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THE COVENANT MISSIONARIES
P. B. F. Carlson H. R. Amundsen
A Pack o’ Yule Fun
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By VIVIAN BROWN
(£* Newsfeatures Writer
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Christmas wouldn’t be any fun
at all, to the kids, if dad didn’t get
down under the tree and join them
1 in a good old-fashioned game.
Sure they have fun ripping open I
their other presents. But you can
! just play alone with a doll or a
toy for so long without being:
bored. Of course it was different I
when Junior had his electric
trains—dad was always on handj
to put him on the right track.;
But now it’s the games that we
must depend on as something the
whole family can enjoy.
Of course most of the games are I
really time-worn now. Santa still
hasn’t recovered from all the war
shortages of chip board, plastic,
metal, and die cut materials. So,
we will have to wait awhile for
the bulk of new game inventions.
But dad with a little ingenuity
may find some new ways to play
those old games. If he happens to
be an ex-GI the chances are that
he already has some up his sleeve.
It won’t be too difficult to locate
the card game revivals like Rook,
Pit and Flinch or Crossword Lex
icon the world-building game, be
cause most of these use a mini
mum of materials. It’s the best
sellers in the board game class
like Camelot and Monopoly for
which the supply does not equal
the demand.
If you get a variety of games,
there will always be one that will
become a favorite with each mem
ber of the family.
Dig is fun even for the small fry
who enjoy scrambling for the let
ters with the sticky-tipped “gold
mining” picks.
Teen-agers should be amused by
a sophisticated game like bonanza
a combination of Michigan and
rummy, which has the playing
field staked out on a cloth.
There are limited supplies of
dart games with steel tips avail
able and toylands have some min
iature croquet and bowling games
and variations of the ring toss
game but on the whole it is diffi
cult to find a game which is very
different.
SEPARATION CENTERS
OPEN CHRISTMAS
Headquarters Alaskan Depart
ment—In order to avoid interrup
tion of demobilization and read
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justment processes, War Depart
ment Separation Centers will op
erate on a normal basis on Christ
mas and New Year’s Day, it was
announced.
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