearby shed: Without wait- Ing for a fire alarm he shot up his hand to get the new teacher's attention.
stream. Every year dozens of dope that—they' did såvo a per- parties leave
their boats at vice station and residences close Riggins after the long and by. treacherous run.
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Everyone who saw the, boys Now Rigging beheves 11 hus at work on that are felt it was another, and greater, claim to. One performance, particularly distinction. This small village when you consider that thể koy hos démonstrated how high men in this department rust actical boys and a Jeep fire have a special driver's licence "May I go to the fire?" he truck eno team up to provide to take the Jeep out after dark. asked.
excellent are protection.
"Of course not," she re- plied, rather indignantly. "Why, you'd only get in the way of the firemen."
"But, Mam," the tad replied, politely, "I am one of the re- men."
Riggins, population 287, is best known as the end of the line on the boat ride down aho's
Low insurance rnics und general satisfaction, constitute the big pay-off.
When the Riggins town coun- During the ake years
the ell bought the fire truck, every- boys, all in the 13 to 17-year one assumed that businessmen age bracket, and the Jeep have teen going but together there have been less than a dozen are calls,
Mostly they have been small blazes. One, however, was a dunger. The town's largest store went up in flames. While the boys and the Jeep couldn't suve
up and down main street-the community's only street, for that matter-would run it.
But the men were so busy they never gut around to learn- ing now to run it. On the very first fire someone tried to con- nect the hoses the wrong way. Something else was needed
"Give that bush a soaking,” says Andrew Haskins, superintendent of schools, standing, right. Although he has no official standing in the department, the school head is an important figure. After all, he's the fellow who lets them dash out of class when a fire call comes. Manning the hose are, left to right, Steve Quinn, 17, and Ron Prindle, 16.
to make sure it was kept in
shape and Handled by a crew that knew what they were doing.
One member of the council suggested that older hight school boys be given a chance. TWD
boys were picked for a teat. It tock but a fire call or two to demonstrate that two responst- ble boys were, belter, than n dozen older men.
Currently, the high school group consists of five boys. Two
are juniors, two sophomores and one, a freshman. As the older boys graduate, freshmen and sophoinores are voted: fpto their places. Boys in the te partment recommend their sub- cessors to the town council
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WILSON DIAMOND
Wilson's aqoond int'an e, WOODROW, serves as a centre for. Puzzle Pete's word 'dia- mand. The second, word is "a small child": third "a body of soldiere"; fifth "Oriental gate ways" and sixth "Hawajion food" Complete the diamond from the given clucá;
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ACROSS
1. Second name of our host
7 Sea cagle.
& Before
Boy's nickramé
11 Exits
13 Decay
10 Father.
17 Short sleep
ið Cuckoo blackbird
41. Kdoeir
23 Wilson helsed, start
Longus of
DOWN
1 Pronoun 2 Table scrap 3 Heavy blow 4 Musién
note
• Mountain (comb.
✔ Direction
10 Put on
12. Bridgó
14 Edible rootstock
16 Collection of sayings
18 Peter
30 That thing
- Postscript (ab.)
(Solutions on-Page-20) ·
THE GOOD REPORT CARD WHAT'S INSIDE A LIGHT BULB?
ILY WAS ANXIOUS 08 she waited for Miss Corson to hand out the re- port cards. When her name was finally called, she rose, and actually shook a little as she made her way to the front of the room.
From the corner of her eye, she noted that Jimmy Siebert was biting his nails. He's worried, too, she thought, and amali wonder, Jimmy was just about on the borderline. One slip, and he would fall.
Miss Corson handed her the cord. "Did you study hard this month, Lily?"
"Why,
replied
Lily yes" quickly. Did Miss Corpon mean she didn't do so well?
Miss Corson smiled. "I 9gured you did. You have a wonderful card. Lily. I'm very proud of You,"
Lily's eyes danced. There were sirnight. "A's" right across the top.
She felt
NEW!
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She bounced back to her seat and she squirmed the rest of the afternoon. Would school never end?
She wanted to shout to the
As soon as she finished; she dashed out the door. Thore were
stanriing little groups about discussing the report cards.
She joined the nearest group: As she came closer, she heard one-bay say, "That's swell, Jimmy. You' finally got one.”
Now she could see Jimmy. He was no longer biting his nails, but he stood straight and proud. Someone else said, "Is that really your very first 'A," Jimmy7"
He nodded, its eyes stuning. "Boy, I sure worked hard to get. it. I almost got one last month, but I didn't quite make it.”
Lily frowned, slightly. She had been all ready to pass her card' around. It was such · a' wonderful report card. Sho knew it would make Jimmy's look pretty, poor, even though, It was a good one for Jimmy.
Clara Adants turned round. "Hello, Lily. Jummy got an 'A! How did you make but?” Lily looked down at her card.
presence now,
WHAT'VE YOU THERE -SOME- THING INTER- ESTING?
HECK NO!. JUST AN OLD LIGHT BULB
BUT MAYBE A LIGHT BULB* ORLAMP IS MORE INTER- ESTING THAN YOU THINK...
