Medford mail tribune., November 24, 1963, Image 46

Junior TREASURE Chest
Around the World
in 24 Hours (Continued from page S)
EDITED BY ANN DAVIDOW
From the airport they are driven to the Royal
Hawaiian Hotel. There, wearing colorful Ha
waiian shirts and leis, they squat down to eat
with their fingers native poi and other tra
ditional delicacies, including pigs wrapped in
leaves and roasted whole for four hours while
buried beneath hot rocks.
Drowsy from the meal, the Andersons and the
other passengers climb aboard their plane and
drop off to sleep shortly after take-off for To
kyo. As a result, they miss one of the phenomena
of Pacific Ocean travel: crossing from today into
tomorrow over the International Date Line. It
is the longest leg of the trip, 3,850 miles in 2
hours and 42 minutes. And it is even longer be
cause when they took off from Honolulu it was
7:48 p.m. Sunday and when they landed in To
kyo it is 5:30 p.m. Monday. It stays Monday the
rest of the trip.
After the 30-minute stopover in Tokyo, they
are enroute to Hong Kong and another exotic
meal, this time at one of the famous floating
restaurants. Light snacks of fresh fish are
brought aboard the restaurant alive and cooked
quickly over open fire pits.
Back at THE plane, and drowsier than ever,
they take off for Bombay, nearly 2,700 miles
away, . and land 1 hour and 62 minutes la
ter. Those who are awake deplane momen
tarily to exchange greetings with local person
nel, clad in traditional white garb, some with red
turbans. Those who are still sleepy have another
chance to snooze on the 3,843-mile flight to Rome,
the second longest leg of the journey. They land
at 7:35 p.m., Rome time, with the sun still out
in front of them.
Most of the passengers are now refreshed for
the next leg, perhaps the most unusual part of
the trip. From Rome to Paris, it's only 682 air
miles. For this distance, it is hardly worthwhile
going supersonic. By the time you got up to
70,000 feet, it would be time to come down. So
the entire trip is made at a maximum of 650
m.p.h. with the flippers sticking straight out all
the way.
Also, this is the one stopover where they let
the sun get a' head start. They are scheduled to
dine at the famed restaurant on the first landing
of the Eiffel Tower and, while they watch the
lights of Paris reach up from below, they see the
sun go down beyond the horizon. But they know
they can catch up with it at their, leisure.
After dining handsomely on Escargot d la
Bourguignon, potage d I'oignon au Chablis,
le Chdteaubriand grille" au Feu de Bois delice
Chauveron, epinards a la crime, pommes oi
lumettea, salade Francais, Roquefort import,
cerises Jubilies, and caft, they are airborne at
10:13 p.m., Paris time.
About an hour out of New York, the sun starts
to "come up" again. By the time they land, 2 hours
and 32 minutes after take-off, the sun is resting
just above the New York sky line, .where they
left it slightly less than 24 hours before.
It is 6:45 p.m.. New York time.
A November Turkey
By Rose Mae
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November
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What Is It? By Bill Barton
Here is a simple guessing game that
might be played when everyone is gathered
around the Thanksgiving table. The one,
who is It chooses an object in the room and
says, "I see something red (or some other
color). What is it?" Anyone may then
begin to ask him questions such as, "Is
it something to eat?" "Is it a kind of
fruit?" "Is it the cranberry sauce?" He
goes on asking as long as he gets "yes"
answers or until he guesses the correct
object. If he should get a "no" answer, the
turn passes to the person on his left Who
ever comes up with the right answer can
be It for the next round.
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2. Why are you always wishing for things
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Spin the Jack By Lavonne Mathison
Make a small circle in the center of a
large sheet of paper. Around it draw or
tape cutout pictures of things we think
of at Thanksgiving, such as a turkey, a
pumpkin, a Pilgrim's hat, an ear of corn,
etc. Each player spins a jack (or a top),
using the circle as a starting point. If it
touches one of the pictures, that picture
is scored to the player. Players spin in
turn. The first to land the jack at least
once on each picture is the winner.
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