'THAT LITTLE FILAMENT STARTS QUT AS A PIECE OF TUNGSTEN WIRE 2 INCHES LONG (IN A 60 WAIT LAMP), IT IS COILED AND RE-COILED UNTIL IT IS ONLY OFAN INCH LONG,
JULGEOLEKU
IT OPERATES AT ABOUT FOOD F --TWICE AS HOTAS MOLJÉN „ STEEL... ITS GLOW IS THE LIGHT.
Forgetful Snail-Hopper
-Knari Plays, A Trick That Almost Works-
By MAX TRELL
Hanic hurried off to tell Baron Munch the wonderful Newel
world that she had all “A's." "The whole group. naileed; her ¿ANID," said Knarf, the "Baron Munch" she said, as
How proud everyone would
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particularly large and juley fry, sprang out of the snail shell in the direction of the appetising sound. To Knarf and Hanid'a damay, this left the small shell completely empty,
Shouldn't Have Done It
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OF GLASS,
Knarf was prodding the Small-Hopper slang,
the
"You shouldn't have done "How Boy, with bo of her. When the children.
the he went into her friend's gare that It. shouldn't have jumped "Bet-It's good," said Jimmy. Turned-About Name, to gathered, in the school yard to
"please stay right here out of the shelll" Knart said to his den,
Snail Baron Munch. "I told that Tond Lily slipped the card between sister, "I've just thought of a We've just found al Inij about their marks, she'd hot say a word Just calmly the pigs of her arithmetic way to fool Daron Munch." Hopper. Knart, is coming up not to jump out no matter what pass the card around. What a book, "It's about the same as
with it in a few minutes,””
-happened! Baron- wonderful feeling it would be! usual," she said. But you got Hould smiled. For a long: "Well, well, sald
an 'A', Jimmy. That's wonder-lane how Baron Much had Munch, as he lit his pipe, "Come backi"! Je shouted an Miss Carson spoke her name. ful
Been telling them all sorts of thoughtfully,"
"I was quite sure he dashed after Willy, who was in your turn to wash the
extraordinary stories.. It was there wasn't a single Snail-Hopping off as fast as he could Blackboards.”.
As she walked home from hard for them to belleve any, of Hopper in this whole country. back to the woods school, her report card sill them. They were stories about But perhaps I'm mistaken." ‚¦ Baton · Munch, chuckled. Lily
hidden between the pages of Horses with wings and Cows a bit annoyed.
That's the trouble with these "Look, hero it comes now,” Usually, she loved washing the her arithmetle book, she smiled with golden heras and oven one Hand exclaimed a few minutes Snail-Hoppers," he remarked to boards, but today she was to horself.
remarkable' tale "about 'n Shall, later, as she pointed exaltedly, Hanid!"""They're always doing anxious to get out school.
She'd never hear the praise. Who could hop like a Toad, to a sirange creature hopping such strange things like hop Hanld. of the other children, but she Baron Munch called it a Snail, toward them up the garden ping out of their shells. If 1 She dipped the sponge into didn't mind. The happy feeling Hopper:
path. Knart was prouding it weren't so nearsighted, I'd pay I menn," she nused qülekiy Cold wiler and worked on was utili there, for didn't
along with a twig.
"It looked like a Toad insidejan "I'm sorry it hopped oft before the boarde with long, swift Jimny Siebert get his very first
empty shell. But, of course, Í you had a chance to get a good Baron Munch got up from this, om nearsighted" strokes. The children wero al- "A"?
look at it." ready shuffling out the door.
"No one has over seen a Shallchair, put on his spectacles and Hopper except myself he had Hopper. It hopped up and down looked very hard at the Snail- told Khorf and Hanid. "It's no as if carne along the palli. tise your looking for one, my dear children. You'll never fud
-By FERN SIMMS
Star Brain Teaser.
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•Won't Find It
very
very strange
Baron *murmured. New Knari explained what the wee that, Spoil-Hoppret
Munch. "Come hero, Knart Let fils scheme.."wo to fool Baron
it no matter how hard you look" trenge,"
Mujich
Knart brought it up. "Yes," said Baron Munch, "I've just found this empty it's a real Stall-Hopper, Gü
até Ule names of Academy Award winning stars. Can you mall shell” he said. "Tow going "Dght. Bring it up a Rilla closer.- malch encitter" with her picture?
"A Streater Named Destro"
2.Mildred Herco",
43, Sevonth foavon"
4 It Happened One Night"
G. "The Good Earth? Ve
6. The Country Ci
7. "The Farmer's Daughter"
Johnny Belinda" :-)
9. "Bom Yesterday":
10, "Kitty Foyle"
11. "Suspicion"
12. "Mas Miniver"
4. Grace Kelly
b. Junat Gayoor.
e Joan Fontalno
d: Loretta "Young
Vivien Leigh
Claudetto Colinet
Jace Wyman
h. Join Crawford
Creer Canion
Latine Rainer
ki Glagos Rogers |
1, Judy Hollktay
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res) Boak-flopper to how. | Knart and Hapid terchanged Baron Munch."
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alickilig, out of, the mail shell, He thought thisywna a won-Dear me Darby, Mihols wild tierful idea. He did Hanid!
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to
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•hopping by!
"I'm glad you are,"
Rupert and the Carved Stick
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